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Frank Gasparro, the man who designed the back of the Lincoln penny -- the side that displays the Lincoln Memorial -- died this past weekend at the age of 92. Linda Wertheimer talks with Christina Hansen, daughter of Frank Gasparro, about her father's work.

Lisa talks with economist and Working Assets founder Peter Barnes about his proposal that the citizens of this country open a "Sky Trust," and collect dividends from polluters. He outlines his theory in his new book Who Owns The Sky? Our Common Assets and the Future of Capitalism (Island Press).

The pandemic drove U.S. life expectancy down again in 2021 even though life-saving vaccines were widely available.

Lisa Simeone talks with deejay and producer Fatboy Slim about his career and his song and video Weapon of Choice. Fatboy Slim is the pseudonym of Norman Cook, the mix-master who dominated the MTV Video Music Awards this week.

Commentator Askia Muhammad is a Muslim, and an American. And he does not want any part of Osama bin Laden's call to "holy war," nor any part the U.S. military assault in Afghanistan.

NPR's Ivan Watson report on the music of Senegalese musician Youssou N'Dour. N'Dour has been performing for over three decades, and the social commentaries in his songs continue to strike a chord with people of all age. (5:44

Plummeting world coffee prices have meant the end of jobs for hundreds of thousands of coffee pickers. In Nicaragua the crisis has reached desperate levels. Without work, coffee pickers are homeless and beginning to starve. NPR's Gerry Hadden reports from Nicaragua.

Host Noah Adams interviews David Shenk, author of a new book about Alzheimer's disease entitled The Forgetting. Alzheimer's: Portrait of an Epidemic.

This highly contagious virus first appeared only about two months ago — and already it's killed around 23 million chickens and turkeys.

Experts say the loss of the Moskva — the flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet — is significant both symbolically and militarily, even if it doesn't deal a decisive blow to Russia's overall operations.