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(Rebroadcast from Nov. 5, 2002.) Worden was director of the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia. She died on Aug. 2 at the age of 57, from a brief illness. She turned the little-known medical museum into a museum with a worldwide reputation. The museum was founded in the 19th century. It originated with the collection of Dr. Thomas Dent Mutter who gathered unique specimens for teaching purposes. It exhibits medical deformities, pathologies and medical anomalies, like the horned woman, the man with the giant colon, deformed fetuses and a plaster cast of the Siamese twins Chang and Eng Bunker. Worden put together a book of photographs from the museum's collection of human oddities and outdated medical models.

Dr. Mark Hochberg is the CEO of the College of Physicians in Philadelphia, a private medical society that was founded in 1787 that includes the fourth largest medical historical library in the country, and the Mutter Museum. He'll talk about his colleague Gretchen Worden.

Mark Twain was more than one of America's literary legends. According Hank Risan he was also a passionate guitarist and singer, playing gospel, blues, love songs and political satire. Risan believes that the guitar was built by the legendary guitar maker C.F. Martin.

In the final installment of our visit to the 2004 Aspen Music Festival, NPR's Fred Child welcomes the American Brass Quintet to the stage in Harris Hall. The brass chamber ensemble performs music by Thomas Morley (1557-1602) and Eric Ewazen.

In the 1960s, the Black Panther Party formed based on the idea of armed self-defense. A new exhibit of photographs from the 1960s examines the Panthers' image then and now.

David Was profiles musician Tomasz Stanko, whose love of jazz was born during the Cold War, and whose career has survived into the 21st century.

A new style of commercial FM radio station -- based on eclectic music and informed commentary -- represents a backlash against the rest of the industry's consolidation, narrow playlists, and copycat sounds. Stations that have tried the new format have shot up the charts. NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports.

There's no new dance like "The Bird," but it's still time for The Time. Morris Day and The Time are out this week with a new CD, It's About Time. Morris speaks with NPR's Tavis Smiley about the record, his band and his time with music legend Prince.

NPR's Tavis Smiley speaks with former rivals now joining forces to combat the violence that plagues their community. The two are both involved in an HBO documentary, Back in the Hood: Gang War 2.

One of the wonders of recorded sound is indeed that it is recorded, and one can access it whenever one wants. In part two of the story of Thomas Alva Edison, we explore the first ever recorded sounds to diamond discs cut in 1927.