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Arthur Allen's new book, The Fantastic Laboratory of Dr. Weigl, describes how a WWII scientist in Poland smuggled the typhus vaccine to Jews — while his team made a weakened version for the Nazis.

We’ll be looking at some forgotten operettas on this week’s Dress Circle with the help of Wooster’s Ohio Light Opera Company. For over 40 years, the company has been producing musicals, mostly over the summers, and this first of two programs showcasing some of their recordings will look at five operettas that were popular in their day but have all but disappeared today.

A blue-and-white quilt at a Washington state museum has an unusual and mysterious story behind it. Made in 1928, the quilt includes cloth from discarded Ku Klux Klan masks.

When Muslims do appear, they tend to be violent Middle Eastern men, a new study has found after surveying 200 popular series from the U.S, U.K. and elsewhere.

"Spirit Jazz" finds Lloyd Miller and an inventive group of U.K. musicians teeming with calming confidence. Along the way, listeners are graced with a soundtrack for discovery, suitable for escapism, reflection or something else entirely.

Saxophonist Phil Woods is a true master of all things bop. Woods showcases his imaginative and sultry saxophone sound with host Marian McPartland.

Queen's Gambit? More like Bishop's Gambit! (That joke will make sense when you learn his name is Dave Bishop.)

Multigenerational living is on the rise, and the trend is growing fastest among Gen Zers and millennials.

Spring is a time of renewal. The NPR One team has recommendations to give your podcast listening a refresh.