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NPR's Ari Shapiro interviews Democratic Rep. David Scott of Georgia, who chairs the Committee on Agriculture, about aid for farmers of color in the relief bill.

To begin her recording career, conductor Marin Alsop was asked to record all of Samuel Barber's orchestral music. She quickly discovered that there's much more to the composer's music than his famed Adagio for Strings.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee sees America as divided into "Bubble-ville" and "Bubba-ville," a cultural split he describes in his new book, Gods, Guns, Grits, and Gravy.

In her new book of essays, I See You Made an Effort, comedian Annabelle Gurwitch muses on middle-aged life. Critic Heller McAlpin says that the book, infused throughout with "sharp wit," is hilarious.

Fixing the Department of Veterans Affairs won’t be easy for whoever ends up running it.

Josh Levin, author of The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth, talks with NPR's Michel Martin about Linda Taylor's complicated history.

Michael Leiter, former director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center discusses how James Comey's dismissal will impact the FBI's ability to collaborate with global intelligence agencies.

Also this week: a conversation between U.S. and Chinese sailors about pizza and wings (among other everyday topics).

Shamir's new album, 'Heterosexuality,' confronts how the public viewed him back in 2014, when his debut single nearly made him a pop star at the age of 19.

Barenbaum says she was inspired by the story of Albert Einstein's race to prove his theory of relativity. The novel digs into questions of philosophy, time, and whether rules are meant to be broken.