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Steve Inskeep discusses the current state of intelligent design in American classrooms with Barbara Bradley Hagerty and with Greg Allen, who covered the intelligent design movement in Kansas.

Steve Inskeep talks with David Wessel, deputy Washington bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal about what we can expect from Bernanke's confirmation hearings Tuesday.

British singer and songwriter Sandy Denny played a seminal role of the folk-revolution in the 1960s. From her solo work to songs like "Who Knows Where the Time Goes," recorded with Fairport Convention, Denny was loved for her wistful, honest singing style.

Jeff Hawkins created the PalmPilot and Treo smart phone. His new company, Numenta, is developing a type of computer memory system modeled after the human neocortex, what he calls the "the big wrinkly thing" at the top of the brain. He's also the co-author of the book On Intelligence, which details his vision of how the brain processes information.

Nina Totenberg reports on Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito's failure to disqualify himself from a mutual fund case in which he had a possible conflict of interest.

For the eleventh straight night, France has been rocked by riots following the deaths of two teenagers of Mauritanian and Tunisian origin. Monday, French police reported the death of a man who was beaten up in a Paris suburb on Friday. President Jacques Chirac has vowed to punish those responsible.

DNA tools continue to improve in their ability to determine details of a person's genetic make-up. NPR's Robert Siegel and Joe Palca survey the latest developments in the field.

An excerpt from Harold Pinter's recent play, Voices, which premiered Oct. 10 on BBC's Radio 3, as part of the BBC's celebration of Pinter's 75th birthday. Voices is a collaboration between Harold Pinter and composer James Clarke.

As a Naval aviator, congressman and parent, John McCain has been guided by a belief in honor, faith and service. They are values he tries to model for his children and future generations of Americans.

Syria's Interior Minister Ghazi Kanaan has committed suicide, Damascus reports. Formerly Syria's intelligence chief in neighboring Lebanon, Kanaan was among Syrian officials questioned by a U.N. envoy investigating the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.