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Their congregations might be diverse and transient, but sometimes airport chaplains are busier than TSA agents.

NHPR will present a special broadcast version of Document's latest podcast series, Death Resulting.

Paul Shaffer is much more than just David Letterman's sidekick, his memoir reveals. We'll Be Here For the Rest of Our Lives details Shaffer's appearances on Saturday Night Live, his extended stint living in a hotel in Manhattan and the surprising place where he got his start in music.

In his new book Spillover writer David Quammen traces the evolution of Ebola, HIV and other diseases that moved from animals to humans. Quammen describes how scientists look for the reservoirs of the infectious agents, and what might be done to prevent the next pandemic.

In Savings and Trust, historian Justene Hill Edwards tells the story of the Freedman's Bank. Created for formerly enslaved people following the Civil War, its collapse cost depositors millions.

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that in the recent old days, creative initiatives came from the Federal government, but lately, with the budget impasse and gridlock on Capitol Hill, the states seem to be taking the lead once again.

Commentator Merrill Mathews guides us through the various kennel clubs of Washington, DC. It's a satyrical look at the political players on Capitol Hill from the Blue Dogs to the Yellow Dogs to the Lap Dogs to the Dead Dogs.

NPR's David Baron reports that Evangelical Christians will make the rounds on Capitol Hill tomorrow to defend the Endangered Species Act. They are part of an American religious environmental movement born several decades ago that is stepping now into the political arena.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan delivered his semi-annual economic report to Congress today. His Capitol Hill appearance comes as the President is preparing to renominate Greenspan for a third term as the chairman of the Federal Reserve.

NPR's Barbara Bradley reports on the progress made on Capitol Hill as lawmakers attempt to document the process behind President's Clinton's controversial pardon of fugitive Marc Rich.