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In part one of a two-part interview, Host Bob Edwards talks with singer, songwriter John Prine about his latest CD In Spite Of Ourselves. Prine has been recording since 1971 and has won a Grammy and the respect of his peers, many of whom have recorded his tunes. Prine was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1997. John Prine's latest CD, In Spite Of Ourselves, is available on Oh Boy Records; ASIN: B00000K3LI.

Those who got their Easter baskets last week may find only one thing left in the plastic grass: Peeps. They're the tiny marshmallow confections shaped like chicks and bunnies, dyed bright pink, yellow and blue. For artist David Ottogalli, they're the building blocks of art. Don visits a gallery where Ottogalli has installed Peepsshow -- an exhibit of flags, magnets and a chicken coop made from Peeps.

In this latest installment of our Lost and Found Sound series, NPR's Don Gonyea remembers the heyday of powerhouse AM radio. Gonyea grew up in Detroit, where the big station in the 60's and 70's was CKLW. It broadcast from across the Detroit River in Windsor, Ontario. It was a loud, glitzy noise-making enterprise. Everything was shouted -- even the news. The 50,000-watt giant spewed rock and roll and hyped-news across 28 states and mid-Canada. Gonyea describes the formula that made CKLW and its imitators successful.

Lisa visits with Ray Materson, one of the artists featured in the exhibition Treasures of the Soul: Who is Rich? at Baltimore's Visionary Art Museum. The show focuses on art made from things that have little value in themselves -- telephone wires, sock threads, or plastic beads. Materson crafts intricate tiny pictures from sock threads. Check out Materson's Web site at: www.avam.org

Robert talks to Frederick Wiseman, the director of "Belfast, Maine," a documentary about life in that small New England town. The four hour film shows scenes of everyday life, without narration. Wiseman's cameras visit places all over town, including trailer homes, factories, the county jail and emergency room and a school. Wiseman describes his philosophy of filmmaking. The film airs tomorrow on PBS.

In part one of a three part series looking back on the Iran hostage crisis NPR's Ted Clark reports that twenty years ago this week, Iranian students stormed the U.S embassy in Tehran. Fifty-two Americans were held hostage for 444 days.

Penguins may be the only birds visitors to many zoos can see right now, because they already are kept inside and usually protected behind glass, making it harder for the bird flu to reach them.

Commentator Baxter Black sings his version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas."

Host Renee Montagne talks with photographer Arnold Newman. An exhibition of Newman's work is on display at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington D.C. During his career, Newman has photographed some of the most notable people in the world; from Francisco Franco to Truman Capote. He's also photographed every American President from Kennedy to Clinton. Newman is credited with creating a unique photographic style called "environmental" portraits.

In the first of an occasional series on Young People and Religion, Lynn Neary reports on members of Generation X who are filling two very different churches in Seattle. One is a borrowed space in which traditional doctrine is celebrated to a rock music beat. The other uses ancient ritual but adheres to less traditional teachings.