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Ancient ruins hidden in Peru's highlands hold clues to a fundamental question: Why did humans finally settle down and start to form civilizations? Join Morning Edition and NPR's Alex Chadwick on the latest Radio Expedition as he explores the lost temples and decaying fortresses of the Pukara.

The common image of a barbershop quartet is of white men singing four-part harmony, but the musical form actually emerged from the barbershops and street corners of African-American neighborhoods. In the latest segment of NPR's Present at the Creation series, Jim Wildman reports on the roots and styles of barbershop for Morning Edition.

On Morning Edition: National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and NPR's Juan Williams talk about the prospects for Middle East peace, the administration's plans for dealing with Iraq, and the growing global perception of U.S. unilateralism in the war on terror.

After the chaos of the 1994 Northridge earthquake in Southern California, seismologists created an Internet-based sensing system to let emergency crews spot the hardest-hit areas within minutes. NPR's Andy Bowers reports that the system also lets people share their quake experience online.

Artie Shaw was a huge musical star during the 1930s and '40s, but the jazz clarinetist and bandleader says he didn't enjoy the glamour and fame. So he walked away from it. Shaw explains why in a Morning Edition interview with Renee Montagne.

Porn film director Wash West. His newest is The Fluffer, set in the gay porn industry. As compared to the films of Iran, Wash West's movies are all about touching. His other films include Seven Deadly Sins: The Gluttony, Naked Highway, Animus and Toolbox. West is much-honored in the field, with several Adult Video News Awards and Gay Erotic Video Awards.

She sings the jingles from many familiar TV ads and provides backup vocals for hundreds of Nashville studio recordings. Brahms and bluegrass, too. Kathy Chiavola's most recent release, From Where I Stand, is a tribute to her late partner in music and in life, Randy Howard. Host Lisa Simeone visits with Chiavola Saturday on Weekend All Things Considered. (12:15)

Six months after the Sept. 11 attack on the Pentagon, morale is high among construction workers and the rebuilding job is progressing faster than expected. Outside the site, a small shrine commemorates the victims of the terrorist attack. For All Things Considered , NPR's Emily Harris describes the scene in words and pictures.

Percussionist Jonathan Haas is a solo timpani player who has garnered international praise. He plays all styles of music, from classical to jazz and rock. Haas is the principal timpanist for the New York Chamber Symphony, the Aspen Chamber Orchestra and the EOS Ensemble. He regularly performs with numerous other orchestras worldwide. Haas also teaches percussion at the Aspen Music School and has been the director of the Peabody Conservatory Percussion Studio for 17 years. He's also the head of Sunset Records, Kettles and Company, and Gemini Music Productions.

Seventeen years ago, musician and historian Henry Sapoznik made the discovery of a lifetime in a musty storeroom: records of Yiddish radio shows from the 1930s and '40s. That find sparked the Yiddish Radio Project, a series that begins March 19. Get a preview, and learn the Yiddish word of the day.