During the COVID pandemic, NPR's Morning Edition commissioned pieces by musicians from various genres. Five years later, we listen back on the project.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with author Clay Risen about his new book, "Red Scare," which tells the story of McCarthyism based in part on newly declassified sources.

How will the first quarter of this century be remembered? In this episode of a multi-part series, we explore how file-sharing ...

INSKEEP: NPR's Daniel Estrin has been listening to this and covering other aspects of the story. He's in Tel Aviv. Hey there, Daniel. DANIEL ESTRIN, BYLINE: Good morning, Steve. INSKEEP ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks author Emma Donoghue about her new historical thriller that centers on the French railway disaster of 1895.

INSKEEP: NPR international correspondent Aya Batrawy joins us now from Dubai to explain. Hi there. AYA BATRAWY, BYLINE: Hey, Steve. INSKEEP: I'm just trying to think this through. There was a ...

INSKEEP: And NPR financial correspondent Maria Aspan is ... and investors have been feeling the whiplash. Just to recap, Steve, Trump's new 25% taxes on imports from Canada and Mexico went into ...

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: At that time ... (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) SECOR: Great songs are there for all to enjoy and for all to see themselves in. So writing a song about COVID-19 ...