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NPR's Eric Westervelt reports on the closing of Steal This Show at a gallery in Philadelphia's Old City neighborhood -- where patrons were encouraged to steal the art off the walls.

President Bush is meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair at Camp David today. Defense policy is on the agenda, including the allied stance toward Iraq and U.S. plans to develop an anti-missile defense system. Noah Adams talks with NPR's Pam Fessler about the meeting.

Guitarist John Fahey died yesterday at the age of 61. He was often called the inventor of American primitivist music. He established a record label in 1963, signing musicians like Leo Kottke, Peter Lang and George Winston. Host Noah Adams speaks with Fahey's friend and fellow guitarist Leo Kottke. (4:30) The song heard during this interview is called Sligo River Blues. It's from John Fahey's first record, Blind Joe Death, recorded in 1959.

NPR's new podcast Louder Than A Riot looks at the interconnected rise of hip-hop and mass incarceration.

High school football coach Charles Peterson of Columbia, S.C., is remembered as someone who looked out for others. He died of COVID-19 on Sept. 13 at the age of 46.

Host Lisa Simeone talks with Rob Bamberger about the life and music of Mildred Bailey (1903-1951). Bailey was a popular singer of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. She sang with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra, and was married to bandleader and xylophone player, Red Norvo. Rob Bamberger is the host of the radio program, Hot Jazz Saturday Night, on member station WAMU,Washington DC (www.wamu.org) and on NPR Worldwide, NPR's international service. Listeners can reach Rob by e-mail at "hotjazz@wamu.org". A new re-mastered collection of Mildred Bailey's Columbia 78s is on Mosaic Records (www.mosaicrecords.com).

In Craig, Colo., advocates, gun store owners and law enforcement have developed informal networks allowing people in crisis to temporarily give up their guns.

Jinny Savolainen was looking for a sense of purpose when the pandemic hit Leverett, Mass. "Just when things seemed so dark, I found some light in the words of the people all around me," she said.

Hundreds of musicians turned out to play an orchestral number across from Britain's parliament in a protest of the pandemic-related drop in government financial aid to freelancers like themselves.

Trump doesn't want to participate in a virtual debate. Thirteen were arrested in a plot to kidnap Michigan's governor. And, contact tracing for the White House coronavirus outbreak reveals challenges.