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Jack Lew's unreadable signature — which could appear on new U.S. currency if he becomes Treasury secretary — raises a question: In our age of electronic communication and digital authentication, do signatures even matter anymore?

Research suggests the timing of an applicant's interview, whether it's for a job or admittance to a school, may determine the outcome of that interview. A new study shows that interviewers who have seen a string of strong candidates are more likely to view the next applicant negatively.

While President Morsi deals with the fallout from his power-grab at home, the ceasefire that he helped broker in Gaza at least survives, so far. Host Scott Simon speaks with NPR's Philip Reeves and Anthony Kuhn in Gaza and Jerusalem about the latest from that region.

This week's news features the making of ELEW, another "jazz is dead" debate, and Chicago music history from long ago and the present day alike. Plus, Ron Carter on bass evolution, Phil Schaap on economics, a new Wayne Shorter album and Miles Davis for Japanese liquor.

The 23 MacArthur fellows will receive $500,000 over the next five years. Their expertise range from historians to a stringed-instrument bow maker.

From around the classical internet, all the week's news that's fit to link.

Our panelists tell us three stories of things we thought were true, that just aren't true, but only one of their stories is true. Got it?

Mansour Abbas broke a longstanding taboo when he led his Arab party into Israel's governing coalition last year.

In an excerpt from her forthcoming memoir, singer-songwriter Margo Price remembers the early days of motherhood and marriage, their chaos compounded by a late-living musical lifestyle.

The omicron variant is outpacing the government's ability to make and execute clear pandemic public policy.