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After three decades of performing his post-Beatles pop, Paul McCartney releases a new live recording filled with Beatles tunes. In an interview with NPR's Renee Montagne, McCartney discusses the emotions of performing songs dedicated to George Harrison and John Lennon.

This interview was recorded before his Seinfeld fame. Comedian, a new documentary following Seinfeld on a recent stand up tour, is showing in theaters now. The hit TV show, Seinfeldwhich catapulted the comedian to fame, won 6 Emmy Awards before ending its run in 1999. Seinfeld is also author of the bestselling book SeinLanguageand a new children book, Halloween. (REBROADCAST FROM 9/2/87)

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Diane Anderson from Champaign, Ill. )

He starred in HBO's parody of talk-shows, The Larry Sanders Show. It featured Shandling as a veteran talk-show host. His guests included Robin Williams, Howard Stern, and, actual talk show host, David Letterman playing themselves. The show went off the air in 1998, but reruns of the show are currently airing on the network Bravo. Shandling also starred in It's Garry Shandling's Show. Shandling also appears in the new Seinfeld documentary, Comedian,which shows in theaters now. (REBROADCAST FROM 10/1/93)

In one of his frequent NPR essays, Walter Cronkite remembers the day President Kennedy was assassinated, 39 years ago today. National Archive recordings of ground-to-air communications with Kennedy's cabinet and Air Force One shed new light on the crisis. Listen to the recordings, and samples of broadcasts Cronkite made on Nov. 22, 1963.

Being the host that he is, Bob Edwards continues the Morning Edition tradition of bringing together the creme de la creme of cookery for a fantasy holiday feast. This year's celebrity chef potluck features Julia Child, Maida Heatter, Paul Prudhomme, Wolfgang Puck — and one would-be party crasher. NPR Online offers a sample of recipes from the gourmet repast, and an illustrated slideshow of the gathering.

Doctors are struggling to treat two diseases that have reached epidemic proportions in American children: asthma and obesity. Physicians at Boston's Children's Hopsital have given cameras to their young patients to document what goes on outside the doctor's office. And as Madge Kaplan reports, the tapes are revealing a side of kids' lives doctors rarely see, but probably should.

On Morning Edition hear about the perfect accompaniment for preparing the holiday turkey. Music commentator Miles Hoffman joins the show to discuss pizzicato and the joys of plucking stringed instruments.

Every Thanksgiving season, Susan Stamberg shares her classic family recipe for cranberry relish. This year, some NPR fans share their own relish rituals, reviews and serving suggestions.

Dying from a terminal illness in America can be unnecessarily painful. In the last several years, foundations have spent hundreds of millions of dollars trying to improve care for the dying. A new report, compiled by the national coalition Last Acts, grades the results of that effort, state by state. NPR's Joseph Shapiro went to a Hospice home in Washington, D.C. -- a place known for providing good care -- to find out why it's still so hard to help people die in comfort. Hear his report Tuesday on Morning Edition.