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The songs on Revolution come in an impressive variety of arrangements and voices, from quiet, acoustic confessions to rock 'n' roll hollering. They're all convincing, and they make up not just Lambert's best record, but also critic Will Hermes' standing pick for country record of the year.

Co-written by Joss Whedon, the Buffy comic series picks up where the TV show ended, with Buffy leading a horde of supergirl slayers. Wolves at the Gate flirts with bisexuality while offering the series' signature blend of earnestness and camp.

U.K. musician Natasha Khan, better known as Bat For Lashes, uses a fusion of keyboards and harps to generate tribal beats and electronica. She speaks on the uncommon sounds and ideas behind her acclaimed new album, Two Suns.

Melissa Block and Michele Norris read from listeners' e-mails about the transition from analog to digital TV and a a video game that allows you to try physics with an e-crayon.

Criticism continues to escalate over Pope Benedict's decision to rehabilitate an ultra-traditionalist bishop who denies the Holocaust. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on the pope to clarify that the Vatican does not tolerate any denial of the Holocaust. Pope Benedict is from Germany, where Holocaust denial is a crime punishable with prison terms.

Spotted hyenas, the social, carnivorous creatures often referred to as "laughing hyenas," live across Africa and east to India. Their laughing sound, however, has nothing to do with their having a good time. Rather, hyenas giggle when attacked or when they are competing for access to a carcass.

Why do Charles Darwin's ideas generate such strong resistance? Maybe because it hurts people's feelings. But does accepting our place in the animal kingdom make us any less miraculous?

As a teenager, the singer-songwriter was already touring the world with his rock band. His new album takes him back to before then, when country music blasted out of Texas radio stations. He performs a solo acoustic set in NPR's Studio 4A.

Listeners respond to the story on the security situation along the border with Mexico, and the interview with the owner of a dry-cleaning store in New York City who is offering free services to unemployed people who are looking for jobs. Robert Siegel reads from listeners comments.

On the fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war, President Bush acknowledged Wednesday that there is "understandable debate" over the conflict. At the Pentagon, Bush said that increasing the pace of withdrawal could be a setback to progress made since the so-called "surge" — an infusion of 30,000 additional troops last year.