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Public support continues to grow for programs that would allow terminally ill patients to end their own lives.One such bill is gaining traction in the Delaware General Assembly.Delaware Public Media’s Roman Battaglia explores what it would mean for Delawareans.

Tune in to Mark Rogers’ interview with Backtrack Vocals, a 5-person multi-genre a cappella group based in NYC. With roots of 2 members from Delaware, Backtrack Vocals is the special headliner for this year’s Do More 24 Delaware giving day event on March 4.

We don’t know how many enslaved people Founding Father John Dickinson and his family owned. But historians say, in Dickinson’s era, they were not meant to be remembered.That’s changing after the discovery of an African burial ground at the Dickinson Plantation near Dover.Delaware Public Media’s Roman Battaglia reports guided tours of the site allow visitors to reflect on the lives of those who lived and died there.

Greater Harrington Historical Society curator Doug Poore loves trains so much that he’s writing a series of books about railroad stations and trains.The third book in that series, Railroad Stations of Delmarva, comes out this week.And in this week’s Enlighten Me - Poore joins Delaware Public Media’s Kelli Steele to discuss it and history of trains in the region.

The Historic Odessa Foundation’s latest exhibition - Island Life: Photography by Jay Fleming - documents a disappearing way of life on two Chesapeake Bay islands.And Fleming joins Delaware Public Media’s Kelli Steele on this week’s Arts Playlist to discuss his work.

The University of Delaware Center for Political Communication’s annual National Agenda series returns for its 11th year – promoting civil discourse with the theme “Reflecting America”The series opened in September with NPR White House correspondent Asma Khalid and novelist David Joy joining the Center’s associate director Lindsay Hoffman.Hoffman joins us this week to discuss their conversation.