The number of mixed race families is increasing in the U.S., one unintended consequence is that people of mixed race have a difficult time finding bone marrow matches. Devan Tatlow was one and a half years old when he was diagnosed with acute Promyelocytic Leukemia, a rare child cancer, we speak with his mother Indira Lakshmanan about how she's been trying to find a bone marrow match to help her son. We also speak with Dr. Joseph Antin, chief of the Stem Cell Transplantation Program at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.

Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, a fiery orator versed in the classics and a hard-charging power broker who steered billions of federal dollars to the state of his Depression-era upbringing, died Monday. He was 92. Byrd, a Democrat, was the longest-serving senator in history, holding his seat for more than 50 years. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, a fellow West Virginian in the Senate, said it was his "greatest privilege" to serve with Byrd. We speak to a West Virginia Public Radio correspondent Cecelia Mason.

Manufacturers, responding to consumer demand and the law in some states, have removed the endocrine-disrupting chemical bisphenol A (BPA) from baby bottles and sippy cups. But a recent study by the National Workgroup for Safe Markets finds the hormone-like chemical in most cans it tested, including the highest level of BPA ever detected, in one can of Del Monte green beans. We speak with BPA researcher Laura Vandenberg of Tufts University, who reviewed the study.

Here and Now literary critic and self-confessed, drooling, fanatic rock fan Steve Almond tells us what's tickling his ears this summer. Steve Almond is the author of "Rock and Roll Saved My Life" and his picks include songs by Head Like a Kite, Damien Jurado and Nicole Reynolds.

• Kar Kar Madison, "Boubacar Traore"
• Art Blakey, "C.O.R.E."
• Tito Puente, "Royal T"
• Sigur Ros, "Nybatteri"
• Head Like a Kite, “We’re Always on the Wrong Side of Sunrise”
• Drew Smith’s Lonely Choir, “Silver Pictures”
• Damien Jurado, “Kansas City”
• Dan Bern, “The Fifth Beatle”
• Nicole Reynolds, “June”
• Drew Smith’s Lonely Choir, “Are You Lonely”