Nov 18th, 2008 · As CEOs from the Big Three U.S. automakers addressed lawmakers on Capitol Hill Tuesday, people from around the country shared their opinion of the U.S. auto industry and whether the government should bail it out.
Nov 18th, 2008 · Darius Rucker is country music's shining new star. The former frontman for the 1990s pop group Hootie & the Blowfish has become the first black artist to have a top 10 country music hit since Charley Pride. He talks with Farai Chideya and performs three of his new songs.
Nov 18th, 2008 · U.N. negotiators are trying to bring about a power-sharing arrangement in Congo involving support from neighboring countries. Madeleine Brand talks to New York Times reporter Jeffrey Gettleman about the deteriorating situation in the African country.
Nov 18th, 2008 · After coming to the U.S., Burmese refugees try to preserve their culture and music with traditional instruments and dance. Most of these musicians have not seen their homeland in 20 years and the younger ones were born in the camps, citizens of no country.
Nov 18th, 2008 · Along with Fleet Foxes and the Moondoggies, The Maldives' members belong to a thriving Seattle roots-music scene. With nine people in its lineup, it's one of the area's biggest bands in more ways than one. The Maldives recently crammed into KEXP's studios to preview new material.
Nov 17th, 2008 · Loveless has built a 20-year career by choosing great songs to complement her charming twang. On her fourth visit to Mountain Stage, she performs music from her latest release, for which she dipped into the classic country songbook and recorded some of the genre's most enduring and endearing songs.
Nov 15th, 2008 · Worksman Cycles in Queens, N.Y., is the oldest existing maker of industrial bicycles, tricycles and vender carts in the country. Worksman makes everything from pizza delivery bikes to carts and tricycles for use at companies such as Boeing and General Motors.
Nov 14th, 2008 · When fighting broke out between Georgia and Russia this summer, the war was waged in both the online and physical world. Attacks on Georgian Web sites basically shut down the country's Internet operations. Now U.S. Sec. of Defense Robert Gates wonders what cyber warfare could mean at home.