Aug 27th, 2008 · Alben Barkley served in Congress for close to 40 years and was Harry Truman's vice president from 1948-1952. He too might have been forgotten like other vice presidents except for two things: his nickname and the remarkable circumstance of his death.
Aug 8th, 2008 · It was Mel Torme's distinctive, mellow voice that earned him the nickname "the Velvet Fog." Torme performs his own tunes, "Stranger In Town" and "Born to Be Blue," and other favorites including "Dream Dancing" and "Time After Time" with Marian McPartland.
Jul 4th, 2008 · During his 30 consecutive years in the Senate, Jesse Helms was its most prominent conservative — and one who rarely shied away from a fight. The North Carolina Republican, nicknamed "Senator No," died Friday in his home state. He was 83.
May 4th, 2008 · Every four years, the presidential race provides an opportunity for a refresher course on state nicknames. Commentator John Carroll offers his view of these adopted names.
Apr 24th, 2008 · Eri Chan lives in Kyushu in southern Japan where she makes delicious sound collages using samples, simple synth lines and electro-pop beats inspired by traditional Asian culture. Eri Chan is also the performance name for Lizzie Moore, a 24 year-old American ex-pat who moved to Japan to teach English and, in her spare time, make music. She assumed the name Eri after her students and friends adopted it as a nickname for her. Moore describes her new album, Fox Fire, as an exploration of "the thoughts of a girl living in japan, fascinated by folklore and possessed by a fox."
Nov 20th, 2007 · Crowds in China cheered as Spiderman scaled -- with his bare hands -- a mountain in Hunan Province on Sunday. The French daredevil Alain Robert has earned the nickname by scaling the world's tallest buildings, without ropes, pulleys or even gloves.
Nov 9th, 2007 · During the Korean War, a brutal nine-day trek through the Korean countryside left nearly 100 American prisoners dead. Wayman Simpson, one of those POWs, recounts the ordeal and his treatment at the hands of a ruthless Korean officer nicknamed The Tiger.
Nov 4th, 2007 · Alice Roosevelt Longworth, the eldest daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, was famous in her own right. She earned the nickname "the other Washington monument" because of her lifelong involvement in political affairs. Stacy Cordery, author of "Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker" talks with host Liane Hansen.