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  • Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Music Director Robert Spano takes Benjamin Britten's massive and moving <em>War Requiem</em> to Carnegie Hall. Britten, a staunch pacifist, wrote the piece in 1961 for the re-consecration of England's 14th-century Coventry Cathedral after it was bombed in World War II.
    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra At Carnegie Hall
    Conductor Robert Spano leads the orchestra and chorus in Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, music written for the 1962 rededication of the cathedral in Coventry, England, destroyed in a 1940 air raid.
  • Conductor Simon Rattle leads the Berlin Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall on October 1, 2014.
    Carnegie Hall Live: An Opening Night Gala With The Berlin Philharmonic
    Stream a performance by the stellar Berlin Philharmonic and conductor Simon Rattle in a program of Rachmaninov, Bruch and Stravinsky with dazzling violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter.
  • Filmmaker, Novelist John Sayles
    John Sayles' 1977 novel, Union Dues, is reissued this month. It tells the story of a father and son from a West Virginia mining town in 1969. Sayles talks about his work in both celluloid and print.
  • Thompson Drops Out of GOP Presidential Race
    Actor and former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson dropped out of the Republican presidential contest Tuesday. He had said he needed to win in South Carolina, but finished third there. Melissa Block talks with Rich Galen, former senior adviser to the Thompson campaign.
  • In the week before the Super Bowl, Jacksonville's Alltel Stadium has ranged from empty, left, to teeming with media.
    Super Bowl Media Day: T.O., Pick Boy and More
    The New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles play for the NFL championship on Sunday in Jacksonville, Fla. But Super Bowl XXXIX has already begun for reporters. Hundreds showed up for Media Day, an event where every question is fair game --football-related or not.
  • Reporters on BALCO Case Subpoenaed for Sources
    The U.S. Justice Department has subpoenaed two reporters to find out how they got grand jury testimony surrounding the BALCO laboratories performance enhancing drug investigation. Michele Norris talks with NPR's David Folkenflik.
  • DJ Jedi, Getting 'Green' for Open Mic Night
    DJ Jedi (a.k.a. Terrence Cedricks) and his cohorts host probably the most vibrant "open mic" night on the West Coast, every Monday at a small cafe in Santa Monica, Calif.
  • President Bush and Sen. John Kerry remain in a statistical dead heat in the latest NPR presidential poll. (Note: Data for 2003 is for Bush vs. a "Democratic nominee.")
    NPR Poll: Bush, Kerry in Tight Race
    As Democrats prepare to formalize John Kerry's presidential nomination in Boston this week, the race between the Massachusetts senator and President Bush continues to be a close one, according to the latest NPR poll. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.
  • Author Collects Stories of Young Voices in Wartime
    Zlata Filipovic kept a diary in war-torn Sarajevo that chronicled her harrowing war experiences. Fifteen years later, she's collected an array of young people's war diaries, from World War II to Iraq. Filipovic and co-editor Melanie Challenger talk about Stolen Voices.
  • We Said 'Tie', Listeners Told Us We Were Wrong
    On Monday's show, we mentioned a tie in soccer. Listeners let us know it's not a tie, it's a draw. Also, it's not 2 goals to nothing, it's 2 to nil.
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