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This episode marks the recent passing at the age of 100 of Former President Jimmy Carter, recalling his legacy by hearing an exclusive interview Peace Talks Radio host Paul Ingles did with him in 2002.

Host Debbie Elliott and reporters from across the NPR Network report on examples of people working through their differences.

Each year, Bullseye looks back on the year in stand-up comedy by presenting listeners with an annual end of year stand-up comedy showcase!

A tribute to the holidays in the mellowest of moods, with music from Joe Pass, Dave Brubeck, the Modern Jazz Quartet, and more. Join us for the quiet, reflective side of classic jazz Christmas melodies

Top music writers and educators to lay out an exhibition of just some of the Motown great Smokey Robinson’s top tracks, as a performer and as a writer.

In this program you will the hear the African music roots of famed American blues and rock 'n' roll artists such as Jimi Hendrix, Bo Diddley, Buddy Holly, Fats Domino, the Isley Brothers, Robert Johnson, The Kingsmen and many more.

In this episode, we hear about Billie's early life in Baltimore and how she absorbed recordings by Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith and Ethel Waters.

In this episode, we explore Billie Holiday's recordings with the great big bands of the era including the members Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Teddy Wilson, and Duke Ellington

The story of how Billie added the controversial song "Strange Fruit" to her repertoire early in her career and kept singing it until the end of her life.

Three themes Billie Holiday explored throughout her career include unrequited love, abusive lovers and her being unlucky in love.