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Jason Bezis, a law student at the University of California at Berkeley, has always harbored a special appreciation for our first president. He wants the nation to refer to our annual Februrary federal holiday by its given name: Washington's Birthday.

The launch of Sputnik, the premieres of Leave It to Beaver and West Side Story, the integration of Little Rock Central High School, and the birth of On The Road — journalist Ken Walsh talks about an amazing year.

Fresh Air's jazz critic takes a fresh look at the reissue of the album Head On (Blue Note/EMI), a 1971 session led and recorded by Bobby Hutcherson.

The New Zealand band bursts with existential anxiety here, craving silence one moment and smashing it with a screeching guitar solo the next.

In the past month, two television actors have been "outed" by the gay community. Television critic Andrew Wallenstein wonders whether tabloids and Internet gossip have made it impossible for even minor celebrities to keep their sexuality a secret.

On Monday, new guidelines will go into effect that will retroactively reduce the sentences for crack cocaine offenders. Approximately 1,500 current inmates will be eligible to apply for immediate release. Former inmates discuss the challenges of readjusting to society after serving long sentences.

Earlier this week, six high-profile televangelists received an unexpected request from Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley. The Senate Finance Committee will be investigating the financial records of the televangelists' so-called "mega-ministries," which have the same tax status as churches.

One of the first major projects to test the big-time capacity of crowdfunding for films, Veronica Mars has released its trailer.

A member of Anonymous said he was responsible for the attack. Not so, says GoDaddy.

http://66.225.205.104/PCJobs.mp3The Charlotte-area job market is showing some signs of recovery. Which jobs will be most prevalent in the post-recession…

The Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department has honored a college student who was killed when a gunman opened fire inside a classroom.News outlets report…

The story behind the first six keyboard letters are driven by economics.

Five things that a lot of people get wrong about the world's second largest economy - and what robots and zombies have to do with it.

What if we all just lived at camp and the members of Charly Bliss were the camp directors? Can this be our new reality?

Hear the songwriter and master keyboardist perform with host Marian McPartland on this 1987 episode.

The young man once known as Archy Marshall and Zoo Kid visits KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic to make his U.S. radio debut. Watch King Krule perform "Baby Blue" from his debut album.

Clairo returns to nimble, self-recorded acoustics on her latest single, "Blouse."

"Something's Got to Give" captures real-life desperation, for desperate real-life times.

Fusing together timeless strands of blues, rock, punk and soul, the U.K. quintet The Heavy feeds off the blistering energy and raspy vocal chops of frontman Kelvin Swaby. Hear The Heavy perform live in concert from WXPN in Philadelphia.

The Tiny Desk senior producer shares his favorite albums and songs of 2022.