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The guitarist grew up in New Jersey but absorbed the country music his West Virginian parents loved. His new album is Man About Town.

Debt-beleaguered Greece has secured a second international bailout, but for many Greeks, the conditions set by their EU partners are a breach of sovereignty.

Peter Behrens' new novel starts with a teen, ends with a railroad magnate, and covers plenty of ground in between. Canada's nation-building is the background of this sweeping family saga.

Poet and Irish expatriate Frank Delaney has enjoyed success as a BBC host, Man Booker Prize judge and author of the best-selling novel, Ireland. To honor St. Patrick's Day, Delaney shares with Weekend Edition his original poem, Drowning the Shamrock.

One third of the Senate and the entire House of Representatives are up for election in November. Host Jacki Lyden talks with NPR's Ken Rudin about some of the congressional races to watch in 2012.

Despite the excitement surrounding actor and activist George Clooney's visit to Washington, D.C., this week, there's nothing new about stars testifying before Congress. As celebrities get more involved in politics, can their star power still draw an audience for a worthy cause?

NPR's Mike Pesca has a recap of Friday's NCAA tournament action, in rhyme.

Forty years after it was first proposed, digging has begun on a major new railway link under central London. Two giant earth-eaters are nibbling away at the ground, making tunnels that eventually will connect mainline train services across the city. Guest host Jacki Lyden talks with NPR's Philip Reeves in London about Europe's biggest civil engineering project.

NPR Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman speaks with guest host Jacki Lyden about the latest developments for the soldier accused in the killing of 16 Afghan civilians.

Service members are generally screened before, during and after deployment. But the Army lacks reliable diagnostic tools, according to former Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Chiarelli. He says what the recent attack on Afghan civilians proves is "just how much we don't know."