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NPR's Linda Wertheimer spoke with Allan Langheinrich, a master tool and die maker and meteorite enthusiast who maintains a rock cutting and preparation facility at his workshop in Ilion, New York.

The Stuckists are fed up with the contemporary British art scene. As NPR's Rick Karr reports from London, the group of painters says modern art in the UK is made by and for an elite clique.

A new generation of Baltimore residents is hoping to revive a hallowed Charm City tradition -- weekly scrubbing of the city's ubiquitious marble front steps. NPR's Neal Conan applies a little Bon Ami powder and a lot of elbow grease of his own.

Lisa talks with Jane Gottesman, author of Game Face: What Does a Female Athlete Look Like?, a collection of photographs of women in sports.

NPR's Ivan Watson reports that Sierra Leone's civil war seems to be ending and rebel commanders are turning over hundreds of child soldiers to the United Nations. The UN estimates that some 5,000 child soldiers saw combat during the 10-year civil war.

For more than 20 years, Washington, D.C., has been home to a unique musical genre known as Go-Go. Defined by its Latin-tinged drums and audience participation, Go-Go has yet to find much airplay outside of the nation's capital. Host Madeleine Brand talks with the man known as the Godfather of Go-Go, Chuck Brown, about the genre and his new CD, Your Game...Live at the 9:30 Club. (7:01-7:46) {Chuck Brown: Your Game...Live at the 9:30 Club, Liaisons Records: 2001}

Host Madeleine Brand talks with the Tucson-based band Calexico, who try to capture the spirit of their region in music - a soundtrack to the Southwest. (6:30) {Calexico, Even My Sure Things Fall Through. Quarterstick Records, Chicago, IL: 1998-2001}.

As NPR Cultural Correspondent Rick Karr reports in a two-part series, smaller Internet media companies increasingly are being subsumed or edged out by media conglomerates.

Rock songs tailored to specific baseball players are just part of the multimedia extravaganza at big-league ballparks these days. Behind the scenes at venues like Baltimore's Oriole Park at Camden Yards are high-tech sound and video productions that aim to keep the athletes -- and their fans -- plugged into the game. Jeffrey Katz reports. (7:12

Two-time U-S National Fingerstyle Guitar Champion Don Ross performs in NPR's Studio 4A, and speaks with Liane about his new cd, Huron Street (Narada Records).