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Reggae — with its island rhythms, religious roots, and frequently political messages — has held its place as a popular musical form for more than a quarter century. Today, on the 20th anniversary of Bob Marley's death, NPR's Tom Cole looks back at the history of the genre.

NPR's Nancy Marshall reports on the tradition of New Year's resolutions and how philosophers from Hobbes to Plato might help us keep them.

John recounts the tale of his tiny hometown's high school basketball team which made it to the state finals in 1968.

In his three-part series on the oil century, John Burnett reports that a century ago, a gusher blew on Spindletop Hill in southeast Texas, inaugurating America's infatuation with oil and gas. The first of the great southwest oil fields, Spindletop made America a global energy power, virtually overnight.

Lisa talks with Dr. Erin Blake, curator of art at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington about a newly discovered portrait of William Shakespeare, that shows his face in a new light.

On Jan. 22, 1991 three AIDS activists snuck onto the set of the CBS Evening News. John Weir, one of those men, spoke on AIDS community television about getting the attention of the nation.

More than 200 years ago, a Russian aristocrat from St. Petersburg made a journey to Moscow. Aleksandr Nikolaevich Radishchev took notes on what he saw and turned his reporting into an impassioned plea for reform. In this five-part series on All Things Considered, join NPR's Anne Garrels as she recreates Radishchev's journey.

Scott visits the London Underground. After more than a century of service, the Tube is falling apart. Stations are crowded, equipment is breaking and transit workers have been on strike. Now, the Underground has a new boss. Bob Kiley is an American who fixed Boston's "T" in the 1970s and the New York City Subway in the 1980s. His first challenge in London is to find a good bagel. (In Glorious Stereo.)

Scott talks with country singer Merle Haggard about his new album If I Could Only Fly and his various conspiracy theories.

Susan Stamberg presents a variation of her annual Thanksgiving recipe for cranberry relish. This year she had assistance from composer Rodney Lister of the New England Conservatory of Music and soprano Denise Konicek.