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NPR music critic Tom Manoff has chosen four CDs that he's listening to over the Christmas holidays -- all vocal performances. Listen to a track from each of Manoff's selections.

Turns out humans aren't the most destructive creatures on Earth. Microbes who spend their lives decomposing leaves are. Commentator Bill Harley has a song about soil bacteria gleefully at work creating entropy.

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld sits down with Morning Edition host Bob Edwards for a wide-ranging interview touching on the war on terror, the military budget and the remaining threat in the Middle East.

Friday, on the show's 31st anniversary, All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen profiles the man who wrote the theme, composer Don Voegeli.

Flow is a tale of storytellers in an urban neighborhood. It's written and performed by actor-rapper Will Powers. NPR's Verta Mae Grosvenor reports.

More than 35 years ago, the USS Kirk, a small U.S. Navy ship, had a big role in the rescue of thousands of South Vietnamese refugees. Some of the sailors and those they saved told their story to NPR.

The movement that led to sit-ins all over the country and contributed to the dissolution of segregation began with four college students in Greensboro, N.C. On the 50th anniversary of the Woolworth's sit-ins, this timeline highlights their exponential growth and impact on segregation law.

A new Criterion four-DVD box set — Paul Robeson: Portraits of the Artist features several of Robeson's films and an abundance of documentary material.

Semi-clothed portrayals of female Olympic athletes in Playboy magazine leads commentator Tony Perrottet, author of The Naked Olympics, to note the original importance of the games as a "celebration of the human form."

Commentator Bret Anthony Johnston has been in love with skateboarding for half his life. He likens his passion to the intense rush you get from being in love.