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Travel to all six cities of this season for never-before-seen appraisals!

The most popular video on YouTube has no lip-synching Chinese teenagers, no babies falling over, no drunk cats: It's Barack Obama's speech on race. So far, the Obama speech has been clicked on 1.6 million times and has drawn more than 4,000 comments, ranging from "awesome" to "no, we can't" to "Barrack to the Future!!"

A decades-old British institution is on its way out. The BBC says it will retire the show Top of the Pops. The program lost its allure as THE place for rock bands to be seen.

I Will Read To You written by Gideon Sterer and illustrated by Charles Santoso is a touching picture book about the beauty of storytelling at bedtime. The little boy in this picture book wants everyone including the animals of the night to be given the opportunity to hear a bedtime story. With the okay of his mother, he calls ghosts, vampires, dragons, giants, and witches to come to him for a bedtime story. The illustrations are a delight. (Little, Brown and Company) 2023.

Oliver is filled in on how to make dumplings at home from restaurateur Joanne Chang!

The New Year is upon us, and as the days slowly get longer, the next edition of Homespun shines a light on The Gibson Brothers., Full Cord, Big Maceo, Ray Bonneville, The Mild Carton Kids, and much more! Tune in on Saturday evenings at 6pm!

His rich baritone and gift for melodies made him one of the most popular artists of the 1970’s. On Homespun this week we’ll celebrate the life of Gordon Lightfoot who passed recently at age 84. We’ll hear songs performed by him and covered by Ian & Sylvia, The Country Gentlemen, Tim O’Brien, Marty Robbins, Tony Rice, and others who were influenced by him and he by them! Tune in Saturday at 6PM!

Homespun this week covers a myriad of topics-Trees, Love, Home, Weather, and other topics! All provided by Laurie Lewis, Kody Norris, Sara Watkins, Erynn Marshall & Carl Jones, plus more!

On this week’s archive edition of Homespun, we celebrate our nation’s independence with the music of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Johnny Cash, Simon & Garfunkel, along with a track each from the debut recordings of Sara Watkins and Lynn Morris!

Some tunes sound even better for summer afternoons, like "Whisper Not" by Benny Golson. For the mix this week on The Beat, Bobby Shew's version is on the playlist, along with some other laid back tracks, from Michigan artists, Rick Roe and Paul Vornhagen a classic pairing of Brubeck and Armstrong, Kenny Barron, and Stix Hooper!