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Liane Hansen speaks with Anthony DeCurtis, contributing editor at Rolling Stone Magazine, about the controversy surrounding the Grammy nomination of Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP for Album of the Year. Parents and gay-rights groups have criticized Eminem for his gay-bashing, homicidal, and misogynistic lyrics. {STATIONS NOTE: 0:52 into the piece, an excerpt of music from "The Marshall Mathers LP" is heard, including the line: My words are like a dagger with a jagged edge/That'll stab you in the head whether you're a fag or lez/Or the homosex, hermaph or a trans-a-vest/Pants or dress/Hate fags? The answer's yes}

After spending three years in Russia covering the country's political and social changes, NPR Correspondent Michelle Kelemen has returned to the US with a reporter's insight into life in the former Soviet Union. She talks with host Lisa Simeone.

NCAA spending per Division I and national championship participants was $4,285 for men and $2,588 for women in the 2018-19 season. The gap is even larger for single-gender sports, the report shows.

NPR's Margot Adler reports on the Earth Liberation Front, a radical environmental group that has claimed responsibility for dozens of acts of violence against luxury homes, resorts, and slaughterhouses.

Pioneering journalist Marvel Cooke died this past November at the age of 99. She was the first African-American to work for a major daily newspaper in New York. From her base in Harlem she covered many of the major political and cultural stories of her era. Host Lisa Simeone talks with historian Roger Wilkins, a nephew of Marvel Cooke.

Bandleader Les Brown died of lung cancer this week at the age of 88. For almost 70 years, Les Brown and His Band of Renown entertained US troops and music fans worldwide. In 1940, with a 17-year-old Doris Day on vocals, Brown recorded Sentimental Journey -- the biggest hit of 1945. Brown later joined Bob Hope's weekly radio show and then made the transition to television with him. Host Lisa Simeone has this appreciation.

The Cuban piano whiz teams up with American jazz greats Jack DeJohnette and Ron Carter on a new album. Skyline is three masters enjoying each other's company, with us listeners as lucky eavesdroppers.

Lisa talks to Chris Thomas King, a singer, songwriter and guitarist from Louisiana who's on the cutting edge of the blues. Chris Thomas King talks about his music, and about his role in the new Coen Brothers' movie, Oh Brother Where Art Thou? King's latest cd is Me, My Guitar and the Blues. (Blind Pig Records BPCD 5064)

NPR's Martin Kaste reports that former dictator General Augusto Pinochet continues to defy Chilean courts. Yesterday, he refused to submit to a medical examination designed to determine whether he is mentally fit to stand trial. Pinochet is accused in the disappearance of dozens of his political opponents during his rule. The president of the supreme court today said the high court has the means to enforce its decisions. It's unclear what action the courts might take against Pinochet, although arrest of the aging general certainly is a possibility.

When Louis Armstrong recorded Hello, Dolly in 1963, he gave it his unique vocal and instrumental treatment. But he had no idea the song would become a success.