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Frankie Andreu, a nine-time Tour de France participant, is providing commentary on this year's race for the Outdoor Life Network. He looks on as Lance Armstrong sails toward his seventh consecutive Tour victory.

The singer-songwriter's vocals soar in this beautifully simple Tiny Desk performance.

American Floyd Landis has reclaimed the leader's yellow jersey in the Tour de France. He reclaimed it after the 15th stage of the race, which included three Alpine peaks. Sports journalist James Raia talks with John Ydstie about the race.

Iowa's largest newspaper endorses Republican John McCain and Democrat Hillary Clinton. The Des Moines Register's backing comes as Clinton remains in a tight race with Barack Obama and John Edwards. McCain is running well behind GOP candidates.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Michaela LeCompte about her graduation, at age 29, from Montana State University Billings. She has been raising three kids by herself while taking classes.

Sara Bardeen reviews the CD AOI: Bionix, by De La Soul.

His clothes may have been seen by more people than any other tailor on earth. And you probably don't know his name. On Tuesday, you'll get a chance to see his work, when the President of the United States gives his State of the Union speech in a hand-made suit from Georges De Paris. NPR's Kitty Eisele talks with the man known as "Tailor to the Presidents."

Simone de Beauvoir is one of the towering figures of 20th century France. While she has perhaps slipped into the shadows of American memory, her pioneering work, The Second Sex, is still regarded as one of the cornerstones of modern feminist thinking.

For centuries, the central European nation has used the sound of buzzing bees to relax its citizens. When students become restless in class, they go listen to the school's bee hive to de-stress.

Brian de Palma is one of cinema's most hypnotic stylists, a virtuoso who can expand your perception of space, time and motion onscreen. So when he throws away his jazzy technique and goes for rough-hewn and immediate — as in Redacted — it's a major statement.