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Gene Autry's ubiquitous theme song never got old for 'the Singing Cowboy,' remaining a mainstay for his entire career as an actor, singer, and owner of the Anaheim Angels.

The cost of sending a first class letter goes up by 1 penny today, to 34 cents. Liane talks with Wayne Youngblood, editor and publisher of the journal Stamp Collector and the website stampcollector.net, about how stamp collectors are reacting to this price increase.

Weekend Edition's resident satirists at the Montana Logging and Ballet Company take a humorous look at the transition efforts of President-elect George W. Bush.

Liane talks with NPR's Sylvia Poggioli from Rome about the closing yesterday of the Jubilee Year by Pope John Paul the Second. The Holy Year was marked by memorable events and visits to Rome by millions of pilgrims.

Lisa Simeone talks with NPR's Brian Naylor about the more controversial of President-elect Bush's cabinet appointments.

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}

Liane talks with Canadian singer/songwriter Sarah Harmer, who has released her first solo album in the US, You Were Here. Harmer performed previously with the indie rock band Weeping Tile and put out three records with them, but never thought of herself as a solo artist. All that changed when she recorded a collection of old jazz and country songs as a gift for her dad. It became the album Songs for Clem, which garnered her critical attention and a record contract. (NOTE: SARAH HARMER'S ALBUM YOU WERE HERE IS AVAILABLE ON ROUNDER RECORDS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HARMER'S ALBUM SONGS FOR CLEM VISIT HER WEBSITE AT www.SARAHHARMER.COM)

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.

Tomorrow, January 7th, is Orthodox Christmas. Weekend All Things Considered essayist Madeline Hnatowich-Dean recalls the day when she was eight years old and played the accordion in the Christmas pageant at St. Mary's Russian Orthodox Church in Stamford, Connecticut.

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)