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World Cafe features daily interviews and live in-studio performances from seasoned music veterans and new sensations, in genres ranging from rock to blues to folk to alternative country and beyond. From NPR station WXPN, host David Dye chooses his favorite albums of 2006.

C-SPAN Chairman and CEO Brian Lamb has written an open letter to Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi requesting that she grant television cameras more access to the House chamber. Lamb discusses his request with Neal Conan.

Saxophonist Maceo Parker began playing with James Brown's band back in the 1960s, and his signature style helped define James Brown's brand of funk.

We begin a series of conversations about reaction to President Bush's new Iraq strategy, approaching political figures, thinkers and those tied most closely to the war, the families of men and women who are fighting.

China has just 76 traditional opera troupes today, compared to 2,000 four decades ago. But it has an unlikely new champion: a Briton who has devoted more than a decade to mastering Beijing opera and bringing it to new audiences.

Last week, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson visited Sudan's Darfur region. Richardson says he brokered a cease-fire agreement between rebel groups and the Sudanese government, although some rebels are now denying this. He also tells Debbie Elliott that the Sudanese government seems to be easing some repressive measures.

Moviemaking is an important part of Louisiana's economy and has continued to expand, undeterred by last year's hurricanes. The state has even begun positioning itself as the "Hollywood of the South."

One maverick Palestinian believes the key to Middle East peace is a greater Arab understanding of the Nazi holocaust. Khaled Mahamed, an Arab-Israeli lawyer in the city of Nazareth, has set up the first Arab museum on the Third Reich slaughter of European Jews. But the museum has attracted the anger of both Arabs and Jews.

Guarding against bioterrorism, Israel vaccinates health workersagainst smallpox. A nationwide immunization campaign will follow. It's a more aggressive approach than current U.S. plans.

A multistate outbreak of norovirus illnesses linked to raw oysters from Canada is under investigation in 13 states by the FDA.