Tunes from old Appalachia with a new bluegrass twist. The hit folk band “Crooked Still” plays for us in our studio.

A U.S. offensive in Afghanistan. Al Franken heads to the Senate. Mark Sanford keeps talking. And unemployment keeps rising. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Author Rick Bass walks us through the changing seasons of the Montana wilderness, in his new book, “The Wild Marsh.”

Former FDA chief David Kessler took on Big Tobacco. Now he tells us how the food industry plays with our brain chemistry, and turns us into hyper-eaters.

Psychoanalyst Adam Phillips explains how kindness went out of fashion, and why we need it more than ever.

Barack Obama came to Washington promising serious action on climate change. The climate bill that passed the House last Friday is hailed as an historic first step. We’ll look at what’s in it, what it’s up against, and whether it’s enough.

Naomi Shelton has been singing gospel all her life, and just released her first album, at age 66. She joins us.

The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of white firefighters in New Haven, Connecticut, reversing a decision endorsed by Judge Sonia Sotomayor. We’ll look at the case, and what it means for affirmative action.

Karl Greenfeld grew up in the shadow of an autistic brother. He’ll talk about his new book, “Boy Alone.”

Tuesday, June 30th, U.S. combat troops will be all but gone from Iraqi cities. We’ll talk with two reporters, an American and an Iraqi, about where the pullout leaves Iraq.

The ‘King of Pop,’ dead at 50. We’ll look back at the career, the image, the person, and the impact on popular music.

Iranian crackdown. Health care politics in high gear. And the South Carolina governor’s Argentine affair. Our weekly news roundtable unpacks the headlines.

On Point and Planet Money, together at last! We talk with NPR’s Adam Davidson and David Kestenbaum about what they’ve learned covering the economic crisis, and where it’s going.

Does Athens’ big, new, ultra-modern Acropolis Museum give Greece a fresh claim on the Elgin Marbles, spirited away by a British lord two centuries ago? We’ll step into the fray.

The true story of Bonnie and Clyde, 75 years after America’s most famous outlaw lovers went down in a hail of bullets.