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Embattled Senate Republican Leader Trent Lott remains defiant about hanging on to his post after a GOP colleague declares he is willing to challenge Lott for the leadership job. Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN) has the public support of several GOP senators. Hear NPR's David Welna.

Fresh Air rock critic Ken Tucker offers his picks for the best music of the year, including Fiona Apple's latest album and a Bob Dylan DVD. He also addresses the topic of women in music, and he talks about the year in hip-hop. Tucker is the film critic for New York magazine.

Hear the delectably scandalous, dance-floor-ready anthems of the year.

A song calling Prime Minister Theresa May a liar is heading to the top of the charts in the United Kingdom, a week ahead of the general election.

Matt Harmon, co-owner of the Boathouse Bar & Grill in Belmar, New Jersey, chats with WBGO's Doug Doyle regarding how the late notice of restrictions being lifted has made it difficult to prepare for the long holiday weekend and the summer season.

The Powerful Cast of George Street Playhouse's virtual production of Tiny Beautiful Things Talk about Healing and Emotion during a Zoom chat with WBGO's Doug Doyle

WBGO Journal host Doug Doyle chats with Chalkbeat Newark reporter Patrick Wall

WBGO Journal host and News Director Doug Doyle chats with Simone Gordon about her The Black Fairy Godmother Foundation

From tributes to Philip Glass and French opera to the roaring silences of Morton Feldman and virtuosic choral singing, 2017 proved to be another vibrant year in classical music.

The population of the United States has officially reached 300 million. According to government calculations, America reached the milestone at 7:46 a.m. ET on Tuesday. The United States is only the third country in the world to reach 300 million people.