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Singer REBECCA KILGORE and pianist DAVE FRISHBERG. Together they perform classic American jazz tunes. Their new CD is "Not A Care in the World" (Arbors Records). In 1995 their first album "I Saw Stars" was chosen as a Writers Choice record by Coda Magazine. (REBROADCAST from 12/26/95) (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW).ARTS FEATUREREBECCA KILGORE and DAVE FRISHBERG cont'd12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:30:00 FUNDING CART (:15) 12:

Norwegian Explorer BORGE OUSLAND (pronounced "BOR-gay OWS-lan"). Ousland was the first man to complete a solo expedition to both the North and South Poles. In November of 1996 he began a solo crossing of the Antarctic continent. He reached his destination on January 17, 1997. The 64-day trek covered 1,764 miles and was made unsupported, meaning Ousland carried all the necessary supplies for the journey. 12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:

Foreign editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer, DAVID ZUCCHINO. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting from South Africa. In his new book "Myth of the Welfare Queen," (Scribner) he turns his attention to his own town, Philadelphia, where he follows the lives of two welfare mothers, Odessa Williams and Cheri Honkala. One reviewer writes, "David Zucchino has shattered unequivocably the stereotype of women receiving welfare." 12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:

The chief contractor at a failed multibillion-dollar project to build two nuclear reactors in South Carolina has agreed to pay more than $20 million as part of a cooperation agreement with federal authorities probing the fiasco. Acting U.S. Attorney Rhett DeHart said Monday that Westinghouse Electric Co. will contribute $21.25 million to a program intended to assist low-income ratepayers affected by the project's failure. The company will also be required to cooperate with federal investigators still probing the company's role in the 2017 debacle at the V.C. Summer plant, which cost ratepayers and investors billions and left nearly 6,000 people jobless. Three top-level executives have pleaded guilty as part of a multi-year federal fraud investigation.

The immensely popular lottery will distribute a total of $2.8 billion in prizes this year, much of it in small prizes. Street and bar celebrations normally break out with winners singing and dancing.

It's been a year since sexual harassment allegations toppled celebrity chef John Besh. His restaurant group, now led by a woman, has been trying to change a toxic workplace one policy at a time.

NPR science and politics correspondents relay the latest news in the United States response to the coronavirus epidemic.

Though defined from the start by outsiders — hip-hop flyover country one day, scrutiny magnet the next — Chicago's poets, brawlers and hustlers remain the last word on what gives the city its soul.

From the waste-not ethos behind Angel Food Cake, to the science fads that sparked chocolate cake, American Cake tells a story of immigration and ingenuity.

It's the most wonderful time of the year, as they say. That is, unless you ordered the latest and greatest gadget too late, and now it's stuck in supply chain limbo. We're here to help.