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Thanks to the generosity of Barb and Van Fishback, SDPB recently opened a small satellite studio on SDSU’s Brookings campus.

Deanna Witkowski draws on a variety of influences — from Chopin to Cole Porter to a relatively unknown Brazilian rhythm called baião. It's no wonder the pianist finds her music going in different directions — sometimes within the same song — as in her "Wide Open Window." Hear Liane Hansen's performance chat with Witkowski in NPR's Studio 4A.

SAG-AFTRA's actors, dancers, stunt performers and voice-over actors went on strike for nearly four months before the deal was finally made.

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned Friday amid the scandal surrounding unofficial wait lists at VA hospitals. Two former presidential speechwriters weigh in.

John Thompson of Colombia, S.C., stays home as much as possible to protect his health, but he has made an exception in order to comfort the grieving.

This month, PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger returns to South Dakota to help with the official opening and ribbon-cutting for the SDPB Sioux Falls Studios.

Rosanne Cash, the daughter of country music legend Johnny Cash, is singing again — and that's no small thing. About three years ago, large polyps on her vocal chords kept her from singing. But after lots of therapy, she completed her first album in seven years. Cash talks about her long path back with NPR's Melissa Block — listen to full-length cuts of songs from her latest CD, Rules of Travel, recorded live in NPR's Studio 4A.

Singer and composer Randy Newman's wry and sometimes raw musical commentary has become a big part of the American cultural landscape. In his new solo CD, The Randy Newman Songbook, Vol. 1, Newman revisits some of his biggest hits.

After relinquishing his House majority leader post, Eric Cantor, who was defeated in a stunning June primary upset, says he will give up his seat in Congress effective Aug. 18.

There's a new research program for undergraduate students. It studies all facets of the illicit economy from fake IDs to poaching fossils to printing money.