Youth Radio's Pendarvis Harshaw says that among his friends, the transition from condoms to no-condoms signifies a lasting commitment — more so even than walking down the aisle.

In the early 80s, Yaz was a favorite on dance floors worldwide. The duo was short-lived, but they scored multiple Top Ten hits in the U.S. and the U.K. Now Yaz is back together for its 25th anniversary.

Before he was old enough to say "embarrassing," millions of people saw Spencer Elden in his birthday suit on the cover of Nevermind. Now a teenager, he's trying to make sense of his very public image.

Three years ago New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson formed a rodeo council to help his state's economy. The effort is beginning to pay off. This week, the state hosts the National High school rodeo finals, billed the "world's largest rodeo."

John Owens, a veteran community organizer in Chicago, talks about how he met Barack Obama, and the working relationship they developed in the 1980's. Owens reflects on what they accomplished and the challenges confronting Chicago's Southside community now.

Jerome Holtzman, who wrote for the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune and became Major League Baseball's first ever historian, has died. He created the "save" — a relief pitching statistic that many say changed the game — and was known as the "Dean of Baseball."

With the Olympics in Beijing less than a month away, the global spotlight is on China — and its treatment of Tibet. The Dalai Lama's chief negotiator, Lodi Gyari discusses the protests, the Olympics, and the best way for Tibet to push for autonomy.

The diminutive actress who spent 40 years struggling for success before landing a role of a lifetime in 1985 as the sarcastic octogenarian Sophia on TV's The Golden Girls, has died. She was 84, and had suffered from dementia in recent years.

Badminton is the only Olympic sport where men and women play on the field at the same time. It's also one of the most popular sports in the United States, but Olympians Howard Bach and Bob Malaythong aren't convinced that it gets the respect it deserves.

When Cpl. Jason Bogar was killed in action in Afghanistan, he left behind a family in Seattle — and a wide-ranging record of his tours of duty. Bogar took numerous photos and videos of families he met in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"No country has ever closely scrutinized itself visually," the legendary photographer once said. A new book documents hundreds of the Depression-era images she took and the descriptions she wrote of them.

In 1908, Philadelphians were riding in style on a brand new subway system. George Smerk, professor of transportation at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, talks about the subway's history.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with first-time novelist Christina Meldrum, a litigator and Harvard graduate. In Madapple, readers enter the lives of a mother and daughter, in which questions about faith, science and religion abound.

Three generations of women from an African-American family in the historic city of Philadelphia reflect on how their city and its people have changed during the past century.

In this installment of the Summer Adventure Series, Host Liane Hansen speaks with Annelise Kelly of Portland, Ore., about her trip to the island of Martinique, where she's cooking for a group of archeology students.