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Derrick Hewitt, 15, likes to hit... and hit hard. At home, he fights constantly with his younger brothers. Most of the time these tussles are playful, but sometimes he goes too far. As part of WNYC's Radio Rookies program, Hewitt recently set out to explore his aggressive behavior.

For 60 years people living in Northwest Tennessee have been able to hear a radio program called Swap Shop. The format of the show is simple, harkening back to the days when radio was a predominently local medium. Listeners call or write in to buy or sell items, ranging from household items to farmyard implements. Producers Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister heard the program, and as part of an occasional series, they asked musician Kurt Wagner and his band Lambchop to use the show as inspiration for an original song.

The growing number of wireless gadgets, from cell phones and WiFi devices to GPS receivers, is creating a traffic jam on the electromagnetic spectrum. The FCC is looking for strategies that encourage new technologies, while keeping signals clear. NPR's Larry Abramson reports.

Forty years ago Thursday, radio storyteller Jean Shepherd took a crowded bus from New York City to participate in the March on Washington. The next day, he went on the air and shared the experience from his perspective in the crowds. He had been surprised by the good-natured attitude of most of the demonstrators, and by how they had been received by regular people walking around in the city. We hear an excerpt from his broadcast of Aug. 29, 1963.

Aimee Semple McPherson was one of the first preachers to wed Christian fundamentalism with Hollywood-style theatrics and tabloid-worthy controversy. The charismatic Sister Aimee's story is told in a new book and PBS documentary.

The video-sharing Web site YouTube.com has changed the way some people see the Internet. But it's also changing how people hear vintage artists, from the late Wilson Pickett to the up-and-coming Arctic Monkeys.

The Kentucky State AFL–CIO and Teamsters Local 89 have jointly filed a suit in Franklin Circuit Court seeking injunctive relief from enforcement of unfair…

If it gets the votes needed to pass, the measure will change the language in Kentucky’s constitution to explicitly state that non-US citizens cannot vote in the Commonwealth’s elections.

Musician Chuck Prophet talks about surviving a cancer scare and embracing new musical influences on his latest album titled: "Wake the Dead."

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with cultural critic Chuck Klosterman about his new book, which trains a critical eye on the cultural significance and future of a sport he loves: football.