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Father and son Mabruk and Malik Eshnuk recently traveled from Pittsburgh to western Libya to help rebels fighting Moammar Gadhafi. NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro updates the story with their first — and last — battle.

Dig below the strata of pop songs so ubiquitous you can't stand to hear them anymore, and you'll find plenty of riches in the Top 40, from country crossover to innovative R&B and classic pop.

This week, the rapper Future hit #1 on Billboard's albums chart for a third time in the last six months. Meanwhile, on the songs, chart, stasis is becoming the coin of the realm.

Toni Morrison's 1987 work Beloved is the best American novel of the past quarter-century. That's according to a vote of writers and critics who were invited to weigh in with their choices by The New York Times Book Review.

Doug Nadvornick reads Ernest Hemingway's first novel.Published in 1926, "The Sun Also Rises" has recently entered the public domain. Ernest Hemingway's seminal modernist novel follows American expat Jake Barnes and his circle of friends in France and Spain between the two World Wars.

Front Porch Bluegrass show from April 6, 2025.

Wendell "Wendy" Henderson debates with influencers about his new superhero outfit.

Jim Tevenan talks with conductor Shira Samuels-Shragg and violinist Gabriella Després

Powerhouse names lingered around the top of Billboard's albums chart all summer: Taylor Swift, Morgan Wallen — crowding out new entries. But this week brings an embarrassment of riches.

Conductor James Lowe and violinist Jack Liebeck preview a cosmic concert