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Singer and musician David Johansen was the lead singer for the 70s pre-punk punk rock band New York Dolls. Later he performed as Buster Poindexter, a pompadour tuxedo wearing lounge lizard swing bandleader of the band Banshees in Blue. Now he has a new roots-music band and a new album of straight blues, David Johansen and the Harry Smiths. (Chesky Re

In The Moment ... July 19, 2019 Show 619 Hour 1At an early age, Donald McLaughlin became associated with the Homestake Mining Company. Today at noon…

David Johnson is a Republic candidate for District 33 of the South Dakota House of Representatives.Meet the Candidates is a series of interviews conducted…

Violinist David Harrington describes what it's like to play with the Kronos Quartet in wartime. As the group travels across Europe, Harrington has been asked to address some difficult questions about America's involvement in Iraq.

In The Moment ... May 28, 2019 Show 583 Hour 1David Zellmer has served two full terms as the Bishop of the ELCA South Dakota Synod. He's no longer…

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Ted Clark about the Middle East Peace talks underway at Camp David. President Clinton returned from a four-day trip to Japan and immediately plunged back into the negotiations, trying to determine if there was potential for a peace accord to be reached.

TV critic David Bianculli reviews the new political mock documentary series, Tanner on Tanner. The four-part political satire was written by Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau and directed by Robert Altman. It airs Tuesdays in October on the Sundance Channel.

Film critic David Edelstein reviews Infamous, a new film about Truman Capote based on the book by George Plimpton. Toby Jones and Sigourney Weaver star in the film, which covers the same ground as last year's Oscar-winning film Capote.

TV critic David Bianculli previews the HBO docudrama Live from Baghdad. It's a behind-the-scenes story about how CNN scooped its rivals in covering the first night of the Persian Gulf War 12 years ago. The show premieres on Saturday.

Tom Manoff has a review of the CD Reflections of Spain, featuring Spanish music for guitar, played by David Russell. Manoff thinks Russell — who is Scottish, not Spanish — plays with a natural elegance, and is passionate but never over the top.