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From 75 campuses across 35 states, we've listened to hundreds of student entries to select the very best for NPR's College Podcast Challenge.

As I watched the new series, I only cared about Piggy — the thoughtful, smart kid stranded on an island with other boys. That made me think about what we look for in art.

During the 1930s, the Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Project interviewed 2,000 former slaves as part of a larger overall effort to record the remarkable history of the diverse American population. Those interviews became the basis for a new HBO documentary, Unchained Memories.

Writer FRANK MCCOURT recently won the National Book Critics Circle Award for his memoir "Angela's Ashes" (Scribner) which is still on the bestseller list. Last October he talked with Terry Gross about the book. It recounts his experiences growing up desperately poor in Ireland. McCourt lives in New York. (This interview is REBROADCAST from 10/24/96.) (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW).12:28:30 FORWARD broadcast (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:

On his last day as the host of weekends on All Things Considered before moving to NPR's TED Radio Hour, Guy Raz looks back at some of his memorable music interviews from the past 3 1/2 years.

Fresh Air kicks off its late night TV theme week with a 1981 David Letterman interview, in which the host describes how late night TV changed the comedy business, and a 1988 interview with one-time Tonight Show executive producer Fred de Cordova.

Steve Carmody has been a reporter for Michigan Radio since 2005. Steve previously worked at public radio and television stations in Florida, Oklahoma and Kentucky, and also has extensive experience in commercial broadcasting. During his two and a half decades in broadcasting, Steve has won numerous awards, including accolades from the Associated Press and Radio and Television News Directors Association. Away from the broadcast booth, Steve is an avid reader and movie fanatic.

The president said the South Bend, Ind., mayor's marriage to a man is "absolutely fine." In an interview with NPR, Buttigieg said he is "more interested in policies that affect LGBTQ people."

Kramer, who died May 27, was an early advocate for aggressive research into the HIV virus. He co-founded both the Gay Men's Health Crisis and the protest group ACT UP. Originally broadcast in 1992.

Tate's whirlwind writing, which appeared in The Village Voice and Rolling Stone, often referenced pop culture, literary theory and the latest slang. He died Dec. 7. Originally broadcast in 1992.