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Hank Williams' 1949 hit foreshadows his untimely death four years later, at the age of 29.

Susan Stamberg reports on the story behind Irving Berlin's hit "Alexander's Ragtime Band."

Host Renee Montagne talks with photographer Arnold Newman. An exhibition of Newman's work is on display at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington D.C. During his career, Newman has photographed some of the most notable people in the world; from Francisco Franco to Truman Capote. He's also photographed every American President from Kennedy to Clinton. Newman is credited with creating a unique photographic style called "environmental" portraits.

Commentator Brad Klein tells the story of a treetop mimic in New York City's Central Park. For several years, careful birdwatchers noticed that they heard the Black-Throated Green Warbler weeks before they saw it. This puzzled them -- until someone noticed that the Warbler's song was alternating with that of the White-Throated Sparrow.

NPR's Technology Correspondent Larry Abramson reports on robots from the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT.

NPR's Howard Berkes explores the rush to harness energy from wind during a visit to the town of McCamey, the Wind Energy Capital of Texas, where hundreds of wind turbines are going up on every available mesa.

Jason Bezis, a law student at the University of California at Berkeley, has always harbored a special appreciation for our first president. He wants the nation to refer to our annual Februrary federal holiday by its given name: Washington's Birthday.

Host Bob Edwards highlights a new exhibit at the National Postal Museum in Washington, D.C. The exhibit offers a window into a unique relationship that developed through correspondence. Some Japanese American children forced into internment camps after the bombing of Pearl Harbor exchanged many letters with a San Diego librarian named Clara Breed.

25-year-old Max Moran is a former foster child and outspoken advocate for foster care reform in New York City. Weekend All Things Considered first met Max two years ago; he's now poised to graduate from Hunter College in New York with a Master's degree in social work.

Veteran Broadcaster Robert Trout casts back to his early days as a reporter covering politics, to tell the story of the Republican Party's slide from a majority party to the minority in the 1930's and 1940's. For its first seventy years, the GOP was the dominant party. But from Hoover's loss to Roosevelt in the 1932 presidential election until now, Republicans have been playing catch-up to the Democrats. This is the first of two reports.