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The Starbucks unionization campaign is picking up speed, despite attempts by the company to slow its momentum. 20 stores have now voted to unionize, and more than 200 have petitioned for votes.

In some of the dirtiest places on Earth, author and environmentalist Andrew Blackwell found something worth looking at. His book, Visit Sunny Chernobyl, tours the deforestation of the Amazon, the oil sand mines in Canada and the world's most polluted city, located in China.

Each episode of the new Amazon series Solos features a character struggling in isolation. Actress Constance Wu talks to NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about her 22-minute monologue.

Led by their eldest sibling, who is 13, they managed to find food and shelter. All four, including a year-old baby, stayed safe until Colombian special forces and Indigenous guides rescued them.

NPR's A Martinez talks to hall-of-fame running back Barry Sanders about the Amazon Prime documentary Bye Bye Barry — which tells the story of why he retired abruptly from the Detroit Lions in 1999.

In the wake of an Australian engineer's kidnapping in Iraq, Robert Siegel talks with T. Christian Miller of the Los Angeles Times about the thousands of contractors doing business there. Miller says despite ongoing risks, companies have had no trouble finding willing employees.

Moroccan and international teams work to rescue earthquake survivors. The government opens its antitrust case against Google. The House returns to Washington with Speaker Kevin McCarthy in a bind.

Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney's vote to impeach former President Donald Trump after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has imperiled her popularity at home.

“It takes two, baby......" That's what Marvin Gaye said in 1967 when his duet with Kim Weston peaked in the Top 20 on the Billboard Pop Charts.

This lecture is in two parts: Both will be `"stand alone" to accommodate students who can attend only one lecture or the other.

In the first lecture, we will discuss the various types of duos; exploring how and why they came together. We will begin by looking at duets from the films of the 30s, 40s and 50s. We will cover the hits of Les Paul and Mary Ford as well as Bing Crosby's famous duet with Grace Kelly. We will transition to the advent of Rock & Roll and the full explosion of the duo into the 60s, from Mickey & Sylvia, The Teen Queens, to Sonny & Cher and beyond. Some of these artists/duos covered in both lectures were incredibly successful and racked up hit after hit, while other pairings were destined to be one-hit-wonders. Either way, their songs have stood the test of time.

In our second lecture, we will move chronologically from the 70s through the 90s with stops along the way for Hall & Oates, Steely Dan, and Simon & Garfunkel. We won't forget the great English duos such as Chad & Jeremy, Peter & Gordon and the artists of the second British invasion: The Eurythmics, Tears For Fears and Soft Cell. Nashville will be well represented in both lectures from superstars like the Everly Bros, Brooks & Dunn to the romantic sounds of England Dan & John Ford Coley.

In these lectures, we will examine the reason two people band together and make music. You will be amazed at how many familiar songs were recorded by these great popular duos as we stroll down memory lane and learn that sometimes two is better than one!

Tony Moon has spent 60 successful years in the Music Business. Beginning in 1960 he joined the L.A. group, Dante and The Evergreens, managed and produced by Lou Adler and Herb Alpert. He later moved to Nashville becoming Guitarist and conductor for Brenda Lee. He also began playing on recording sessions and was Nashville's first rock independent music producer, working with five major labels. He scored several big hits for The Vogues, including "5 O' Clock World" Tony has won several awards as songwriter and music publisher. His songs have been released by artists as diverse as Porter Wagoner, Willie Nelson, Vickie Carr, Pearl Jam, and The Beatles.

He currently administers several Music Publishing Companies and a New York Entertainment Company.

Fifty and Better was designed to offer university-level courses and lectures (no tests, no homework) taught by experts in the field, and to host social engagement activities for individuals age 50 and older.

Silicon Valley Bank was not a household name. For four decades, SVB successfully competed with big name financial institutions only to come crumbling down in a matter of days.