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This week's Retro Cocktail Hour features the exotic sounds of the New Les Baxter Orchestra, the Waitiki 7 and Les Baxter. Also, Buddy Collette and the Swingin' Shepherds, the Amboina Serenaders and Jack "Mr. Bongo" Costanzo.

There's some "let's go shopping" music on this week's Retro Cocktail Hour, along with the jungle drums of Xavier Cugat; the National Youth Jazz Orchestra plays Mancini; and jungle jazz for the Original Swinger, plus tunes by Julie London, the Trombones Inc. and the George Shearing Quintet.

Based in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia, The Steel Wheels bring powerful lead and harmony vocals, string band instruments with a groove, and strong…

Climate change hasn’t recently been a Republican priority. But some young conservatives are hoping to change the narrative within their party.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Lobbyists in Kansas reported spending almost 6 percent more in 2012 to influence state government officials than they did in 2011. A report released this month by the state Governmental Ethics Commission said 550 lobbyists reported spending a total of $765,000 last year. That's $43,000 more than the figure for 2011. The biggest jump in spending was on newsletters and other communications from groups to their members or from companies to their employees, urging them to contact state officials. The figure for 2012 was almost $115,000, compared to less than $20,000 in 2011. But spending on media advertising dropped to about $135,000 last year from $186,000 in 2011. Lobbyists also reported spending almost $477,000 on providing free food for state officials.

On this edition of Conversations, Crispin Boyer talks with host Dan Skinner about his latest book for National Geographic Kids, “Top Secret: Spies, Codes,…

On this edition of Conversations, David Baldacci talks with host Dan Skinner about "The Edge," the second novel featuring Travis Devine, also known as the "6:20 Man."

The exotic sounds of Les Baxter and his Orchestra, Machito's Afro-Cubans and the Arthur Lyman Group are featured in this week's Retro Cocktail Hour!

We're time traveling on this week's Film Music Friday, with music from The Time Machine, Somewhere in Time, Time Bandits and even a Star Trek movie!

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.