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After careful study of preserved specimens and observing individual birds in the wild, Dr. Bob Kennedy of the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History and Science has identified a new species of bird. Lina's (LEE-nuhz) sunbird is a brightly colored bird that lives in an isolated region on the Phillipine island of Mindanao (MIN-duh-now). Noah talks with Dr. Kennedy about his expeditions to the Phillipines, and the process of capturing and preparing specimens.

Host of ABC'S "Nightline" TED KOPPEL. He has a new memoir about his 16 years with the news show and his life before journalism. It's called "Nightline: History in the Making and the Making of Television" (Times Books, by Ted Koppel and Kyle Gibson). (REBROADCAST from 5/

This coming Thursday marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of contralto Marian Anderson, one of this country's greatest singers, who died in 1993. In 1939, Anderson was not allowed to sing at the Daughters of the American Revolution's Constitution Hall because she was African-American. An outraged Eleanor Roosevelt arranged for Anderson to sing at the Lincoln Memorial in an outdoor concert that became a landmark in African-American cultural history. We reprise a 1989 segment on that concert that was produced by the late Robert Montiegel.

of what's become known as "the great sitdown strike" gathered to mark one of the pivotal events in U.S. labor history. Sixty years ago this week, their victory over General Motors paved the way for workers in other industries to organize unions.

- Today is International Women's Day, and Daniel speaks with Dartmouth College history professor Annelise Orleck about her new book, "Common Sense and a Little Fire," which addresses American women's struggle for workers' rights in this century. In the interview, Ms. Orleck describes the fight of women garment workers at the turn of the century. We also hear readings from the papers of women involved in the struggle.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports that officials from the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum are working out details of a plan to bring about the most ambitious trade liberalization plan in history. But as they were meeting, there were noisy demonstrations against the plan on the streets of Manila. Opponents complain that freer trade will allow large multi-national corporations to exploit the region's poor and the environment.

Noah talks with Nina Myatt, the curator of "Antiochiana," the local history archives at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. They talk about the 102-year-old custom of distributing free flour to widows in the town for their Christmas baking. The tradition was started by a former slave, who bequeathed money to the town to continue the practice after he died.

Results of a new nationwide survey show that cigarette smoking among teens is less common now than at any point in recent history. Use of marijuana, alcohol and most other illicit substances went down as well. NPR's Adam Hochberg reports.

A year ago, riots in Argentina led to the resignation of President Fernando de la Rua. Since then, President Eduardo Duhalde has tried to guide the Latin American nation through the worst economic crisis in its history. Brian Byrnes reports.

Paris, the City of Light, once was the city of pig manure. It's a story told in Alistair Horne's The Seven Ages of Paris, a history of the French capital that captures medieval filth as well as modern grandeur. Horne speaks to NPR's Steve Inskeep.