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HPR All Things Considered host Dave Lawrence welcomes the voice and guitar of ZZ Top - Billy F. Gibbons - for his first chat with Dave, ahead of his first solo shows in the islands! Billy plays the Blue Note Hawaii May 17 through 19. Today hear how his mom and dad played critical roles nurturing his love of music at an early age, with up close and personal encounters with Elvis Presley, B.B. King and Tito Puente, the tale of itself a mini-odyssey within one very fun chat.

HPR All Things Considered host Dave Lawrence welcomes back gifted storyteller and rock legend Billy Gibbons! The guitar and voice of ZZ Top returns to the Blue Note Hawaii Friday through Sunday with his Billy Gibbons and the BFGs, and returns today to the show with Dave for more incredible storytelling. It comes from a chat quite a bit beyond a half hour, which we've also included for your listening enjoyment. Topics? Did you know Billy once lived in the islands? Hear how he got hooked up with Jimi Hendrix? Willie Dixon? Stevie Ray Vaughan? It's all in here!

The most popular video on YouTube has no lip-synching Chinese teenagers, no babies falling over, no drunk cats: It's Barack Obama's speech on race. So far, the Obama speech has been clicked on 1.6 million times and has drawn more than 4,000 comments, ranging from "awesome" to "no, we can't" to "Barrack to the Future!!"

Mayor Mike Victorino gives us the latest from Maui County; What's behind the recent rationing of baby formula; A Rainbow Wahine going pro tells us the secret behind her stellar 3-point record

Bob Clark plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.

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Steve Waithe, 28, is facing charges of cyberstalking and wire fraud over a scheme in which he allegedly used fake social media accounts to solicit nude photographs from female student athletes.

At the end of a year in which pop songs were a constant, provocative part of the national conversation, NPR Music critic Ann Powers sifts through the 100 most popular songs of the year to highlight 10 pure pop pleasures worth remembering.

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

The Conversation is broadcasting live from Lahaina, Maui today as residents mark six months since the wildfires destroyed more than 2,000 structures and killed 100 people on Aug. 8.