Talk of the Nation kicks off a weeklong series, "The Next Big Thing," with a look at the music world. Bob Boilen, host of NPR's All Songs Considered, talks about artists to listen for in the coming year, and highlights new trends in the music industry.
Veteran reporter Daniel Schorr talks about his new book, Come to Think of It: Notes on the Turn of the Millennium. Schorr, who was part of Edward R. Murrow's legendary CBS team, currently interprets national and international events as senior news analyst for NPR.
Los Angeles Times columnist Joel Stein peers into his crystal ball and offers his list of predictions -- both good and bad -- for 2008. His op-ed, "And You Don't Want to Know What's Going to Happen to Britney," speculates about the future of the White House, the writers' strike, Facebook and more.
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Guests from the Pew Research Center, National Geographic and Foreign Policy magazine talk about the major news stories of 2007. They'll also touch on stories that made headlines in other countries but didn't attract attention in the United States.
Physicists are using the largest telescope in Antarctica to probe the farthest edges of the universe. South Pole Telescope scientists discuss their 280-ton scope, what they hope it will show them -- and what it's like to live and work on the southernmost continent.
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