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After a seven-year prison term, James went through a rigorous education process including job training, drug counseling and support meetings. James watched others in the program drift back to crime while he struggled to overcome the obstacles that ex-offenders face when trying to re-connect to family and society.

Lisa talks with two police officers, a father and son, from California, who are using their musical talents to teach kids about safe driving. One of them is a polished Elvis impersonator. The other, a hard-rock rapper. They perform live throughout the state and have released several CDs. We'll hear excerpts from some of their songs. (7:46) *** The CDs are not available commercially (they are only given out at school performances), but listeners can get more information on the program online. http://www.ubco.org/

O. Winston Link, whose thousands of photographs of American railroads and rural culture documented an era, has died at the age of 86. Noah talks to Katherine Dodson, a church organist in Rural Retreat, Va., who was once photographed by Link, playing her organ as the Birmingham Special blew its whistle.

Commentator Bob Sloan talks about his strong ties to both his family and his Appalachian home.

Noah Adams talks with Emmanuel Madan and Thomas McIntosh about their sonic project, the Silophone. The two artists, who call themselves The User, have given an old grain silo in Montreal a new function by rigging it with broadcast lines and microphones. People can call into the Silophone or submit sounds over the Internet. (5:30) See www.silophone.net

NPR's Steve Drummond reports from the Mississippi Delta on "Teach for America." For more than a decade the program has been sending recent college graduates into poverty-stricken areas to teach for two years.

The former President gives us a walking tour of his family's farm near Plains, Georgia, now a national historic site, and talks to Lisa about what it was like to grow up there in the 1930s. Mr. Carter's latest book is called An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood.

The Kitchen Sisters, Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva, produce a profile of Laila Ali, daughter of famed boxer Muhammad Ali. Tonight she enters the ring with Jacqui Frazier, daughter of another renowned boxer, Joe Frazier. Both women compete professionally, but their match is a lot more than professional - it renews their fathers' historic rivalry.

Every December, cowboys invade the Rat Pack's turf in Las Vegas for the annual National Finals Rodeo -- and transform the town into a heartfelt and high-stakes roundup. Join NPR commentator John Ridley for a trip to the "Super Bowl of Rodeo."

Frank Conrad's garage near Pittsburgh is widely considered to be the birthplace of modern broadcasting. For 94-year-old Harry Mills, memories of Conrad's earliest broadcasts still ring with excitement. Hear the story of radio's early days on All Things Considered. It's part of NPR's continuing Lost and Found Sound series.