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Host Lynn Neary talks with musicians in the ensemble AXIOM OF CHOICE about their new CD, Niya Yesh. Blending traditional Persian melodies and instruments with those from a variety of other cultures, ensemble members Loga Rameen Torkian and Mamak Khadem, create a highly stylized multicultural crossover music. (8:55)Niya Yesh by Axiom of Choice is available from Emd/Narada; ASIN: B00004T9SS or NARADA WORLD RECORDS www.narada.com

He is a two-time Academy Award winner for his performances in The Usual Suspects and American Beauty. His other films include L.A. Confidential, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, The Negotiator, and The Shipping News. On television he was a regular in the series The Wiseguy. In 1997 Spacey formed Trigger Street Productions which has produced plays on Broadway, as well as films. Recently Spacey launched TriggerStreet.com, an interactive Web site dedicated to nurturing and development of undiscovered talent. Spacey's new film is The Life of David Gale. [Spacey declined to give permission for this Web site to offer audio of his interview, or sell tapes or transcripts of it.]

Host Lisa Simeone talks with jazz musician Paul Horn about his recordings inside buildings around the world. His most famous recording inside the Taj Mahal became a best seller in 1969. He went back twenty years later and recorded again and for the first time the two recordings are now available on the same cd. We also go with Paul Horn to the Cathedral of Saint Matthew the Apostle in Washington DC for a short concert. (For more information, visit www.transparentmusic.com. This site will open in a new browser window.)

General Motors pulls its ads in the Los Angeles Times after the newspaper's Pulitzer Prize-winning auto critic, Dan Neil, called for the resignation of GM's chief executive in a column this week. Neil and other industry analysts say the company is falling dangerously behind its foreign competitors, especially in developing hybrid cars. Paul Eisenstein, publisher of TheCarConnection.com, an Internet magazine, discusses the controversy.

A Maryland man is encouraging strangers to send him postcards containing messages with their deepest secrets. Frank Warren tells Michele Norris about Postsecret.com.

Medical ethicist Art Caplan says yes, and outlines why in his recent article for Barrons.com.

The Web site TomPaine.com has offered a $10,000 reward to whoever can prove the identity of what the site is calling "The Eli Lilly Bandit." Someone inserted two paragraphs into the Homeland Security Bill protecting drug manufacturer Eli Lilly from lawsuits by parents who claim the company's vaccines caused their children's autism. Major suspects include Sen. Bill Frist, Rep. Dick Armey and the White House. NPR's Alex Chadwick investigates the mystery.

A billboard in Seattle reads: Live where you can actually save for a rainy day. A spokesperson told cleveland.com that people want to flee the coasts, and Ohio wants to be the low-cost replacement.

Singer/Songwriter Aimee Mann. She's best known for her work on the soundtrack for the film "Magnolia." Her song "Save Me" from the film was nominated for an Oscar. Her new release is "Bachelor No. 2." Previously the album was available over her website (Aimeemann.com) and at her concert performances. Now it is available in stores. Mann and her manager had bought the master tapes from her record label in an effort to retain creative and marketing control. It's the first recording to be released on Mann's Superego Records.

More jobs were lost last month than expected, but the Obama administration's economic stimulus package promises to create 600,000 jobs by the end of the summer. Mark Zandi, the chief economist at Moody's Economy.com, says that without the stimulus, the numbers would be worse.