We take a minute to hear from listeners after our recent segment on the alcoholic, uber-caffeinated Four Loko beverage and our interview with Diana Reimer, national coordinator for the Tea Party Patriots.

Who says poetry is dead? In Chicago, the world's largest youth poetry slam brings hundreds of Chicago kids together to face off.  A documentary called "Louder Than A Bomb" follows the kids. We speak with two of them: Nova Venerable, who represented Oak Park River Forest High, and Lamar Jorden, of Steinmetz High School.

• Peter Dixon, "Nagog Woods"
• Ken Vandermark, "New Acrylic"
• Charles Mingus, "Open Letter to Duke"
• Ahmad Jamal, "Patterns"