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This weekend the finale of the critically acclaimed urban drama The Wire airs on HBO. For 'Youth Radio's' Orlando Campbell, the series reflects what life is like in the inner city.

Jeff Deck of Boston had seen a lot of misspellings on signs around the city, and one day he couldn't take it anymore. Deck founded the Typo Eradication Advancement League and set off on a nationwide quest to repair the mistakes by any means necessary, including sticky vinyl letters.

With the Oscars days away, Melissa Block chats with writer Bruce Vilanch, who has been on the Academy Awards staff for 20 years. The host, Jon Stewart, has his own writers from Comedy Central furiously working on his material. But other writers are coming up with copy for the presenters — and will be rewriting as the show goes along.

From dewy-eyed ingenue in Dangerous Liaisons to martial-artist mother in Kill Bill, Uma Thurman has played a range of singular roles. She joins Fresh Air to talk about her career — and her new independent film The Life Before Her Eyes.

An economics professor finds a young couple, victims of a real-estate scam, living in his New York apartment. He lets them stay. The film's a touching story of a budding friendship laced with biting commentary on U.S. immigration policies.

Developed in the 1800s by West African slaves in Brazil, the art of capoeira is a complex and powerful mix of martial arts fighting, dance, music and games. Carlton Jones took part in a New York performance honoring Black History Month.

Writer-director Roland Emmerich, who is responsible for Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow, has taken audiences to a lot of strange places. Not one of them was as strange as his 10,000 B.C.

A New England senior-citizens' choir that covers pop and rock tunes prepares for its next show in Stephen Walker's documentary; the geriatrock stylings are amusing — but also a testament to the singers' commitment to stayin' alive.

The battery reportedly occurred at a nightclub. The running back was arrested without incident and posted bond.

Producer Thomas Lopez presents another installment of the series he calls 2 Minute Film Noir. In this episode, we hear the story of Jake, the snake.