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A group of women who are close friends get together and regularly share intimate details about their dating lives, career ambitions and frustrations with everyday life. Although the concept sounds similar to the blockbuster movie and former television series "Sex and the City," the group is the focus of a new web series called "The Real Girls Guide to Everything Else." Host Tony Cox talks with the show's stars -- Nikki Brown, Robin Dalea, Reena Dutt and Carmen Elena Mitchell.

Recent visitors to New Haven may have been greeted with an unusual sight: not the stressed-out Yalies, but singers from across the world uniting for the International Cabaret Conference, now in its eighth year. Run by a former club owner and taught by a who's who of cabaret superstars, it offers singers the chance to hone their craft.

For many school-aged children in America, summer means checking out of school for at least a couple months. But new research says long breaks from the classroom can set kids back. A group of moms -- Jolene Ivey, Dani Tucker, Loriene Roy -- join Ron Fairchild, CEO of the National Summer Learning Association, for a discussion about the pros and cons of summer break.

Freelance writer Karen Houppert lost her father when she was a teenager. This year, she decided to try and reconnect with this story, and visit his gravesite with her teenage son. Guest host Tony Cox speaks with Karen Houppert about her father, and why it took her over 30 years to return to his gravesite.

British oil company BP says it will continue to finance sponsorships of art institutions, including the Tate Britain and the British Museum. This despite the activities of protesters who have tried to call attention to BP's handling of the Gulf spill disaster by smearing the Tate's main hall with a feather-covered slick.

Rima Fakih made history last week when she was crowned Miss USA 2010, as the first Muslim and Arab-American woman to win the pageant title. Guest host Tony Cox speaks with Fakih about her big night, some controversial photos taken before the competition and what she hopes to accomplish with her new title.

The term "model" typically evokes the image of a woman who is tall and svelte. But Ashley Graham is not that kind of model. She has curves, dimples and abundant skin. She's a plus-sized model, and she's becoming increasingly visible in the mainstream. She and Gary Dakin, who runs the plus-size division of Ford Models, discuss her career -- and her recent lingerie ad, which stirred controversy when it was rejected by both ABC and FOX.

How do you photograph memory? It's a question that fine-art photographer Jennifer Karady is exploring. And not just any memory, but memories of war brought home by veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan.

The man behind Charlton Heston's sandals in The Ten Commandments is 91-year-old Willie Rivera, who began making shoes at the age of 13 in Mexico City. He moved to Los Angeles in the 1950s and has dressed the feet of legends such as Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Lily Tomlin and Bill Cosby.

Any guy will gladly give up his life for her. She's "Angelina, Angel of Death." This Two-Minute Noir was produced by Thomas Lopez and comes to us from the NPR series "Hearing Voices."