MONDAY: Mike Stoller, one half of the famed songwriting duo behind hits like "Hound Dog" and "Stand by Me." Should cash-strapped cities turn to corporate sponsors to fund public services? We talk to Baltimore City Councillor William Welch about new rules that allow the city to sell ads on fire trucks, and public space activist Elizabeth Ben-Ishai about the commercialization trend. Plus: The history buff behind @realtimewwii, a Twitter project that tells the story of WWII as if it were happening today.

TUESDAY: Why the ACLU thinks the KKK should be allowed to adopt a highway in Georgia. Benh Zeitlin, director of the critically acclaimed film, Beasts of the Southern Wild. Janet Reitman, author of Inside Scientology.

WEDNESDAY: Is North America suffering from Nature Deficit Disorder? Oscar-winning Canadian actor Christopher Plummer on his new one-man show, A Word or Two. It's a personal journey through his favourite books and his relationship with the written word. Japanese synthetic pop sensation AKB48.

THURSDAY: The rock, rap and grunge scenes in China are finally are taking off after decades struggling with censorship and the state preference for apolitical pop. Author William Dobson on The Dictator's Learning Curve -- how authoritarian regimes have adapted to the contemporary media and social-media world, and how those who wish to oppose today's dictatorships must also adapt. Renowned British-American painter David Hockney.

FRIDAY: After he wowed with a CPAC address 4 years ago, then 13-year-old Jonathan Krohn became a Republican party darling. Now, at age 17, he has come out as liberal. He joins us to talk about his past, future and his opinion on youth involvement in partisan politics. University of Toronto professor Michael Cobb talks about his new book, Single: Arguments for the Uncoupled. Ben Winters on his new supernatural horror novel, Bedbugs.