This week is Sunshine Week - a national recognition of the need to maintain transparency in government and the acknowledgement of the importance of a free and independent press.

The PA Freedom of Information Coalition has been committed to protecting press freedoms and eliminating government secrecy since 2005. "The whole purpose of the FOIC is to be a resource for the regular guy or gal looking for information about their government" FOIC president Donald Gillibrand told the PennLive editorial board earlier this week. "Now, more than ever, focusing on transparency is important."

Smart Talk will speak with Gillibrand about the need for government transparency and the value of a free press.

Also, Smart Talk discusses the roots of rock and roll with Penn State Behrend history professor Richard Aquila. He looks at the symbiotic relationship between early rock music and the cultural landscape in post-war America in his new book, Let's Rock!: How 1950s America Created Elvis and the Rock and Roll Craze.