MELISSA BLOCK, host: And now from the musical adventures of Daniel Day-Lewis to your letters about the French Elvis, Johnny Hallyday.</s>Mr. JOHNNY HALLYDAY (Singer): (Singing foreign language).</s>MELISSA BLOCK, host: Yesterday, we heard about the all-French stakeout at a Los Angeles hospital where Hallyday has been experiencing a rough recovery from an operation. For decades, he has been France's biggest rock star, and now it seems all of France is focused on his health.</s>ROBERT SIEGEL, host: Well, my interview about this situation inspired some warm letters about the pop star. Renee Wood(ph) of Sheffield, Massachusetts, writes to tell us about seeing a Johnny Hallyday concert in Paris almost a decade ago.</s>She says: It was held under the Eiffel Tower and lasted more than three hours, during which Johnny sang ballads, pop and rock in French and English, drove his motorcycle on stage and at one point featured the dancers from the Moulin Rouge. Sprinkled throughout were multiple firework displays set off from the Eiffel Tower. And Wood continues: It's not hard to know why the French love him so much, and I wish him a full and fast recovery.</s>MELISSA BLOCK, host: And staying with the French theme, yesterday we reported on France's nuclear energy program. Fifty-eight nuclear reactors generate 80 percent of the country's energy needs. France has been selling its expertise around the world despite cost overruns at home and objections from environmentalists.</s>ROBERT SIEGEL, host: I can't stand it, so writes Ian Macelvane(ph) of Venice, California. Another piece on nuclear power and global warming with no mention of the fact that nuclear waste will remain dangerous for hundreds of thousands of years. He goes on: I really wish you would remind all of us of that fact every now and then when you report on nuclear power.</s>MELISSA BLOCK, host: Well, it does take energy, but not a whole lot, to write to us. Go to npr.org and click on contact us at the bottom of the page.
Listeners respond to stories about the "French Elvis" Johnny Hallyday, and France's nuclear energy program. Robert Siegel and Melissa Block read from listeners' e-mails.