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Terry Gross

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 8:35pm

Soderbergh's Liberace, 'Behind The Candelabra'

In his new HBO film, the acclaimed director examines the five-year relationship between the flamboyant entertainer and Scott Thorson, who was 40 years Liberace's junior and still a teenager when they met. Michael Douglas plays Liberace and Matt Damon plays Thorson.
- Audio
Monday, May 20, 2013 8:33pm

Sarah Vaughan: A New Box Set Revels In Glorious Imperfections

Divine: The Jazz Albums, 1954-1958 packs four CDs with Vaughan's music, recorded live or in the studio with bands big and small. Two live albums from Chicago nightclubs are standouts, partly when a performance threatens to slide off the rails.
- Audio
Monday, May 20, 2013 8:33pm

Mel Brooks: 'I'm An EGOT; I Don't Need Any More'

The screenwriter, producer, director and actor, whose name has become synonymous with American comedy, talks about his penchant for spoofs and his decades-long friendship with Carl Reiner. Brooks, who is among a handful of people who've won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards, is the subject of a new documentary on PBS.
- Audio
Saturday, May 18, 2013 8:33pm

Fresh Air Weekend: Gerwig, Baumbach, Dawes And Polley

In Frances Ha, a 27-year-old (Greta Gerwig) navigates New York City — and the transition from prolonged adolescence to proper adulthood. Gerwig and director Noah Baumbach co-wrote the script. Dawes has a new album, Stories Don't End. In a documentary, Sarah Polley turns the camera on her own family.
- Audio
Friday, May 17, 2013 8:33pm

Jerry Lee Lewis: Live, Singing As If Life Depended On It

In 1958, Lewis suffered a precipitous decline in popularity when people learned that his new wife was not only 13, but also his cousin. Nobody would touch his records. Then, in 1963, he signed a deal with Smash and it looked like things were getting better.
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Sandy Raises Questions About Climate And The Future

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Taxis sit in a flooded lot in Hoboken, N.J., after Hurricane Sandy caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic Seaboard.

By editor

Originally published on Wed October 31, 2012 4:12 pm

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If you ask climate scientist Radley Horton, it's difficult to say that Hurricane Sandy was directly caused by climate change, but he sees strong connections between the two. Horton is a research scientist at The Earth Institute at Columbia University. He says that in New York City, the sea level has gone up about a foot over the past century and that researchers expect that rise to continue and even accelerate.

11:46 am

Wed October 31, 2012

Katey Sagal, Holding Court On 'Sons of Anarchy'

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Katey Sagal as Gemma Teller Morrow in Sons of Anarachy on FX.

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Actor Charlie Hunnam (right) plays Sagal's character's son, who is president of the Sons of Anarchy outlaw motorcycle club.

By editor

Originally published on Wed October 31, 2012 2:59 pm

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As Gemma, the fierce matriarch of the biker gang in the FX series Sons of Anarchy, Katey Sagal has shot and killed people, hit somebody with a skateboard, pulled a gun on a baby and done other horrible things. It's all part of the challenge of playing the character, Sagal says.

"She does things in the name of loyalty, which I relate to, but she goes way beyond anything I would do."

3:43 pm

Tue October 30, 2012

After 26 Years, The Sam Rivers Trio Resurfaces

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Sam Rivers' trio with Dave Holland and Barry Altschul (not pictured) recently released its 2007 reunion show on CD.

By Kevin Whitehead

Originally published on Mon November 5, 2012 9:00 am

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This review was originally broadcast on Sept. 26, 2012.

Jazz multi-instrumentalist Sam Rivers, who died at 88 in December 2011, recorded with many trios in the 1970s. But his most celebrated trio was barely recorded at all. In 2007, it played a reunion concert — its first in 26 years.

9:59 am

Tue October 30, 2012

'Sutton': America's 1920s, Bank-Robbing 'Robin Hood'

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J.R. Moehringer is the best-selling author of The Tender Bar. In 2000, he won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing for his work at the Los Angeles Times.

By editor

Originally published on Tue October 30, 2012 3:35 pm

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This interview was originally broadcast on Sept. 26, 2012.

After the global financial crisis hit in 2008, Pulitzer Prize winner J.R. Moehringer was so angry at banks, he says, he decided to write about the people who rob them — in the form of fiction, since he's not an economist.

11:36 am

Mon October 29, 2012

The Fresh Air Interview: Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band

By editor

Originally published on Thu November 8, 2012 8:53 pm

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This interview was originally broadcast on Nov. 24, 2010.

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