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Monday-Thursday 6:00-7:00 PM
Terry Gross

Interviews with authors, entertainers, and news makers.

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  • Wednesday, June 19, 2013 9:06pm
    The Art Of Life: Claes Oldenburg At MOMA
    Claes Oldenburg is one of the best-known American pop artists. Critic Lloyd Schwartz found himself not alone in enjoying the current Oldenburg exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art, which continues through Aug. 5.
  • Wednesday, June 19, 2013 9:06pm
    'The Watchers' Have Had Their Eyes On Us For Years
    Shane Harris, an author and journalist who covers intelligence, surveillance and cybersecurity for a number of publications, says that the revelations about the NSA from Edward Snowden are nothing new, and that such programs have a significant recent history in the United States.
  • Tuesday, June 18, 2013 9:08pm
    Cécile McLorin Salvant: Making Old Songs New Again
    The 23-year-old jazz phenom's debut album showcases her takes on vintage jazz and blues numbers by Bessie Smith, Fats Waller and others. You can trace some of her effects back to jazz greats like Sarah Vaughan, Betty Carter and Abbey Lincoln.
  • Tuesday, June 18, 2013 9:08pm
    Samberg, Taccone And Schaffer: Three's Not A Lonely Island
    As the brains behind the hip-hop parody group responsible for digital shorts like "D--- in a Box," Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer have produced some of the funniest Saturday Night Live material in recent memory. Here, they talk about comedy, Yo! MTV Raps and adolescence.
  • Monday, June 17, 2013 9:02pm
    In 'TransAtlantic,' The Flight Is Almost Too Smooth
    Colum McCann won the National Book Award for his 2009 novel, Let the Great World Spin, about a high-wire artist. Critic Maureen Corrigan says McCann's new novel, TransAtlantic, also has its head in the clouds.

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Author Interviews
11:40 am
Wed August 29, 2012

Victor LaValle On Mental Illness, Monsters And Survival

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Victor LaValle is also the author of Slapboxing with Jesus, The Ecstatic and Big Machine.
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Originally published on Wed August 29, 2012 12:58 pm

In Victor LaValle's new novel, The Devil in Silver, a man is mistakenly committed to a mental hospital where a buffalo-headed monster stalks patients at night.

The plausibility of a monster roaming the hospital's halls made sense, says LaValle, who has a personal connection to the mentally ill.

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Author Interviews
1:34 pm
Tue August 28, 2012

'Real Romney' Authors Dissect His Latest Campaign

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Michael Kranish (left) is the deputy chief of the Washington bureau of The Boston Globe. Scott Helman is a staff writer at The Globe. Both have covered politics, presidential campaigns and Congress.
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Originally published on Thu August 30, 2012 11:17 am

In The Real Romney, Boston Globe reporters Michael Kranish and Scott Helman examine Mitt Romney's political rise since 1994, when he ran for the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts. They explain how Romney shifted from supporting abortion rights to heavily courting social conservatives in the 2008 Republican primary.

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Music Interviews
11:30 am
Mon August 27, 2012

Regina Spektor: On Growing Up A 'Soviet Kid'

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"To me, the voice is an instrument, just like any other instrument," Regina Spektor says.
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Originally published on Thu November 8, 2012 9:05 pm

Regina Spektor plays the piano so loudly, she has to convince piano tuners to adjust the instrument to her liking.

"It gets so loud that the strings reverberate in a certain way," Spektor says. "And I always want them to work on the voicing and to soften the hammers, and they get kind of argumentative with me — they're like, 'You're not supposed to play this loud.'"

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Book Reviews
11:30 am
Mon August 27, 2012

In 'The Brontes,' New Details Of Family's 'Strange World'

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Juliet Barker received her Ph.D. in history from Oxford University, and was curator of the Bronte Parsonage Museum at Haworth for six years.
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Originally published on Mon August 27, 2012 2:13 pm

In the new, updated edition of her landmark biography The Brontes, Juliet Barker tells a sad story about Branwell, the infamous brother of Charlotte, Emily and Anne.

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Fresh Air Weekend
8:03 am
Sat August 25, 2012

Fresh Air Weekend: Mike Birbiglia, Bill Hader

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Scenes in the movie Sleepwalk With Me -- about Mike Birbiglia's sleep disorder — made him emotional while filming them.
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Originally published on Fri August 31, 2012 5:10 pm

Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors, and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week:

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