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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs.
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A dying woman chooses friends over her husband in 'Some Bright Nowhere'
A woman with a terminal diagnosis asks her husband to leave the house in Ann Packer's new novel. Some Bright Nowhere is an absorbing book about end-of-life care and what the living owe the dying.
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Fresh Air Weekend: Nutritionist Marion Nestle; Science writer Mary Roach
Marion Nestle says we should eat "real food, processed as little as possible." Justin Chang reviews Hamnet. Mary Roach reports on the latest in transplant science in her new book, Replaceable You.
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Marking 100 years of the Grand Ole Opry with Earl Scruggs and Loretta Lynn
We listen back to archival interviews with two Opry members: bluegrass musician Scruggs, who perfected three-finger banjo picking, and country star Lynn. Originally broadcast in 2012 and 2010.
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This new movie about Russia's independent journalists is harrowing, but not hopeless
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow follows Russian journalists who report on the country's abuses. Reviewer Justin Chang calls it one of the most engrossing films he's seen all year.
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In 1981, Stephen Sondheim's 'Merrily' was a flop -- now it's a hit
A filmed version of the live production of Merrily We Roll Along will open in theaters on Dec. 5. We listen back to a 2024 interview with revival director Maria Friedman and actor Jonathan Groff.
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'Death by Lightning' star Michael Shannon sees parallels between the 1880s and today
Shannon brings James Garfield's brief presidency to the screen in a new Netflix series. And in the film Nuremberg, Shannon plays a prosecutor trying Nazi leaders for war crimes.
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3 new songs sound nothing like the pop music currently dominating the charts
These love songs — Neko Case's "Oh, Neglect...," Valerie June's "Runnin' and Searchin'" and Olivia Dean's "Man I Need" — each express a refreshingly realistic ambivalence toward romance.
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'Rental Family' star Brendan Fraser discusses his lifelong search for belonging
In his new film, Fraser plays an actor in Tokyo who takes a job with a rental family service. It's based on a real phenomenon in Japan: companies where you can hire someone to fill a gap in your life.
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Fresh Air Weekend: Ben Stiller on his showbiz family; 'Wicked' star Cynthia Erivo
Stiller chronicles his showbiz family in the documentary Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost. Erivo sees parallels between her life and the experience of her Wicked character. Her memoir is Simply More.
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Shakespeare's unhappy marriage takes center stage in 'Hamnet'
A new film, adapted from Maggie O'Farrell's 2020 novel, posits that the death of Shakespeare's 11-year-old son may have inspired one of the greatest fictional tragedies ever written.
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Marking 65 years of Hitchcock's 'Psycho' with actor Janet Leigh
Leigh shares stories about Psycho, including the infamous shower scene. Also, screenwriter Evan Hunter talks about working with the Hitchcock on his next film, The Birds. Originally broadcast in 1999.
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'A Man on the Inside' goes to college, and Ted Danson aces the test
Charles (Ted Danson) went undercover in a retirement community in the first season of the hit Netflix series. In Season 2, Charles enrolls in college, and brings along a fantastic new cast.
