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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 veteran state department negotiator unpacks the ceasefire agreement in Gaza
Aaron David Miller, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, attributes the Gaza deal in part to Trump's transactional nature and breaking of traditional diplomatic crockery.
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'John Candy: I Like Me' paints an intimate portrait of the late actor
Candy died in 1994 at age 43. Now, a new Amazon Prime documentary does a fine job of profiling a gifted entertainer who was also, by all accounts, a very sweet human being.
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Remembering Diane Keaton, the iconic star of 'Annie Hall' and 'The Godfather'
David Bianculli offers an appreciation of the Oscar-winning actor, who died Oct. 11. And, we'll hear a '97 interview, in which Keaton reflected on her "lucky break" of landing a role in The Godfather.
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'Twice' author Mitch Albom asks: What if you could relive any moment of your life?
Albom explores that question in a new novel. He's also the author of Tuesdays with Morrie, which chronicled Albom's relationship with Morrie Schwartz, his old college professor who died of ALS.
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Every moment pops in the nuclear thriller 'A House of Dynamite'
A single nuclear warhead, of unknown origin, is heading toward the U.S. mainland in Kathryn Bigelow's new Netflix film. It's an unnerving scenario — but it's also thrilling to watch.
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Remembering primate expert and conservationist Jane Goodall
Goodall, who died Oct. 1, became one of the most famous scientists of the 20th century for her work observing chimpanzees in the wild in East Africa. Originally broadcast in 1993 and 1999.
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This #MeToo melodrama isn't great, but Julia Roberts' performance is
Roberts plays a Yale professor whose life unravels after one of her colleagues is accused of sexually assaulting a student. After the Hunt is an academic potboiler that muddles its central issue.
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How the Trump administration is reshaping the military
President Trump is deploying National Guard troops to U.S. cities, erasing "woke" in the military and striking alleged drug boats off Venezuela. The Atlantic's Nancy Youssef discusses what this means.
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Laufey was an 'odd fish' in native Iceland. Now she's a jazz-pop star
The Grammy Award-winning singer and musician had rigorous classical training. Now she's making music that crosses genres: "I've been inspired by Golden Age films, the va-va-voom of it all," she says.
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'The Life of a Showgirl' spotlights Taylor Swift as she moves away from heartache
Swift's previous albums focused on the love she yearned for. The dozen songs on her latest release combine to form a picture of true love found, tested and proven strong.
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Remembering 'The Twilight Zone' creator Rod Serling
It's been 50 years since the Emmy Award-winning TV writer and producer died. But watching reruns of The Twilight Zone confirms that the themes Serling tackled remain relevant.
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'Dopesick' author Beth Macy on escaping poverty -- and then going back home
Macy returned to the Ohio factory town where she grew up to find jobs have left, families are struggling and old friends now embrace conspiracy theories. Her new memoir is Paper Girl.
