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

Interviews with authors, entertainers, and news makers.

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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Friday, May 17, 2013 8:33pm
    Bill Hader On Sketch Comedy, Classic Hollywood
    This weekend will be Hader's final romp on Saturday Night Live. He joined the cast in 2005 and has been nominated for an Emmy for his character Stefon, an obsessive clubgoer. Hader talks about not understanding how people do standup and about watching old films, which sparked his interest in Hollywood.
  • Thursday, May 16, 2013 8:33pm
    'Into Darkness,' Boldly And With A Few Twists
    The 12th film based on Gene Roddenberry's '60s sci-fi TV show is the second to star a new group of actors as Kirk, Spock and their crew. J.J. Abrams returns as director, and Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch plays the memorable villain.
  • Thursday, May 16, 2013 8:33pm
    100 Years Of Woody Herman: The Early Bloomer Who Kept Blooming
    In a career that ran from the 1930s into the 1980s, and included work in big bands and rock 'n' roll, the clarinetist, saxophonist and bandleader changed to reflect the times. Herman would have turned 100 on May 16.

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Music Interviews
12:49 pm
Fri December 14, 2012

Ravi Shankar: Remembering A Master Of The Sitar

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Originally published on Sat December 15, 2012 8:01 am

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DAVID BIANCULLI, HOST:

This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli sitting in for Terry Gross. Ravi Shankar, who popularized the sitar and Indian music in America, died this week at the age of 92. He befriended the Beatles, gave George Harrison sitar lessons, and inspired Harrison to launch the first superstar benefit concert, 1971's the Concert for Bangladesh.

That's when Ravi Shankar, tuning up before his performance, responded to the polite but clueless support of the U.S. audience. His ad lib was good humored but pointed.

(APPLAUSE)

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Music Interviews
12:49 pm
Fri December 14, 2012

Hall Of Famer: Randy Newman Makes The Cut

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Originally published on Sat December 15, 2012 8:01 am

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DAVID BIANCULLI, HOST:

This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli, editor of the website TV Worth Watching, sitting in for Terry Gross. This week, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced its latest round of inductees, and among them is singer/songwriter Randy Newman. You have to have 25 years as an artist to qualify for the Hall of Fame, but Newman has clocked a lot more time than that.

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Movie Reviews
12:49 pm
Fri December 14, 2012

Behind The Scenes Of The Beatles' 'Magical Mystery Tour'

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The Beatles look out of the Magical Mystery Tour coach skylight, on location in England in September 1967.
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Originally published on Fri December 14, 2012 2:01 pm

On Friday night on PBS, Great Performances presents a documentary about the making of a Beatles TV special from 1967 — Magical Mystery Tour — then shows a restored version of that special. Magical Mystery Tour has the music from the U.S. album of the same name, but it's not the album. It's a musical comedy fantasy about the Beatles and a busload of tourists taking a trip to unknown destinations.

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Books
1:47 pm
Thu December 13, 2012

'World On A String': John Pizzarelli Jazzes It Up

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In a new memoir, jazz guitarist and son of jazz legend Bucky Pizzarelli tells stories from growing up in a musical household and making a name for himself as a musician.
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Brothers John and Martin Pizzarelli grew up in a household where jazz greats like Benny Goodman and Les Paul were family friends.
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Originally published on Fri December 14, 2012 12:13 pm

Brothers John and Martin Pizzarelli were born into a family of musicians. Their father is the famed jazz guitarist, Bucky Pizzarelli, who, during the 1960s, performed in the Tonight Show Band and who worked as a session player for rock acts such as Dion and the Belmonts. Musical greats, too, were in and out of the Pizzarelli house in Paterson, New Jersey, as John and Martin were growing up. It makes perfect sense then that, eventually, Martin picked up the upright bass professionally and John found his calling with jazz guitar, singing and songwriting.

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Best Books Of 2012
12:06 pm
Thu December 13, 2012

10 Books To Help You Recover From A Tense 2012

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Originally published on Thu December 13, 2012 1:48 pm

2012 has been a very jittery year — what with the presidential election, extreme weather events and the looming "fiscal cliff." In response to these tense times, some readers seek out escape; others look to literature that directly confronts the atmospheric uncertainty of the age. I guess I'm in the latter camp, because many of my favorite books this year told stories, imagined and real, about ordinary people who felt like they didn't have a clue what hit 'em.

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