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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.
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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.
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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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Monday, June 17, 2013 9:02pm

WWII 'Deserters': Stories Of Men Who Left The Front Lines

In his new book, journalist Charles Glass explores the little-known history of thousands of American and British soldiers who deserted during World War II. Glass describes how the strain of war can push a soldier to the breaking point — and how the line between courage and cowardice is never simple.
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Saturday, June 15, 2013 9:06pm

Fresh Air Weekend: Rogen, Goldberg, '20 Feet From Stardom' And 'Much Ado'

Writing partners Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg met as adolescents. Their new project is the disaster-movie spoof This Is the End. A new documentary profiles backup singers whose voices you know but whose names you probably don't. Joss Whedon's new production of Shakespeare's classic is a delight.
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11:57 am

Fri September 21, 2012

Civil War Historian Drew Gilpin Faust On PBS

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Historian Drew Gilpin Faust speaks onstage at the American Experience Death and the Civil War panel in July.

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Originally published on Thu November 8, 2012 10:57 am

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This interview was originally broadcast on Jan. 9, 2008. Gilpin is featured in PBS's American Experience called Death and the Civil War. It premiered Sept.

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Fri September 21, 2012

The Art Of Preserving A High School 'Wallflower'

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Charlie (Logan Lerman), Patrick (Ezra Miller) and Sam (Emma Watson) navigate the joys and pains of high school in The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

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Charlie must wrestle with his feelings for Sam, an older girl who shows him kindness.

By David Edelstein

Originally published on Fri September 21, 2012 11:57 am

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The hero of both the novel and the film The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a high school freshman loner named Charlie whose best friend committed suicide the previous spring. He's on psychiatric meds, lots of them, and still has blackouts and mysterious visions of a doting aunt who died when he was 7.

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Fri September 21, 2012

Vince Guaraldi Didn't Just Play For 'Peanuts'

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Vince Guaraldi had range, as well as an instrumental hit right when jazz was vanishing from AM radio.

By Kevin Whitehead

Originally published on Fri September 21, 2012 11:57 am

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There must have been times in 1963, when Vince Guaraldi was riding high on his surprise hit "Cast Your Fate to the Wind," when he thought, "This is what I'll be remembered for." Not that he minded. He said taking requests for the tune was like signing the back of a check. The song's got a great hook tied to a poppy, uplifting chord sequence.

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Thu September 20, 2012

A Close Look At Your Bills' 'Fine Print'

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Investigative journalist David Cay Johnston is also the author of Free Lunch and Perfectly Legal.

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Originally published on Thu September 27, 2012 1:20 pm

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Americans are paying high prices for poor quality Internet speeds — speeds that are now slower than in other countries, according to author David Cay Johnston. He says the U.S. ranks 29th in speed worldwide.

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