Bailey Williams was struggling with an eating disorder before she joined the Marines, but her recruiter did not seem concerned. While in the Marines, Bailey's disordered eating only intensified. She joins us to discuss her memoir about that period of her life, Hollow: A Memoir of My Body in the Marines. 

[REBROADCAST FROM October 16, 2024] At this year's Grammys, tabla player Zakir Hussain took home three awards, the first musician from India to win that many in one year. Hussain died this week at the age of 73, and so to celebrate his life, we revisit our conversation with him earlier this fall. He reflected on his big year and his efforts to preserve and spread Indian classical music. You can also find his special performance on New Sounds here.

After 36 years, Tom Viola, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS executive director, is retiring from the organization at the end of the year. Under his leadership, Broadway Cares has awarded more than $300 million in grant funding to the Entertainment Community Fund and to local organizations around the country. He joins to reflect on his memories of early years of Broadway Cares, their fundraising mission, and take your calls.

It's holiday baking season and in honor of WNYC's employee cookie swap happening today, we consult with Eric Kim, New York Times food and cooking columnist, about some of the best festive recipes. We also take your calls.

This month's Full Bio selection is the new biography of the band R.E.M. Author Peter Ames Carlin joins us to discuss his book The Name of This Band is R.E.M. Today, we discuss the breakup of the band. 

From legends like Roz Chast and Jack Ziegler to contemporaries like Liana Finck and Edward Steed, a new book pays tribute to the artists of The New Yorker who have long brought readers joy, humor, and satire. Photographer Alen MacWeeney and New Yorker contributor Michael Maslin join us to discuss assembling the book, At Wit’s End: Cartoonists of The New Yorker, which is out now.

The new movie "September 5" follows a group of ABC sports journalists who find themselves unexpectedly thrust into covering an international crisis when a group of Israeli athletes are held hostage during the 1972 Munich Olympics. Stars Peter Sarsgaard and Leonie Benesch join us to discuss the film, which is in select theaters now and nationwide January 17. 

This year, there's been a proliferation of TV and film on streamers featuring spies, from "The Diplomat," to "The Agency" to "Slow Horses." And these aren't the usual James Bond/ Jason Bourne lone actors with shiny gadgets, they're spies with families, partners and lost loves. We discuss the new kind of spy with NPR TV critic Eric Deggans and take your calls.

This month's Full Bio selection is the new biography of the band R.E.M. Author Peter Ames Carlin joins us to discuss his book The Name of This Band is R.E.M. Today we discuss the early years of the band and how they became a massive success. 

Academy-Award nominated actor Michael Fassbender plays a CIA operative dealing with the effects of being undercover for 6 years in the new series, "The Agency." Inspired by the French series "The Bureau," the show follows a spy who may have been compromised by falling in love. Fassbender joins us to discuss.