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Title: Fresh Air, William Maxwell, January 25, 2008

Author: Terry Gross

Narrator: Terry Gross

Format: Original Recording

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-25-08

Publisher: WHYY-FM

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

In honor of the centennial of William Maxwell's birth, and his contribution to American writing, the Library of America is publishing a two-volume collection of his novels and short stories. The first, which collects his early work, is out now. Maxwell's novels include They Came Like Sparrows, The Folded Leaf, So Long, See You Tomorrow, and Time Will Darken It. Maxwell was also fiction editor for The New Yorker from 1936-1976 and worked with such authors as J. D. Salinger, John Cheever, John Updike, Eudora Welty, and others. Maxwell died at the age of 91 in August 2000. (Original Airdate: 3/29/1995).

Then, Lloyd Schwartz reviews a new live release by opera soprano Patricia Brooks. Recorded in 1971, it's a rare document of her New York recital debut.

Finally, David Edelstein reviews the Romanian film 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days. It's set in 1987, two years before the fall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. [Broadcast Date: January 25, 2008]

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Title: Fresh Air, Flight of the Conchords and Reynolds Price, November 9, 2007

Author: Terry Gross

Narrator: Terry Gross

Format: Original Recording

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-09-07

Publisher: WHYY-FM

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Hear music-comedy duo Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie of the group Flight of the Conchords, writer Reynolds Price, and film critic David Edelstein, on this edition of Fresh Air.

Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie hail from New Zealand and were named Best Alternative comedy Act at the 2005 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival. The first season of their hit HBO series Flight of the Conchords is now out on DVD. It's about two transplanted New Zealanders who live on New York City's Lower East side. (Original Airdate: 6/14/2007

Then, Reynolds Price, whose book Letter to a Godchild (Concerning Faith) is now out in paperback. Price has penned a total of 37 volumes of fiction, poetry, plays, essays, and translations. His 1962 book A Long and Happy Life won the William Faulkner Award for a best first novel. Price has taught at Duke University since 1958, and has won numerous awards and honors for his work. (Original Airdate: 6/19/2006)

Finally, David Edelstein reviews No Country for Old Men, directed by Joel and Ethan Cohen, adapted from the book by Cormac McCarthy. [Broadcast Date: November 9, 2007]

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Title: Fresh Air, Peter Sagal, October 16, 2007

Author: Terry Gross

Narrator: Terry Gross

Format: Original Recording

Length: 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-16-07

Publisher: WHYY-FM

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Hear the host of NPR's news quiz, "Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me", Peter Sagal, and classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz, on this edition of Fresh Air.

For Peter Sagal's new tome, The Book of Vice: Very Naughty things (And How to Do Them) (HarperEntertainment), Sagal visited strip clubs, casinos, swingers clubs, and porn sets to get a perspective on the indulgences of others and report back to the rest of us.

Then, Lloyd Schwartz reviews some classic Hollywood musicals that have recently been released on DVD. Titles include The Pirate, Words and Music, Royal Wedding, and The Gang's All Here. [Broadcast Date: October 16, 2007]

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Title: Fresh Air, Robert Reich and Charles Reynolds, September 11, 2007

Author: Terry Gross

Narrator: Terry Gross

Format: Original Recording

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-11-07

Publisher: WHYY-FM

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Hear Robert Reich, the former secretary of labor under President Clinton, and professor Charles Reynolds, on this edition of Fresh Air.

Robert Reich's new book is Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life. In the book, he considers these questions: "Why has capitalism become so triumphant and democracy so enfeebled? Are these two trends connected? What, if anything, can be done to strengthen democracy?"

Then, Charles Reynolds, a professor of psychiatry, neurology, and neuroscience at the University of Pittsburg School of Medicine. He is director of the NIMH-funded Intervention Research Center for Late-Life Mood Disorders. He's co-authored a new book about depression in the elderly and how to treat it: Living Longer Depression Free: A Family Guide to Recognizing, Treating, and Preventing Depression in Later Life. [Broadcast Date: September 11, 2007]

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Title: Fresh Air, Samuel L. Jackson, August 14, 2007

Author: Terry Gross

Narrator: Terry Gross

Format: Original Recording

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-14-07

Publisher: WHYY-FM

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Hear actor Samuel L. Jackson and music critic Milo Miles on this edition of Fresh Air.

In his new film Resurrecting the Champ, Samuel L. Jackson plays a homeless, broken-down former heavyweight-contending boxer. It's based on the true story of Battling Bob Satterfield. Jackson's other films include Black Snake Moan, Pulp Fiction, Jungle Fever, Coach Carter, Freedomland, and Unbreakable. Jackson studied dramatic arts at Morehouse College in Atlanta, and after he graduated, he originated roles in two of August Wilson's plays at the Yale Repertory Theatre.

Then, Milo Miles considers the celebrated salsa singer Hector Lavoe, the subject of the new film El Cantante. [Broadcast Date: August 14, 2007]

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Title: Fresh Air, The White Stripes and Brian Cox, June 22, 2007

Author: Terry Gross

Narrator: Terry Gross

Format: Original Recording

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-22-07

Publisher: WHYY-FM

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Hear guitarist and vocalist Jack White and drummer Meg White of the band the White Stripes, film critic David Edelstein, and actor Brian Cox on this edition of Fresh Air.

The White Stripes' new album is called Icky Thump. It's their sixth release. The duo has tried to keep its relationship a mystery, claiming to be, variously, brother and sister or husband and wife. The truth, confirmed by numerous sources, is that they are a divorced couple. One reviewer writes, "The White Stripes are grounded in punk and blues, but the undercurrent to all of their work has been striving for simplicity, a love of American folk music, and a careful approach to intriguing, emotional, and evocative lyrics." (Original Airdate: 6/9/05)

Then, Brian Cox, the Emmy-award winner who appears on the HBO series Deadwood. The show's third season is now out on DVD. He's been in over 100 films and TV shows over the past 40 years. Movies include Match Point, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and Rushmore. Cox was a regular guest on Frasier, and he won an Emmy for his role as Reichsmarschall Hermann Wilhelm Goring in the TNT network's original TV movie Nuremberg. (Original Airdate: 6/26/06)

Finally, David Edelstein reviews A Mighty Heart, starring Angelina Jolie. [Broadcast Date: June 22, 2007]

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Title: Charlie Rose

Subtitle: The Dalai Lama, November 16, 2005

Author: Charlie Rose

Narrator: Charlie Rose

Length: 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-16-05

Publisher: Charlie Rose Show

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

An hour with the Dalai Lama. (Broadcast Date: November 16, 2005)

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Title: Fresh Air, Arthur Hertzberg and Dr. Eric Goemaere

Author: Terry Gross

Narrator: Terry Gross

Format: Original Recording

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-10-03

Publisher: WHYY-FM

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Historian and rabbi Arthur Hertzberg and Dr. Eric Goemaere on this edition of Fresh Air. Eighty-two-year-old historian and rabbi Arthur Hertzberg has been at the center of events that shape American Jewish life for over 50 years. He is the former president of the American Jewish congress, and helped to found Peace Now in Israel. His 1959 book, The Zionist Idea, is considered a classic. Last year he wrote his memoir, A Jew in America: My Life and a People's Struggle for Identity. His new book is The Fate of Zionism: A Secular Future for Israel and Palestine. Dr. Eric Goemaere is the head of Doctors without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres) in South Africa and a leading AIDS activist from South Africa's Treatment Action Campaign. He was recently featured on a Frontline report "AIDS Treatment for Africa: The South African Struggle". (Broadcast Date: December 10, 2003)

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Title: Fresh Air, Maurice Sendak and Patricia Clarkson

Author: Terry Gross

Narrator: Terry Gross

Format: Original Recording

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-30-03

Publisher: WHYY-FM

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Artist, writer and designer Maurice Sendak and actress Patricia Clarkson on this edition of Fresh Air. Sendak's new book, Brundibar, is based on a Czech opera of the same name. It was set to music by Hans Krasa, who was imprisoned in the Nazi concentration camp Terezin and later killed in Auschwitz. The opera was performed 55 times by the children of Terezin. Sendak has also written and illustrated the classic children's books Where the Wild Things Are, In The Night Kitchen and Inside Over There. Where the Wild Things Are was adapted into an opera, and Sendak designed the sets and costumes for the premiere production. He's since designed several other operas and ballets. Last year, actress Patricia Clarkson played a supporting role in Todd Haynes' Far from Heaven. Currently she's starring in two films in theatres now: The Station Agent, for which she won the Jury Prize for Outstanding Performance at the Sundance Film Festival, and Pieces of April. Clarkson will be in the forthcoming films Miracle and Dogville. She won an Emmy for her guest-starring appearance as quirky Aunt Sarah in HBO's Six Feet Under. She has appeared in many other films. (Broadcast Date: October 30, 2003)

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Title: Fresh Air, Jeff Bridges and Joe Pernice

Author: Terry Gross

Narrator: Terry Gross

Format: Original Recording

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-29-03

Publisher: WHYY-FM

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Actor Jeff Bridges and singer and songwriter Joe Pernice on this edition of Fresh Air. Jeff Bridges has starred in The Last Picture Show, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Tucker, The Big Lebowski, Seabiscuit and other films. On each of his movie sets he's photographed the action behind the scenes. Those photos have been collected in the new book, Jeff Bridges: Pictures. Joe Pernice is the singer and songwriter for The Pernice Brothers. Their album, Yours, Mine & Ours, was one of the most acclaimed of 2003. His new book Meat is Murder is part of a collection of short books inspired by music albums. Meat is Murder is inspired by the album of the same name by The Smiths. (Broadcast Date: October 29, 2003)

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