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Title: Fresh Air, Bettye Lavette and Allan Berube, December 17, 2007

Author: Terry Gross

Narrator: Terry Gross

Format: Original Recording

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-17-07

Publisher: WHYY-FM

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Hear soul singer Bettye Lavette and historian Allan Berube, on this edition of Fresh Air.

Bettye Lavette has been singing for decades, though hasn't been well known. She recorded her first hit, "My Man - He's a Lovin' Man," at the age of 16. She toured with Ben E. King, Barbara Lynn, and Otis Redding. She spent six years on Broadway and touring with Cab Calloway in the musical "Bubbling Brown Sugar". Lavette later worked the European festival circuit. She's being crowned the Comeback Queen for the recent albums she recorded, including I've Got My Own Hell to Dream, and her newest The Scene of the Crime.

Allan Berube died this past Tuesday at age 61. Berube wrote what is considered the definitive history of gay men and lesbians in the military. Coming Out Under Fire was published in 1990 and a documentary based on the book was released in 1994. The idea for the book sprang from a box of letters recovered from a dumpster. Correspondence between a group of gay soldiers led to dozens of interviews about homosexual life in the military. Berube came out in 1969 and went on to found the San Francisco Lesbian and Gay History Project. He was awarded a MacArthur genius grant in 1996.

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Title: Fresh Air, Kevin Costner, Brad Bird, and Patton Oswalt, November 2, 2007

Author: Terry Gross

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-02-07

Publisher: WHYY-FM

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Kevin Costner's latest film, Mr. Brooks, is now out on DVD. He plays a loving family man who is also a serial killer. Costner is both an actor and director. He received two Academy Awards for directing the film Dances with Wolves. Costner's first movie role was in The Big Chill. He plays the friend who commits suicide and brings the group together. Ironically, all of his speaking scenes were cut from the film, so all we see of Costner is a shot of his hand peeking out from beneath a sheet. Costner's other films include Field of Dreams, Tin Cup, Waterworld, Bull Durham, and The Upside of Anger. (Original Airdate: 5/24/2007)

Then, David Bianculli tells us about three big-box DVD sets of the TV shows Twin Peaks, Seinfeld, and My So-Called Life. All are filled with bonus materials, including lost and deleted scenes, documentaries, and other features.

Next, Brad Bird and Patton Oswalt. Bird directed Oswalt in the film Ratatouille, the animated feature from Pixar about a foodie rat who becomes a chef in a top Paris kitchen. It's now out on DVD. Bird also directed and wrote The Incredibles and the Iron Giant. In addition to acting, Oswalt is a writer and stand-up comedian who has had his own comedy specials and appeared in the TV shows The King of Queens and Reno 911!. His second comedy album is called Werewolves and Lollipops and was released in July 2007. (Original Airdate: 6/28/2007) [Broadcast Date: November 2, 2007]

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Title: Fresh Air, Stephen Walt and Abraham Foxman, September 4, 2007

Author: Terry Gross

Narrator: Terry Gross

Format: Original Recording

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-04-07

Publisher: WHYY-FM

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Hear authors Stephen Walt and Abraham Foxman, and beer expert Michael Jackson, on this edition of Fresh Air.

Stephen Walt is the co-author (along with John Mearsheimer) of the book The Israel Lobby. The book grew out of their controversial article, which was published in the London Review of Books in March 2006. The two examine the impact of the Israel lobby on US foreign policy and argue that support for Israel cannot be fully explained on either strategic or moral grounds. Walt is a professor of International Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Then, Abraham Foxman, the author of The Deadliest Lies, which is his response to The Israel Lobby. Foxman argues that the article "serves merely as an attractive new package for disseminating a series of familiar but false beliefs about Jews, Israel." And, he says, it perpetuates the myths of Jewish conspiracies, power, self-interest, and control. Foxman is national director of the Anti-Defamation League.

Finally, beer guide Michael Jackson died last Thursday at the age of 65 of a heart attack. He wrote the Pocket Guide to Beer (The Connoisseur's Companion To Over 1000 Beers of the World), The Great Beers of Belgium, and The World Guide to Beer. He also starred in the documentary series The Beer Hunter. Jackson lived in England. (Original Airdate: 4/16/1991) [Broadcast Date: September 4, 2007]

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Title: Fresh Air, Michael Chabon and Jon Savage, May 3, 2007

Author: Terry Gross

Narrator: Terry Gross

Format: Original Recording

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-03-07

Publisher: WHYY-FM

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Hear writers Michael Chabon and Jon Savage on this edition of Fresh Air.

Michael Chabon won a Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for his novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. His new novel is The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel. His other books include The Mysteries of Pittsburgh and a collection of stories entitled Werewolves in Their Youth. He has also written for many publications, including The New Yorker, Harpers,, and Esquire.

Then, Jon Savage, who's the author of the landmark book on the punk era, England's Dreaming. His new book, Teenage: The Creation of Youth Culture, is about the "prehistory of the teenager". The commonly held notion is that teen culture emerged in the mid-1950s, but Savage finds that it began much earlier. One of the things he's found is that the first best-selling memoir of teenage angst was published in 1875. And along the way came J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray, Booth Tarkington, Rudolph Valentino, Judy Garland, and Leopold and Loeb. [Broadcast Date: May 3, 2007]

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Title: Fresh Air, Robert Dallek, April 25, 2007

Author: Terry Gross

Narrator: Terry Gross

Format: Original Recording

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-25-07

Publisher: WHYY-FM

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Hear presidential historian Robert Dallek and rock critic Ken Tucker on this edition of Fresh Air.

Dallek's new book is Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power. He writes about two ambitious men who were very different in some ways but very similar in others, describing the two as "self-serving characters with grandiose dreams of recasting world affairs". Dallek is also the best-selling author of An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy.

Then, Ken Tucker reviews Hyphy Hitz, which collects a variation of hip-hop known as "hyphy" from the San Francisco Bay Area. [Broadcast Date: April 25, 2007]

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Title: Fresh Air, Robert Plant

Author: Terry Gross

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-22-04

Publisher: WHYY-FM

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Robert Plant, former lead singer of the band Led Zeppelin, on this edition of Fresh Air. Some of Led Zeppelin's classic rock hits include "Whole Lotta Love", "Rock 'n' Roll", "Black Dog", "When The Levee Breaks", and "Stairway to Heaven." Plant has a new solo CD that includes tracks he recorded before Zeppelin and after. It's called Sixty-Six to Timbuktu. (Broadcast Date: January 22, 2004)

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Title: Fresh Air, Al Franken and Benicio Del Toro

Author: Terry Gross

Narrator: Terry Gross

Format: Original Recording

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-06-04

Publisher: WHYY-FM

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Comedian and political satirist Al Franken and actor Benicio Del Toro on this edition of Fresh Air. In December, Franken was part of a USO tour performing for troops in Iraq, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and Kuwait. The tour lasted eight days, and he returned Christmas Day. He'll talk about the tour and do some of his routine from it. Franken's books include Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right and Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot. Franken is an alumnus of Saturday Night Live, where his most memorable character was the simpering self-help sap Stuart Smalley. Benicio Del Toro, the Puerto Rican-born actor, is currently starring in 21 Grams opposite Sean Penn and Naomi Watts. His other films include Traffic, The Usual Suspects, and Snatch. (Broadcast Date: January 6, 2004)

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Title: Fresh Air, Colin Firth

Author: Terry Gross

Narrator: Terry Gross

Format: Original Recording

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-14-03

Publisher: WHYY-FM

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

British actor Colin Firth on this edition of Fresh Air. Firth is co-starring in the new romantic comedy/holiday feel-good film, Love Actually. Firth is probably best known for his role as Mr. Darcy in the BBC/A&E production of Pride and Prejudice. The film turned him into a heartthrob. He starred in the film Bridget Jones's Diary, based on the book of the same name, which borrowed from the storyline of Pride and Prejudice. He played hate/love-interest Mark Darcy. Colin Firth the actor shows up in the book sequel to Bridget Jones's Diary. His other films include Valmont, Another Country, The English Patient, Shakespeare in Love and Fever Pitch. Firth also wrote a story for the book edited by Nick Hornby, Speaking with the Angel. (Original Broadcast Date: May 7, 2001)

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Title: Fresh Air, Al Franken

Author: Terry Gross

Narrator: Terry Gross

Format: Original Recording

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-03-03

Publisher: WHYY-FM

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

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Title: Fresh Air, Patsy Rodenburg, Trinny Woodall, and Susannah Constantine

Author: Terry Gross

Narrator: Terry Gross

Format: Original Recording

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-28-03

Publisher: WHYY-FM

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Woodall and Constantine are hosts of the BBC show What Not to Wear (broadcast here on BBC America Tuesday nights) which gives advice to women on what not to wear/what to wear if one has, for instance, big boobs, no boobs, big arms, flabby tummy, thick legs, etc. Their book, What Not to Wear is available now in paperback (Riverhead Books). (There's also an American version of the show also called What Not to Wear on the cable channel TLC). (Original Broadcast Date: September 9, 2002)