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Title: Fresh Air, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Charlene Coon

Author: Terry Gross

Narrator: Terry Gross

Format: Original Recording

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-04-03

Publisher: WHYY-FM

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Environmental attorney Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Charlene "Charli" Coon of The Heritage Foundation on this edition of Fresh Air. Kennedy is senior counsel for the Natural Resources Defense Fund in Washington, DC. He thinks Bush will go down as the worst environmental president in history, and Kennedy is concerned that Bush will dismantle 30 years of pro-environmental legislation. Charlene "Charli" Coon is Senior Policy Analyst for Energy and Environment at The Heritage Foundation. Coon researches and writes about energy and environmental policy, such as oil drilling in Alaska and the recent blackouts in California. The Heritage Foundation is a conservative think-tank based in Washington, DC. (Broadcast Date: December 4, 2003)

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Title: Fresh Air, Charles Lane and Peter Sarsgaard

Author: Terry Gross

Narrator: Terry Gross

Format: Original Recording

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-17-03

Publisher: WHYY-FM

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Former editor of The New Republic, Charles Lane and actor Peter Sarsgaard on this edition of Fresh Air. Lane was the editor who fired journalist Stephen Glass in 1998 for making up a story that ran in the magazine under the headline "Hack Heaven". It was subsequently discovered that Glass fabricated other stories for The New Republic, as well as other publications. Now the story of Stephen Glass is told in the new film, Shattered Glass. Lane now covers the Supreme Court for The Washington Post. Actor Peter Sarsgaard portrays editor Chuck Lane in the new film Shattered Glass. Previously, Sarsgaard played opposite Hilary Swank and Chloe Sevigny in the film Boys Don't Cry. A longer version of Terry's interview with Sarsgaard will run on November 19th. (Broadcast Date: November 17, 2003)

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Title: Fresh Air, Henry Wiencek

Author: Terry Gross

Narrator: Terry Gross

Format: Original Recording

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-10-03

Publisher: WHYY-FM

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Historian Henry Wiencek on this edition of Fresh Air. His new book is An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America. It explores Washington's moral struggle with the issue of slavery. Wiencek won the National Book Critic's Circle Award for Biography for his book The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White. (Broadcast Date: November 10, 2003)

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Title: Fresh Air, Lisa Kudrow

Author: Terry Gross

Narrator: Terry Gross

Format: Original Recording

Length: 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-20-03

Publisher: WHYY-FM

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Actress Lisa Kudrow on this edition of Fresh Air. She stars in the new film Wonderland. Set in 1980s Hollywood, it's about a mysterious mass murder that took place on Wonderland Avenue. Porn star John Holmes was involved somehow, but the crime was never solved. Kudrow plays Holmes' wife in the film. Kudrow is best known for her role on the popular NBC sitcom Friends, now in its tenth season. She was also in the films Romy and Michele's High School Reunion and Analyze This, and her notable TV guest appearances include voiceovers for The Simpsons and Blue's Clues. (Broadcast Date: October 20, 2003)

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Title: Fresh Air, Jack Black

Author: Terry Gross

Narrator: Terry Gross

Format: Original Recording

Length: 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-08-03

Publisher: WHYY-FM

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

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Title: Fresh Air, Nick Hornby and David Hajdu

Author: Terry Gross

Narrator: Terry Gross

Format: Original Recording

Length: 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-29-03

Publisher: WHYY-FM

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Writers Nick Hornby and David Hajdu on this archive edition of Fresh Air. Hornby's most recent book was called How to Be Good, a novel about a bitter and sarcastic man who becomes a "do-gooder." He's also the author of the best seller High Fidelity, which was made into a film starring John Cusack, Fever Pitch, and About a Boy. Hornby is also the pop music critic for The New Yorker. Hajdu's new book, Positively 4th Street, focuses on the early 1960s when Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina and Richard Farina changed the nature of popular music. Hajdu is also the author of the award-winning biography Lush Life. He also writes for The New York Times Magazine and Vanity Fair. (Original Broadcast Date: July 10, 2001)

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Title: Fresh Air, Michael Winterbottom and David Quammen

Author: Terry Gross

Narrator: Terry Gross

Format: Original Recording

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-22-03

Publisher: WHYY-FM

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

British film director Michael Winterbottom and science writer David Quammen on this edition of Fresh Air. Michael Winterbottom's films include Welcome to Sarajevo, 24 Hour Party People, and Wonderland. His new film In This World follows the arduous 4,000 mile journey of two Afghani refugees from Pakistan to Britian. The film was shot in Pakistan, Iran and Turkey. The two actors were "discovered" in Peshawar, Pakistan. Fifteen-year-old actor Jamal Udin Torabi has since applied for asylum in Britian. David Quammen's new book is Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind. He's also the author of The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions which received the John Burroughs Medal for natural history writing. Quammen is the author of five nonfiction books, and four books of fiction. He's been honored with the Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. (Broadcast Date: September 22, 2003)

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Title: Fresh Air, Alex Berenson and Harry Shearer

Author: Terry Gross

Narrator: Terry Gross

Format: Original Recording

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-19-03

Publisher: WHYY-FM

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Financial investigative reporter Alex Berenson and writer, actor, director, and comedian Harry Shearer on this edition of Fresh Air. Alex Berenson is a financial investigative reporter for The New York Times. In his new book The Number: How the Drive for Quarterly Earnings Corrupted Wall Street and Corporate America, examines the corporate scandals at Worldcom, Halliburton, Computer Associates, Tyco, and others looking at the practices that were common to all. Harry Shearer's starring in the new folk music mockumentary A Mighty Wind, directed by Christopher Guest who also directed Best in Show and Waiting for Guffman. Shearer also starred with Guest in the classic heavy metal parody This is Spinal Tap. Shearer's public radio show Le Show is now in its 19th year. (Original Broadcast Date: April 22, 2003)

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Title: Fresh Air, Pete Best

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-02-03

Publisher: WHYY-FM

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Fifth Beatle Pete Best on this edition of Fresh Air. He was the drummer for the Beatles in their early days in Liverpool and Hamburg. His mother, Mona Best, was the owner of The Casbah Coffee Club in Liverpool. The various early incarnations of the Beatles played the Casbah over 90 times. Best has just co-written a large format book, The Beatles: The True Beginnings (by Roag Best with Pete and Rory Best). Today he writes, records and tours with his own group, The Pete Best Band. (Broadcast Date: September 2, 2003)

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Title: Fresh Air, Gary Stevens and Remembering Gregory Hines

Author: Terry Gross

Narrator: Terry Gross

Format: Original Recording

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-11-03

Publisher: WHYY-FM

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens and remembering dancer and actor Gregory Hines on this edition of Fresh Air. Gary Stevens has won three Kentucky Derbys, two Preakness Stakes and three Belmont Stakes. Now 40 years old, he's been riding professionally since he was sixteen years old. In 2000 he retired briefly because of chronic knee pain but then returned to racing. Stevens is the author of the autobiography, The Perfect Ride. He also has a part in the new film Seabiscuit as jockey George Woolf. Then, Gregory Hines died Saturday at the age of 57. He had cancer. He won a Tony Award as best actor in 1992 for his portrayal of Jelly Roll Morton. His film roles include Francis Ford Coppola's Cotton Club, White Nights in which he danced with Mikhail Baryshnikov and Tap (Broadcast Dates: August 11, 2003 and February 8, 1989)

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