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Terry Gross

Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Terry Gross hosts this multi-award-winning daily interview and features program. The veteran public radio interviewer is known for her extraordinary ability to engage guests of all dispositions. Every weekday she delights intelligent and curious listeners with revelations on contemporary societal concerns.

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Catherine Russell: An In-Studio Fresh Air Concert

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Catherine Russell.

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Originally published on Tue May 29, 2012 6:49 am

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This interview was originally broadcast on February 21, 2011.

12:58 am

Sat May 26, 2012

Fresh Air Weekend: David Alan Grier, Sacha Baron Cohen

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In Porgy and Bess, David Alan Grier plays the drug dealer Sporting Life, a role closely associated with Sammy Davis Jr. and Cab Calloway.

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Originally published on Sat May 26, 2012 10:02 am

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Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors, and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week:

11:06 am

Fri May 25, 2012

James Burton: The Teen Who Invented American Guitar

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By Ed Ward

Originally published on Fri May 25, 2012 2:11 pm

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What were you doing when you were 16?

When he was 16, James Burton was inventing the American guitar. He'd been born in Dubberly, La., in 1939, and was apparently self-taught on his instrument. At 15, he cut a single backing local singer Carol Williams, and then one day he came up with a guitar riff that he liked. He took it to a singer from Shreveport he was touring with, and they worked out a song to use in his act. One thing led to another, and it wound up on a record called "Suzie Q," credited to Dale Hawkins, the singer.

10:30 am

Fri May 25, 2012

A Wes Anderson 'Kingdom' Full Of Beautiful Imagery

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Edward Norton plays a scoutmaster in search of his lost charge in Wes Anderson's latest film, Moonrise Kingdom.

By David Edelstein

Originally published on Fri May 25, 2012 2:11 pm

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Many people are rapturous over the work of Wes Anderson, and for them, I expect, Moonrise Kingdom will be nirvana. The frames are quasi-symmetrical: a strong center, often human, with misaligned objects on each side suggesting a universe that's slightly out of balance, like a series of discombobulated dollhouses.

9:01 am

Fri May 25, 2012

Examining 'The Leftovers,' After The Rapture

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Tom Perrotta is the author of several novels, including Election and Little Children.

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Originally published on Fri May 25, 2012 2:11 pm

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This interview was originally broadcast on August 25, 2011. The Leftovers is now available in paperback.

Last year, California-based preacher Harold Camping announced that the beginning of the end of the world would take place on May 21, 2011. The date passed by with no apparent rapture, and Camping became the butt of many late-night talk show jokes.

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