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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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The Race To Create The Best Antiviral Drugs

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The HIV-1 virus cultivated with human lymphocytes.

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Carl Zimmer is the author of 12 books about science, including A Planet of Viruses. He has also appeared on RadioLab and This American Life.

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Originally published on Tue April 17, 2012 2:42 pm

If you've ever had a bacterial infection like staph or strep throat, your doctor may have prescribed penicillin. But if you've had the flu or a common cold virus, penicillin won't work. That's because antibacterials only kill bacteria, and both the flu and the common cold are viruses. So for illnesses like the flu, doctors prescribe antiviral drugs, which target the mechanisms that viruses use to reproduce.

10:41 am

Mon April 16, 2012

Loudon Wainwright III Looks Back At His 'Old Man'

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Loudon Wainwright III.

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As Loudon Wainwright III says in his song "In C," he likes to sing about "my favorite protagonist — me."

10:26 am

Mon April 16, 2012

Interpreting Shariah Law Across The Centuries

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Sadakat Kadri practices criminal and human rights law, and is the author of The Trial: A History, from Socrates to O.J. Simpson.

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Sadakat Kadri is an English barrister, a Muslim by birth and a historian. His first book, The Trial, was an extensive survey of the Western criminal judicial system, detailing more than 4,000 years of courtroom antics.

11:42 pm

Fri April 13, 2012

Fresh Air Weekend: R.A. Dickey, Carole King

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Carole King was in a doo-wop group called the Co-Sines when she was a teenager.

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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:

9:40 am

Fri April 13, 2012

Lena Dunham's 'Girls' Navigate New York City Life

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Girls has been compared to Sex and the City. The characters, played by Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Lena Dunham and Zosia Mamet, navigate the ups and downs of life in New York City.

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This Sunday, HBO premieres a new comedy series that's written and directed by Lena Dunham, who grabbed the media spotlight in 2010 with her film Tiny Furniture. She's 25 years old now, and stars in this new TV series as well.

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11:19 am

Tue April 17, 2012