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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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Janie Fricke: The 'Country Side Of Bluegrass'

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Janie Fricke.

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By Ken Tucker

Originally published on Thu January 12, 2012 1:14 pm

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Janie Fricke has had a long, winding career. She started out as a singer of TV commercial jingles, warbling for Coca-Cola, McDonald's and Red Lobster, among other clients. She then moved on to singing back-up vocals for stars such as Elvis Presley, Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton.

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Thu January 12, 2012

Gary Oldman: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sirius

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For Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Oldman says, he tried on dozens and dozens of pairs of glasses, searching for just the right look.

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Oldman played Sirius Black to Daniel Radcliffe's Harry Potter in the blockbuster franchise.

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Gary Oldman watched Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy when it aired as a BBC miniseries in 1979, but he purposely avoided a second viewing before signing up to play George Smiley in a new film adaptation of John le Carre's classic 1974 novel.

"I really thought that I would be contaminated by it," he tells Fresh Air's Dave Davies. "And I didn't want to do an impersonation."

9:52 am

Thu January 12, 2012

Bill Moyers Is Back On TV — And Better Than Ever

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Bill Moyers began his career in journalism as a junior reporter at the Marshall News Messenger in Marshall, Texas.

By David Bianculli

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Moyers on death (September 2000)
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It's one of my favorite TV moments of this year. On Tuesday, the night of the New Hampshire primary, Stephen Colbert had Bill Moyers as his special guest on The Colbert Report. Moyers was there to publicize his return from retirement and the launch of his new TV series, Moyers & Company. Colbert booked him to help him do just that — but as his on-screen persona Stephen Colbert, the pontificating political conservative, he was there to throw good-natured verbal punches.

9:26 am

Thu January 12, 2012

A War To Watch: YouTube Takes On Television

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11:00 am

Wed January 11, 2012

François Houle And Benoît Delbecq's Dream State

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Pianist Benoît Delbecq.

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Clarinetist François Houle.

By Kevin Whitehead

It's been more than a decade since clarinetist François Houle and pianist Benoît Delbecq's previous recording, but Because She Hoped proves that they can a strike a mood together quickly. That quiet, misterioso air is one specialty, conjuring a dream state: a slow-motion sleepwalk.

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11:02 am

Thu January 12, 2012