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'Fresh Air' speaks with 3 people depicted in the Dylan biopic 'A Complete Unknown'
by Terry Gross
In 2008, Suze Rotolo reflected on being Dylan's girlfriend and muse. Folk singer Joan Baez spoke to Terry Gross in 1987. In 1998, Al Kooper looked back on his time as a session musician with Dylan.
Intimate and piercingly sad, 'Priscilla' is Sofia Coppola's strongest movie in years
by Justin Chang
Adapted from Priscilla Presley's 1985 memoir, the film shows us the cracks in Elvis' Prince Charming veneer — the way he lavishes Priscilla with attention and then suddenly withholds it.
'Fresh Air' remembers 'Friends' star Matthew Perry
by Terry Gross
Perry, who died in Oct. 28, played the sarcastic but lovable Chandler Bing on Friends. He spoke to Terry Gross in 2007. Plus, we listen back to our 2003 interview with Lisa Kudrow, who played Phoebe.
'Everybody got it wrong': How did Israel fail to detect Hamas' planned invasion?
by Terry Gross
New York Times reporter Mark Mazzetti says prior to Oct. 7, Israel's leadership was focused on an attack by Iran and its proxies --not Hamas. "They were ... myopic about what the true threat was."
Rep. Adam Kinzinger on investigating Jan. 6 and being a 'Renegade' in the GOP
by Terry Gross
The former Illinois congressman reflects on confronting the "fanaticism of the hardcore" of his own party. Kinzinger served on the House committee investigating the attack on the Capitol.
Novelist John Le Carré reflects on his own 'Legacy' of spying
by Terry Gross
The late spy novelist is the subject of a new documentary by Errol Morris, The Pigeon Tunnel. Le Carré worked for MI5 and MI6 early in his career. Originally broadcast in 1989 and 2017.
Argue's Secret Society produces 'Maximum Tension' on a lively new album
by Kevin Whitehead
Composer Darcy James Argue runs a jazz big band — but imagines its sound as if big bands had stayed current rather than faded away. The music's clarity, contrasts and rhythms are all impressive.