'The Shrouds' introduces a new stage of grief: Watching your loved one decompose
David Cronenberg's thriller centers on an unusual technology that allows people to watch their loved ones decompose in real time. The Shrouds is both deeply morbid and disarmingly funny.
Novelist Julie Otsuka draws on her own family history in 'The Swimmers'
Otsuka has recently been awarded the Carnegie Medal for Excellence for her novel about a Japanese American woman who's lost much of her memory to dementia. Originally broadcast Feb. 22, 2022.
A journalist ventures inside one of the world's most notorious terrorist groups
Jere Van Dyk has spent years in Afghanistan and Pakistan, where he got to know leaders of the Haqqani network, responsible for many suicide bombings and kidnappings. His new book is Without Borders.
Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis and Shirley Scott heat things up in their 'Cookbook' sessions
Tenor saxophonist Davis and organist Scott had one of the great jazz partnerships in the late 1950s. A new anthology focuses on their Cookbook series of albums.
A therapist stumbles on a whole new way to treat patients in 'Shrinking'
Jason Segel and Harrison Ford play therapists who're sometimes too honest with their patients — and not honest enough with themselves — in this winning new Apple TV+ comedy series.
!["I was much less self-assured now that I was a patient myself," says neurosurgeon Henry Marsh. "I suddenly felt much less certain about how I'd been [as a doctor], how I'd handled patients, how I'd spoken to them."](https://wfdd-live.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/card/s3/images/story/After-cancer-diagnosis-a-neurosurgeon-sees-life-death-and-his-career-in-a-new-way-1152581307-1675116935.jpg?h=d6e18a71&itok=ErbpJvaQ)
'The Last of Us' creates a dystopian landscape that feels human — and hopeful
HBO's new show, which draws from a video game of the same name, is replete with apocalyptic landscapes and zombies. But what makes the series truly groundbreaking is the emotion that runs throughout.
Celebrating the centennial of Sun Records founder Sam Phillips
Phillips, who died in 2003, discovered Elvis and produced his first records, and was one of the leading catalysts in post-WWII American music. Originally broadcast in 1997.
Remembering David Crosby, the outspoken co-founder of Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, who was also a member of The Byrds, was known for his great harmonies, his songwriting. He died Jan. 18. In 1990 Terry Gross spoke with Crosby and his former bandmate Graham Nash.