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'We've Got More To Say About You': Olive Kitteridge Is Back, And Complex As Ever

8:12am October 12, 2019

by Scott Simon

Elizabeth Strout won a Pulitzer Prize for her 2008 novel that spun together 13 connected stories of love, loss and loneliness. She returns to the small town of Crosby, Maine in Olive, Again.

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Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators, by Ronan Farrow

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In 'Catch And Kill,' Ronan Farrow Offers A Damning Portrait Of A Conflicted NBC

8:41pm October 11, 2019

by Annalisa Quinn

The book ties the killing of his story on Harvey Weinstein's alleged sexual misconduct to a pattern of harassment and abuse within NBC — including payouts and rape allegations against Matt Lauer.

The author Edna O'Brien's latest book is Girl, which follows a young woman kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria.

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Edna O'Brien On 6 Decades Of Writing 'Very Difficult Stories' About Women

8:24pm October 11, 2019

by Mary Louise Kelly

In Girl, a young woman in Nigeria is abducted by Boko Haram — and that's just the beginning. For nearly 60 years, its Irish author has written about women "both as victims and as fighters, combined."

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Aaron Paul plays Jesse Pinkman in El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.

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'El Camino' Gives Jesse Pinkman Life Beyond 'Breaking Bad'

1:59pm October 11, 2019

by Linda Holmes

The new Netflix movie starring Aaron Paul as a desperate Jesse, on the run immediately after the events of the Breaking Bad finale, explores the trauma that his association with Walter White created.

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Aaron Paul Didn't Think His 'Breaking Bad' Character Would Live This Long

1:49pm October 11, 2019

by Terry Gross

The Emmy Award-winning actor returns as drug dealer Jesse Pinkman in El Camino, a movie sequel to Breaking Bad. In 2011, Paul said his character was supposed to die in the TV show's first season.

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6 Years Later, 'El Camino' Proves Just As Exciting And Original As 'Breaking Bad'

1:38pm October 11, 2019

by David Bianculli

The Netflix film picks up right where Breaking Bad left off, with Jesse (Aaron Paul) speeding off after escaping from his captors. From there, El Camino is a wild and spellbinding ride.

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'Breaking Bad' Creator Vince Gilligan Reflects On Meth And Morals

1:38pm October 11, 2019

by Terry Gross

Gilligan's AMC show centered on a chemistry teacher who created a meth empire. In 2011, Gilligan told Fresh Air that he pitched the series by saying, "You take Mr. Chips and turn him into Scarface."

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Host Ophira Eisenberg chats with Kristin Chenoweth on Ask Me Another at Cullen Performance Hall at the University of Houston, in Houston, Texas.

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Kristin Chenoweth: No Rest For The Wicked

11:55am October 11, 2019

Emmy and Tony-winning actor Kristin Chenoweth reflects on her Wicked-ly impressive career, and the inspiration behind her new album. Then, she's challenged to sing the titles of Broadway musicals.

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Ophira Eisenberg performs on stage on Ask Me Another at Cullen Performance Hall at the University of Houston, in Houston, Texas.

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We're Having Space Problems

11:34am October 11, 2019

Houston... you know what we're gonna say. Contestants guess which celestial bodies are calling in with their real, space-related problems.

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Contestants Zach Popkin-Hall and Amy Paul appear on Ask Me Another at Cullen Performance Hall at the University of Houston, in Houston, Texas.

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Heart Songs

11:34am October 11, 2019

This surprisingly difficult audio quiz is inspired by the late great Selena's "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom." Contestants identify other songs containing made-up phrases. It's bidi bidi fun fun.

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