Interviews

Science

Robert Langer, Father Of Invention

1:03pm March 01, 2013

Biotech pioneer Robert Langer has over 800 patents to his name and has launched two dozen companies, which develop everything from tumor-fighting nanoparticles to anti-frizz hair products. Yet Langer says his proudest accomplishment is teaching some 500 students and post-docs, now professors and start-up leaders themselves.

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Tracy Johnson and her mother-in-law, Sandra Johnson.

National

In Loving Memory Of A Wife, Daughter And Fallen Soldier

4:20pm February 26, 2013

by NPR Staff

Tracy Johnson lost her wife to war, but she didn't lose her family.

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Richard Blanco reads his poem "One Today" during President Obama's second inaugural, on Jan. 21.

Fresh Air Weekend: Blanco And Bazelon

11:36am February 23, 2013

Blanco, who read his poem "One Today" at Obama's second inauguration, is the first immigrant, Latino and openly gay poet chosen to read at an inauguration. Emily Bazelon explores teen bullying and how the rise of the Internet and social media make the experience more challenging.

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Cell phone communication can be hacked, tapped or otherwise tampered with. A new app aims to change that.

Want To Keep Your Messages Private? There's An App For That

8:46pm February 17, 2013

by NPR Staff

For a fee, Silent Circle erases messages from both the receiver and the sender's phones. The app's creators got the idea after hearing an all-too-familiar story: A friend of theirs inadvertently read a text meant for someone else.

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Fresh Air Weekend: Detroit, Anat Cohen And Richard Thompson

11:15am February 16, 2013

Journalist Charlie LeDuff discusses his new book, Detroit: An American Autopsy. Clarinetist Anat Cohen explores influences that range from Louis Armstrong to her native Israel. And in a new album, Richard Thompson is still coming to terms with the sources of his frustrations.

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The Caplans. Louis, 76, and Harriet, 67, visited StoryCorps in Santa Fe, N.M.

National

A Husband And Wife Blessed Late In Life

8:39am February 15, 2013

by NPR Staff

He was in his late 50s. She was in her late 40s. Louis and Harriet Caplan talk about how they became a couple at a stage in life when most people give up on falling in love, and about making the most of their time together.

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A Valentine's Campaign To End Violence

1:38pm February 14, 2013

This Valentine's Day, people in more than 200 countries are participating in One Billion Rising, a call to rise up and dance to bring awareness to violence against women worldwide. Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues and founder of the V-Day antiviolence campaign, talks about her work to fund crisis centers and shelters for victims around the globe.

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Bradley Cooper has been nominated for an Academy Award for his role in the film Silver Linings Playbook.

Fresh Air Weekend: Bradley Cooper, Michael Apted

10:49am February 09, 2013

Bradley Cooper talks about watching movies with his father as a kid in Philadelphia and being up against Daniel Day Lewis for an Oscar. Every seven years since 1964, Michael Apted has caught us up on the lives of 14 everyday people in his acclaimed 7 Up series.

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Bonnie Brown with her daughter, Myra, 15. Despite Bonnie's disability, Myra says her mom is everything she needs from a parent.

A Life Defined Not By Disability, But Love

12:28pm February 08, 2013

by NPR Staff

When she was younger, Myra didn't realize her mom, Bonnie Brown, was "different" than most. Her mother's intellectual disability was only something she realized later when her mother told her, "I know I am not like your friends' mothers, but I'm doing the best I can."

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Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright star in the new Netflix original series House of Cards, which premieres Feb. 1.

Fresh Air Weekend: Spacey, Fincher And Macy

10:53am February 02, 2013

Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey and Oscar-winning director David Fincher team up for an excellent new Netflix original series that premieres Friday. As the alcoholic paterfamilias Frank Gallagher on the Showtime series Shameless, William H. Macy enjoys portraying a man with a dark side.

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