Interviews

Books

'The Hostage's Daughter': A Traumatic Ordeal That Shaped The Life Of Sulome Anderson

1:44pm October 09, 2016

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Sulome Anderson about her memoir, The Hostage's Daughter. It's about her life as the daughter of a reporter who was kidnapped and held for years by radicals in Lebanon.

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In his new memoir, Born To Run, Bruce Springsteen reflects on how home, roots and family helped shape him and his music.

Fresh Air Weekend: Bruce Springsteen; The Mysteries And Mechanics Of Dog Noses

12:49pm October 08, 2016

Springsteen talks about his New Jersey roots, masculinity and his stage persona. Alexandra Horowitz, author of Being A Dog, says dogs create "a picture of the world through smell."

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Michael Chertoff, former Whitewater Committee special counsel and Homeland Security secretary, says "chasing small peccadilloes" like Whitewater in the 1990s, "is a luxury we only have in a world at peace."

Once A Clinton Nemesis During Whitewater, Now A Clinton Supporter

8:53am October 06, 2016

by NPR Staff

Michael Chertoff was lead counsel to the Senate committee investigating Whitewater in the '90s. Now, the former Homeland Security chief says Hillary Clinton would do a "good job" on national security.

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'Working' Then And Now: A Gravedigger's Unexpected Joys

12:48pm October 02, 2016

by Radio Diaries

Homer Martinez, a gravedigger and caretaker, tells author Studs Terkel about the unexpected joys of his job at Shalom Memorial Cemetery in Illinois.

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Prof. Dana Carney, co-author of a 2010 Psychological Science study on the idea of "power poses," says she now has no "faith in the embodied effects of power poses."

Science

'Power Poses' Co-Author: 'I Do Not Believe The Effects Are Real'

3:31pm October 01, 2016

NPR's Scott Simon talks to behavioral scientist Uri Simonsohn about how one of the scientists behind 2010 research on 'power poses' is distancing herself from that work.

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The Handsome Family's Rennie and Brett Sparks split songwriting duties. Rennie writes the lyrics, then Brett puts her words to music.

Fresh Air Weekend: The Handsome Family; 'Westworld', Peter Berg's 'Deepwater Horizon'

1:29pm October 01, 2016

Married couple Rennie and Brett Sparks talk about making music as The Handsome Family. Critic John Powers reviews the HBO series, Westworld. Berg discusses his film about the BP oil spill.

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'Working' Then And Now: A Hotel Piano Player Frustrated By His Future

4:44pm September 30, 2016

by Radio Diaries

Hots Michaels was interviewed by Studs Terkel while entertaining guests at the Hotel Sherman, where he worked for decades. This is part of our series Working Then and Now from Radio Diaries.

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(Left to right) Promoter Eddie Jaffe (center) watches Rubin "Hurricane" Carter sign a contract before a fight in 1964; Sharon Griggins; Eddie Arroyo weighs in at Arlington Park in Chicago; policeman Renault Robinson in 1970.

National

Meet Some Of The Voices From 'Working' Then And Now

11:22am September 30, 2016

Taped interviews that Studs Terkel used for his book Working had been packed in boxes for decades. Here are some of those recordings, as part of a new series produced by Radio Diaries and Project&.

Paleontologist Peter Ward speaking on the TED stage.

Are We Headed Into Another Mass Extinction?

8:19am September 30, 2016

by NPR/TED STAFF

At various times, life on earth has come close to being erased. Paleontologist Peter Ward explains what we can learn from previous mass extinctions.

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'Working' Then And Now: 'I Didn't Plan To Be A Union Guy'

6:46pm September 29, 2016

by Radio Diaries

Gary Bryner tells Studs Terkel about being a union member and working in an auto factory for General Motors. About 40 years later, he reflects on how factory work and the role of unions have changed.

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