Interviews

Studs Terkel talks on his Chicago radio show in the late 1970s.

Books
Arts

'Working' Then And Now: Studs Terkel's Book Interviews Resurface As Audio

10:39am September 25, 2016

by NPR Staff

All this week on NPR, you'll hear the voices of people Studs Terkel interviewed in his book, Working. Among the interviews you'll hear this week are a telephone operator and hotel piano player.

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A group of seven bounty hunters, gamblers and hired guns (played by Byung-hun Lee, Ethan Hawke, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Vincent D'Onofrio and Martin Sensmeier) band together to protect a village in Antoine Fuqua's remake of Th

Fresh Air Weekend: Director Antoine Fuqua; 'Designated Survivor'; Ryan Speedo Green

11:51am September 24, 2016

Fuqua discusses his remake of The Magnificent Seven. Critic John Powers reviews the ABC series, Designated Survivor. Opera singer Green recounts his journey to becoming an opera singer.

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Idella Hansen and Sandi Talbott, at an annual trucking convention in Dallas.

National

On The Road For Decades — And Not Stopping Anytime Soon

12:58pm September 23, 2016

by NPR Staff

When Idella Hansen and Sandi Talbott got started in trucking, women were a rarity in big rigs. Now they've got nearly 9 million miles in the rearview mirror, and they won't hear of retirement.

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Arts

Fresh Air Remembers 'LA Confidential' Director Curtis Hanson

2:43pm September 22, 2016

Hanson also directed The River Wild, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, 8 Mile and the TV movie Too Big to Fail. He died Tuesday in Los Angeles at the age of 71. Originally broadcast in 1997.

National

'New York Times' Editor: 'We Owed It To Our Readers' To Call Trump Claims Lies

9:24am September 22, 2016

by NPR Staff

Executive Editor Dean Baquet says "it would almost be illiterate" to call Donald Trump's longstanding claim that President Obama was born outside the U.S. anything but a lie.

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Charlie Sykes of WTMJ in Milwaukee, Wisc., shown here broadcasting in 2006, wonders how the conservative movement he belonged to could have chosen Donald Trump as its leader.

Spurning Trump, Self-Styled Conservative Gatekeeper Finds Himself On The Margins

3:43pm September 20, 2016

For more than two decades, Wisconsin talk radio host Charlie Sykes helped shape the points of view of modern conservatives. But now he wonders if he was part of what helped create Donald Trump's rise.

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Arts

Fresh Air Remembers Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright Edward Albee

1:58pm September 20, 2016

Albee made his debut as a Broadway playwright in 1962 with Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, which went on to win a Tony Award. He died Friday at the age of 88. Originally broadcast in 1984.

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Mae Reeves and her husband Joel pose with her hats at Mae's Millinery in Philadelphia, circa 1953.

Mae Reeves' Hats Hang At National Museum Of African American History And Culture

1:45pm September 18, 2016

by Hansi Lo Wang

Mae Reeves was one of the first African-American business owners in Philadelphia, where she designed hats for Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne and Marian Anderson.

Jeff Ross (right) roasts TV analyst and former NFL quarterback Terry Bradshaw at the ESPN Super Bowl Roast in January 2015 in Phoenix, Ariz.

Fresh Air Weekend: Comic Jeff Ross; Oliver Stone's 'Snowden'; Soccer's Abby Wambach

12:38pm September 17, 2016

Ross explains why he's careful about the things he says during celebrity roasts. Critic David Edelstein reviews Oliver Stone's Snowden. Wambach discusses her new memoir, Forward.

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Larry and Eileen Kushner, on a visit with StoryCorps.

Economy

A Lightbulb Moment: All Her Practice Added Up To Triumph

11:06am September 16, 2016

by NPR Staff

Eileen Kushner strove — and strove, and strove — to overcome a learning disability diagnosed later in her life. But Kushner, who was inspired by Edison, found a crucible in her job at McDonald's.

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