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Don't miss @RaphaelSaadiq on writing and recording "BODYGUARD" with Beyoncé
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Award-winning singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Raphael Saadiq talks about his process — from collaborating with Beyoncé and Solange, to his song in Sinners, to his R&B group...
Raphael Saadiq reveals that Beyoncé heard the "BODYGUARD" demo by accident and liked it 🎸 . "Yeah, that song, I was going through my Dropbox. And I was playing songs in a room with her. She was in the room. Jay-Z was in the room, Jay, and some of the staff. And I was looking for
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[Terry Gross keeps going with her pointed questions] .@billburr : I feel like I'm in the Terminator right now. It just keeps coming. he's not going to stop! .Terry: I knew you wouldn't like this but. Burr: I'm enjoying the hell out of this!.
Terry's interview today with @billburr is in the Fresh Air hall of fame, for me. See for yourself.
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"Jimmy suits me fine." . Terry Gross with President Jimmy Carter, recorded in 1993.
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Only 20 months apart in age, Eddie and Alex Van Halen had grown up together as "a yin and yang . the two halves of a whole," @alexvanhalen says. His new memoir about their relationship and career is 'Brothers.'
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Though Alex had been the guitarist in the family, when they formed Van Halen, it quickly became clear who would play: "[Ed] made that instrument sing." Alex's new memoir is Brothers.
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After beloved spy novelist John le Carré died, his son Nick Harkaway was tasked with continuing his legacy.
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Nick Harkaway grew up hearing his dad read drafts of his George Smiley novels. He picks up le Carré's beloved spymaster character in the new novel, Karla's Choice.
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.@bridgeteverett, star of Somebody Somewhere on HBO talks with Terry Gross about the forthcoming 3rd season: "It's a small show with a small audience on a small budget. And we have a very loyal and loving audience."
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Everett never felt like she fit in her hometown of Manhattan, Kan. After moving to New York City and developing a cabaret show, she returned to Kansas for her HBO show Somebody Somewhere.
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Review: Anora is easily one of Sean Baker’s funniest works — and also one of the saddest. The film won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, and the director says it's dedicated to sex workers "past, present and future." @JustinCChang
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Anora is easily one of Sean Baker’s funniest works — and also one of the saddest. The film won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, and the director says it's dedicated to sex workers "past, present and future."
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RT @maryrziegler: Thanks to @nprfreshair and @TonyaMosley for a wonderful conversation about where things are on the abortion debate a few….
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Historian Mary Ziegler talks about the legal battles shaping reproductive rights across the U.S. — including the scope of abortion access and the fate of invitro-fertilization.
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"I absolutely feel a sort of fidelity to truth with a capital T,'" Jeremy Strong says. "Which is funny in this case, because Roy Cohn, if he's anything to me, he's like the progenitor of alternative facts."
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The Succession actor plays lawyer Roy Cohn in a new film. Strong says U.S. distributors were reluctant to pick up The Apprentice because of "repercussions from a possible Trump administration."
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Terry Gross asks Jeremy Strong, "How did it feel to end your relationship with Kendall when #Succession ended? Did you feel liberated from him or did you miss him?" He says, "I have a stack of scripts in my office and it's like this stack of lives that I've had that when they're
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"I've cried at, I think two out of the three roast after parties because of my feelings getting hurt," @NikkiGlaser tells Terry Gross. "After the roast of Bruce Willis, I got a ton of stuff injected in my face and laser stuff done [because of jokes]."
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Glaser made headlines for her roast of Tom Brady. "I don't love people getting offended," she says of her comedy. "All I want is people to like me." Glaser's new HBO special is Someday You'll Die.
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Stunt performer and 'Fall Guy' director David Leitch teaches Terry Gross how to barrel roll a car.
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Filmmaker David Leitch says it's easier to do stunts himself than direct his stunt performer friends. "You are responsible for their safety," he explains. "Your heart goes through your chest."
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Since the MeToo movement, writer Jill Ciment sees her marriage differently.
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Ciment met her husband in the 1970s. At the time of their first kiss, he was a married father of two; she was his art student. In her memoir Consent she reconsiders the origin story of their marriage.
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Comic Michelle Buteau almost turned down her role in 'Babes,' and she's so glad she didn't.
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Buteau says covering the news of the 2001 terrorist attacks crystalized her desire to go into comedy. She stars in the film Babes and in the Netflix series Survival of the Thickest.
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Terry Gross: But when you were rebelling in school, you were cutting classes?.Yo-Yo Ma: Yes. Terry: In Juilliard, you were sneaking up between orchestra breaks to get alcohol. Yo-Yo: Absolutely.
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About 25 years ago, the acclaimed cellist asked a high school student to help him name his instrument. He brings his cello — aka "Petunia" — to the Fresh Air studio for music and conversation.
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