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Terry Gross

Opening the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics.

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NPR Story
12:17 pm
Mon May 20, 2013

Sarah Vaughan: A New Box Set Revels In Glorious Imperfections

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Sarah Vaughan performs during the International Jazz Festival of Nice in southeast France in July 1984.
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Originally published on Mon May 20, 2013 4:43 pm

Singer Sarah Vaughan came up in the 1940s alongside bebop lions Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, starting out in Earl Hines' big band. Hines had hired her as his singer and deputy pianist, while Gillespie praised her fine ear for chords as she grasped the arcane refinements of bebop harmony.

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Fresh Air Weekend
12:09 pm
Sat May 18, 2013

Fresh Air Weekend: Gerwig, Baumbach, Dawes And Polley

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For her latest film, Stories We Tell, Sarah Polley turns her camera on her own family.
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Fresh Air Weekendhighlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interview with writers, filmmakers, actors and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week:

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Music Reviews
12:40 pm
Fri May 17, 2013

Jerry Lee Lewis: Live, Singing As If Life Depended On It

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Jerry Lee Lewis shot to fame in the 1950s with hits such as "A Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and "Great Balls of Fire."
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A new 3-CD box set of live performances by Jerry Lee Lewis combines four albums and includes 16 bonus tracks.
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It was April 4, 1964, and Jerry Lee Lewis had officially bottomed out. He hadn't charted a record in years, and now, on tour in England and Germany, he was getting paid so little that he couldn't afford to bring his own musicians. Instead, he was forced to use pickup bands in England, and then, when he arrived in Hamburg, a British band called the Nashville Teens was waiting for him. The venue was the Star Club, where The Beatles, who had just leaped into stardom in America, had played not long before.

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Television
12:05 pm
Fri May 17, 2013

Bill Hader On Sketch Comedy, Classic Hollywood

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Bill Hader was nominated for an Emmy as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as Stefon on Saturday Night Live.
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Originally published on Wed May 22, 2013 5:00 pm

This interview was originally broadcast on Aug. 22, 2012.

Comedian Bill Hader is adept onstage and doing live TV. But he's scared to death of standup.

He remembers watching Chris Rock's 1996 HBO special, Bring the Pain, and thinking, "I don't know how people do that."

"I need a character," Hader tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross. "I need people out there with me."

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Your Money
1:04 pm
Thu May 16, 2013

The Tricky Business Of Retirement: Hidden 401(K) Fees

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Robert Hiltonsmith studies retirement security and has written on the subject for The Washington Post and Newsweek.
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A couple generations ago, when older Americans retired they could rely on pension plans to support them. Then, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, many companies switched their retirement plans over to 401(k) accounts. The security of workers' retirement savings suddenly became subject to the vagaries of the stock market.

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