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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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National Security
1:55 pm
Tue February 12, 2013

The Sticky Questions Surrounding Drones And Kill Lists

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A French military drone takes off in December 2010 from a U.S. airbase in Bagram, Afghanistan.
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Scott Shane writes about national security for The New York Times.
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Originally published on Tue February 12, 2013 2:17 pm

New York Times reporter Scott Shane and colleague Jo Becker reported last year that the Obama administration has a list of terrorists targeted for drone attacks, and that the president personally approves such strikes.

The administration has been trying to keep details of its drone program under wraps, arguing that to make it public could threaten national security. Shane has reported numerous such stories.

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Book Reviews
12:38 pm
Tue February 12, 2013

A Soured Student-Teacher Friendship Threatens 'Everything'

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James Lasdun was born in London and now lives in upstate New York. He has published two novels, as well as several collections of short stories and poetry, and was the winner of the inaugural U.K./BBC Short Story Prize.
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Originally published on Tue February 12, 2013 1:55 pm

Over the past week or so, I've mentioned James Lasdun's new book, Give Me Everything You Have to a bunch of colleagues; they've all heard about it already and they're all dying to read it. What Amy Chua's Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother was to parenting a couple of years ago, Lasdun's Give Me Everything You Have may well be to teaching: a controversial personal reflection on the professor-student relationship — except Lasdun, unlike Chua, really has no advice to offer; no certitude, nor help for pain.

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Author Interviews
1:33 pm
Mon February 11, 2013

An 'Autopsy' Of Detroit Finds Resilience In A Struggling City

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Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and Detroit native Charlie LeDuff says that the city must forget the future and instead focus on the present. His new book is called Detroit: An American Autopsy.
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Originally published on Tue February 12, 2013 9:36 am

For some, Detroit may be a symbol of urban decay; but to Charlie LeDuff, it's home. LeDuff, a veteran print and TV journalist who spent 12 years at The New York Times, where he shared a Pulitzer Prize in 2001, returned home to the city after the birth of his daughter left him and his wife — also a Detroit native — wanting to be closer to family.

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Fresh Air Weekend
8:03 am
Sat February 9, 2013

Fresh Air Weekend: Bradley Cooper, Michael Apted

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Bradley Cooper has been nominated for an Academy Award for his role in the film Silver Linings Playbook.
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Originally published on Sat February 9, 2013 9:49 am

Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week:

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Movie Interviews
12:09 pm
Fri February 8, 2013

Tyler Perry Transforms: From Madea To Family Man

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Tyler Perry stars in the action thriller Alex Cross, which is now out on DVD.
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This interview was originally broadcast on Oct. 15, 2012.

Whenever Tyler Perry is in front of the camera, he's usually behind it as well. A screenwriter, director, producer and star, Perry grew up poor in New Orleans, but he has become a movie phenomenon — he was described in the New Yorker as the most financially successful black man the American film industry has ever known.

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