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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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Music Reviews
11:02 am
Mon February 4, 2013

Yo La Tengo: Decades In And Far From Fading

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Yo La Tengo's new album is titled Fade.
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Originally published on Mon February 4, 2013 12:19 pm

Yo La Tengo wouldn't seem to be very rock 'n' roll, given that it's a very stable and long-lasting operation. Since 1991, the lineup has consisted of a married couple — drummer Georgia Hubley and guitarist Ira Kaplan, along with bassist James McNew — and all three play additional instruments as needed. Yo La Tengo has been with the same label, Matador, since 1993. But if the band lacks rock dramatics, I would argue that it knows as much about the modes and manners of rock 'n' roll as anyone who has ever played the music.

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Fresh Air Weekend
8:03 am
Sat February 2, 2013

Fresh Air Weekend: Spacey, Fincher And Macy

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Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright star in the new Netflix original series House of Cards, which premieres Feb. 1.
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Originally published on Sat February 2, 2013 9:53 am

Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our 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 Reviews
9:24 am
Fri February 1, 2013

'Gatekeepers' Let Us Inside Israeli Security

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The documentary The Gatekeepers examines Israeli security policy in interviews with six former heads of the secretive Shin Bet agency.
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The Oscar-nominated documentary The Gatekeepers centers on Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, but from an unusual vantage — not the Palestinians or Israelis on the ground, but six men at the pinnacle of the country's security apparatus: the former heads of the security agency Shin Bet.

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Author Interviews
9:15 am
Fri February 1, 2013

How The Glock Became America's Weapon Of Choice

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Paul Barrett is an editor and senior feature writer at Bloomberg Businessweek and an adjunct professor at New York University Law School.
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Originally published on Fri February 1, 2013 9:18 am

This interview was originally broadcast on January 24, 2012.

Today the Glock pistol has become the gun of choice for both criminals and law enforcement in the United States.

In his book Glock: The Rise of America's Gun, which came out in paperback in January, Paul Barrett traces how the sleek, high-capacity Austrian weapon found its way into Hollywood films and rap lyrics, not to mention two-thirds of all U.S. police departments.

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Music Reviews
10:19 am
Thu January 31, 2013

A 'Special Edition' Box Set Of Jack DeJohnette And Band

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Originally published on Thu January 31, 2013 12:13 pm

On a new box set collecting the first four albums of Jack DeJohnette and his band Special Edition, two discs are gems and the other two have their moments. DeJohnette's quartet-slash-quintet was fronted by smoking saxophonists on the way up, set loose on catchy riffs and melodies. The springy rhythm section could tweak the tempos like no one this side of '60s goddess Laura Nyro.

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