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Fresh Air with Terry Gross

Weekdays at 11am C.T., and again at 7pm C.T.

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs.

Though Fresh Air has been categorized as a "talk show," it hardly fits the mold. Its 1994 Peabody Award citation credits the show with "probing questions, revelatory interviews and unusual insights." And a variety of top publications count Gross among the country's leading interviewers. The show gives interviews as much time as needed, and complements them with comments from well-known critics and commentators.

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After 26 Years, The Sam Rivers Trio Resurfaces

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Sam Rivers' trio with Dave Holland and Barry Altschul (not pictured) recently released its 2007 reunion show on CD.

By Kevin Whitehead

Originally published on Mon November 5, 2012 9:00 am

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This review was originally broadcast on Sept. 26, 2012.

Jazz multi-instrumentalist Sam Rivers, who died at 88 in December 2011, recorded with many trios in the 1970s. But his most celebrated trio was barely recorded at all. In 2007, it played a reunion concert — its first in 26 years.

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Tue October 30, 2012

'Sutton': America's 1920s, Bank-Robbing 'Robin Hood'

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J.R. Moehringer is the best-selling author of The Tender Bar. In 2000, he won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing for his work at the Los Angeles Times.

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Originally published on Tue October 30, 2012 3:35 pm

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This interview was originally broadcast on Sept. 26, 2012.

After the global financial crisis hit in 2008, Pulitzer Prize winner J.R. Moehringer was so angry at banks, he says, he decided to write about the people who rob them — in the form of fiction, since he's not an economist.

11:36 am

Mon October 29, 2012

The Fresh Air Interview: Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band

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Originally published on Thu November 8, 2012 8:53 pm

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This interview was originally broadcast on Nov. 24, 2010.

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Sat October 27, 2012

Fresh Air Weekend: Dexter Filkins, Joe Turner, Tom Wolfe

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Author and journalist Tom Wolfe's books include The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, The Bonfire of the Vanities and I Am Charlotte Simmons, among others. His latest novel is Back to Blood.

By editor

Originally published on Sat October 27, 2012 11:04 am

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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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Fri October 26, 2012

John Cage At 100: Remembering A Revolutionary Composer

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Composer John Cage was born in 1912 and died in 1992. He's show above in May 1972.

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DAVID BIANCULLI, HOST:

This fall, arts organizations around the world are celebrating what would have been the 100th birthday of composer John Cage, who was born on September 5th, 1912.

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