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Radiohead's Thom Yorke on Wankers & Confronting Who You Are
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Thom Yorke, lead singer and songwriter for the band Radiohead, tackles the challenges that just about everyone faces: confronting who you are and ...

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  • Added: Jun 08, 2012
  • Length: 06:00
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Carroll Spinney on Creating Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch
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Writer James Sullivan got to do something that millions of kids have dreamed about doing–he got to go to Sesame Street. And when he was there, Jame...

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  • Added: Jun 01, 2012
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 1
Thomas Bradshaw on Finding Humor at Funerals
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"Funny things happen at funerals. Very funny, comical, human things. You may not laugh, but it’s all mixed up together. " - Thomas Bradshaw. Interv...

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  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 05:07
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Dave Brubeck on Fighting Communism with Jazz
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Dave Brubeck took the stage at the Litchfield Jazz Festival in 2008 and during a conversation with John Dankosky, the host of Where We Live on WNPR...

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  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 05:11
  • Purchases: 3
Jonathan Alter on How to Interview Presidents Obama, Clinton, & Nixon
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"I think it’s fair to say that helped to create the Teabaggers." - President Barack Obama during an interview with Jonathan Alter

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  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 07:16
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Ricky Gervais on Atheism and Jetpacks
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Comedian Ricky Gervais:"So what I’m really wishing for is justice in the world, honor really and wishing that every one gets their reward, which cl...

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  • Added: May 08, 2012
  • Length: 06:40
  • Purchases: 1
Ellen DeGeneres on Her Start in Comedy in New Orleans
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"I’m driving down the street in the French Quarter and there was a sign that said “Opening Soon: Clyde’s Comedy Corner" ... But at Clyde’s there wa...

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  • Added: May 08, 2012
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 1
Peter Straub On His Love for Soap Operas
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"I’ll do email and work until 1:30, 2 because at two is the holy hour when I must watch 'One Life to Live.' My Soap." - Horror Author Peter Straub...

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  • Added: May 08, 2012
  • Length: 05:38
  • Purchases: 1
Bono on His Dad's Final Days Before He Died of Cancer
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"I’d go and usually have a pint of Guinness and a chaser to steady my nerves. Then I'd go to the hospital and I'd sleep beside my father." - Bono. ...

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  • Added: Nov 01, 2011
  • Length: 04:22
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The Dietitian on Feeding Bob Marley Before He Died of Cancer
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Caption: Bob Marley on Tour in Dublin July 6, 1980, Credit: Eddie Mallin via Flickr
Rona Steinberg recalls the time a cancer-stricken Bob Marley came into her hospital and her life.

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2011
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1
U2's Bono on Playing Music for America Right After 9-11
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This lost interview with Bono comes to us from a conversation recorded back in 2001, just weeks after 9-11. Bono was speaking with Anthony Bozza--t...

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  • Added: Aug 29, 2011
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
Chris Elliott and His Dad On Family Comedy
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"I can remember trying to impress my dad with my sense of humor. Sometimes succeeding, sometimes failing." - Chris Elliott with his dad, Ray Elliott.

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  • Added: Feb 23, 2011
  • Length: 06:53
  • Purchases: 3
Mavis Staples on Getting Back on Top at 71
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Soul and gospel legend Mavis Staples has been singing since the 1960s. Now as her career enters its sixth decade, she has just won her first Grammy...

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  • Added: Feb 16, 2011
  • Length: 06:09
  • Purchases: 1
Pete Seeger on "We Shall Overcome"
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Folk music legend Pete Seeger explains the history behind the civil rights anthem, "We Shall Overcome", and why this famous song has many brothers ...

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  • Added: Feb 01, 2011
  • Length: 06:47
  • Purchases: 4
Tim Gunn on His FBI Agent Father
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Who knew that fashion deacon Tim Gunn's father was J. Edgar Hoover's right hand man? Gunn: "He was Hoover's ghostwriter. ... I was not the son he w...

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  • Added: Dec 14, 2010
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 1
Performer Cynthia Hopkins on Fearing People and Her Crowds
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How do you reconcile being downright scared of people and crowds if you’re always on stage? Actor and Singer Cynthia Hopkins has an answer: "I am...

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  • Added: Dec 03, 2010
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 1
Photographer Terry O’Neill on His Famous Rolling Stones and Beatles Pics
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Famed Pop Photographer Terry O'Neill: "We used to laugh behind his (Mick Jagger's) back saying: 'Can you imagine Mick singing at 40?' And he's bloo...

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  • Added: Dec 03, 2010
  • Length: 06:38
  • Purchases: 2
Zelda Kaplan on Dancing and Living at 87
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87-year old Zelda Kaplan:"I am very interested in fashion. I like to look nice. I still love to dance. My friends are dead. ... So with whom should...

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  • Added: Dec 02, 2010
  • Length: 05:09
  • Purchases: 2
Kelly Slater on His Not-So-Perfect Life
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Champion Surfer Kelly Slater: "My life was getting worse, not better, and it should have been getting better, because I’ve done all the things, met...

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  • Added: Dec 02, 2010
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 1

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