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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. Each week, nearly 4.5 million people listen to the show's intimate conversations broadcast on more than 450 National Public Radio (NPR) stations across the country, as well as in Europe on the World Radio Network.

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In 'Monsieur Lazhar,' Grief Lingers In The Classroom

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Fellag, an Algerian comedian, plays the title character in the Oscar-nominated Monsieur Lazhar, who steps in to teach a class of middle school students after tragedy has struck their classroom.

By David Edelstein

Originally published on Wed April 18, 2012 9:36 am

Teacher movies tend to be more alike than unalike, but Monsieur Lazhar makes the familiar unusually strange. The note on which it opens is shocking, tragic: A Montreal middle school student, Simon, enters his classroom ahead of the other kids and finds his teacher hanging from a pipe, dead by her own hand.

7:46 am

Wed April 18, 2012

Jenny Scheinman's 'Mayhem' Hard To Pin Down

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Jenny Scheinman's (left) quartet represents players raised on and used to playing all kinds of music.

By Kevin Whitehead

Originally published on Wed April 18, 2012 9:24 am

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Violinist Jenny Scheinman's band and new album are both called Mischief and Mayhem. The record was made just after her quartet played a week at the Village Vanguard, but despite the jazz cred of regular Vanguard appearances, their stylistically fluid music draws on a lot of traditions.

9:37 am

Tue April 17, 2012

The Race To Create The Best Antiviral Drugs

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Credit C. Goldsmith, P. Feorino, E. L. Palmer, W. R. McManus / CDC Public Health Image Library

The HIV-1 virus cultivated with human lymphocytes.

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Carl Zimmer is the author of 12 books about science, including A Planet of Viruses. He has also appeared on RadioLab and This American Life.

By editor

Originally published on Tue April 17, 2012 12:42 pm

If you've ever had a bacterial infection like staph or strep throat, your doctor may have prescribed penicillin. But if you've had the flu or a common cold virus, penicillin won't work. That's because antibacterials only kill bacteria, and both the flu and the common cold are viruses. So for illnesses like the flu, doctors prescribe antiviral drugs, which target the mechanisms that viruses use to reproduce.

9:06 am

Tue April 17, 2012

The Jazz Drummer Who Makes Music Out Of Everything

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Credit Michael Jackson

Han Bennink drums on whatever surface he can find — and plays with tone and rhythm while manipulating the drum with parts of his own body.

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Han Bennink performs in the Fresh Air studio.

By editor

Originally published on Tue April 17, 2012 12:04 pm

8:41 am

Mon April 16, 2012

Loudon Wainwright III Looks Back At His 'Old Man'

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Loudon Wainwright III.

By Ken Tucker

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As Loudon Wainwright III says in his song "In C," he likes to sing about "my favorite protagonist — me."

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9:19 am

Wed April 18, 2012