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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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Finding 'Life, Death, And Hope' In A Mumbai Slum

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Originally published on Wed February 8, 2012 9:01 am

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Katherine Boo spent more than three years in Mumbai's Annawadi slum to do research for her new book, Behind the Beautiful Forevers. Residents of the slum — which is located next to the Mumbai airport and in the shadow of several luxury hotels — live in devastating poverty.

7:31 am

Wed February 8, 2012

Two Rowdy Talk Shows Showcase Vintage Humor

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Writers for Sid Caesar include Mel Brooks (front, lower right corner) and Neil Simon (back row, upper left corner.)

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David Susskind's pioneering talk show ran for almost 30 years. In 1970, he hosted an installment called "How to Be a Jewish Son," featuring actors George Segal and Mel Brooks.

By David Bianculli

The two DVDs I want to talk about today are hilarious, but they aren't sitcoms. They're talk shows — well, one's a talk show, and one's a filmed seminar. But they're both fascinating examples of a specific pop-culture moment frozen in time.

And they're something else as well: Both are highly entertaining real-time examples of talk-show Darwinism. Both shows feature a large, unwieldy guest roster, all of the guests competing for attention at the same time — and by the time the programs are over, the winners are apparent.

8:34 am

Tue February 7, 2012

The Risks And Rewards Of Practicing Yoga

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William Broad is a senior writer at The New York Times and a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner.

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Twenty million people practice yoga in the United States. William Broad, a Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer for The New York Times, is one of them. Broad started doing yoga as a freshman in college in 1970 and has been practicing ever since.

8:01 am

Tue February 7, 2012

Matt Wilson: Trios, Quartets And 'Don Knotts'

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Like a comedian, drummer Matt Wilson knows about offhand dexterity and split-second timing.

By Kevin Whitehead

Brooklyn drummer Matt Wilson keeps busy with many bands and projects — other people's and his own. Two new Wilson albums find him as part of a co-op all-star trio, and at the helm of one of his own quartets. Part of Wilson's appeal is that he keeps things light, in a good way.

8:36 am

Mon February 6, 2012

Meryl Streep: The Fresh Air Interview

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As of 2012, Meryl Streep holds the record for the actor with the most Academy Award nominations — her tally stands at 17.

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In the 1983 drama Silkwood, Meryl Streep played Karen Silkwood, who died in a mysterious car accident while investigating the plutonium plant where she worked.

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Meryl Streep stars as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Phyllida Lloyd's The Iron Lady.

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Meryl Streep played Julia Child in the 2009 Nora Ephron film Julie and Julia.

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