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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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Stew: 'Making It' After A Tough Breakup

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Stew.

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Stew's new album Making It is, in part, about his relationship with his ex-girlfriend and songwriting partner, Heidi Rodewald.

The two musicians, who still work together professionally, dated each other for years. They collaborated on songs for their band The Negro Problem, as well as on orchestrations for Passing Strange, their semi-autobiographical Broadway musical about a young African-American trying to understand himself while traveling around Europe. But during Passing Strange's initial run in Berkeley, Calif., Stew and Rodewald broke up.

6:53 am

Sat January 28, 2012

Fresh Air Weekend: Glocks, David Milch, The Smiths

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This Glock was used at a police department and then sold at an auction.

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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:

7:49 am

Fri January 27, 2012

HBO's 'Luck': A Winning TV Show, Set At The Track

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Nick Nolte plays a horse owner who spent most of his career working as a horse trainer in Luck.

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HBO's new drama Luck is set at a California racetrack. Dennis Farina (left) co-stars with Dustin Hoffman, who plays Chester "Ace" Bernstein, a newly released felon with a penchant for thoroughbreds.

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It isn't a long shot that David Milch's newest series for HBO, called Luck, will be on par with his HBO series Deadwood. It's a sure thing. HBO sent out all nine episodes of the show's first season for preview, so there's no guesswork here.

7:31 am

Fri January 27, 2012

Woody Allen: Blending Real Life With Fiction

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"Making a movie is a great distraction from the real agonies of the world," filmmaker Woody Allen told Fresh Air in 2009.

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This interview was originally broadcast on June 15, 2009.

For someone who has spent the majority of his career making comedies, Woody Allen sees the world — and his lifelong profession — through a surprisingly dark lens.

"Life is a terrible trial, and very harsh and very full of suffering ... [Film] is a different kind of pain. Making a movie is a great distraction from the real agonies of the world," Allen tells Terry Gross.

8:46 am

Thu January 26, 2012

Jimmy Owens Navigates Monk's 'Brilliant Corners'

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Jimmy Owens mostly dresses Monk's tunes for uptown wear — Monk the Harlem jam session swinger.

By Kevin Whitehead

In 1974, trumpeter Jimmy Owens helped prepare and played on a Carnegie Hall concert of Thelonious Monk's music. On the night in question, the orchestra had a surprise soloist: Monk himself. It was one of the pianist's last public performances.

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