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Oscar Isaac, shown here at the 2020 Academy Awards, credits his father with introducing him to acting: "I started making movies with his camcorder."

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For Oscar Isaac, life — and acting — is all about impermanence

Isaac says the bonds he makes on set are both meaningful and transient: "You have these really intense months ... and then it goes away." He stars in Dune, The Card Counter and Scenes from a Marriage.

October 21, 2021
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  • Terry Gross
GPB News NPR

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  • Author Interviews

Remembering Gary Paulsen, author of 'Dogsled' and 'Hatchet'

The Newbery award-winning author, who died Oct. 13, wrote over 200 books, many of which were tales of adventure aimed at young adults. In 1994, Paulsen talked about Alaska's Iditarod dog sled race.

October 20, 2021
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By:
  • Terry Gross
Billy Porter attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party. "Fabulous and serious can go hand in hand. I am proof positive of that," he says.

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Billy Porter makes peace with himself: 'I set myself free, honey. No more secrets'

Fourteen years after his initial diagnosis, the Pose actor revealed publicly that he is HIV-positive. Porter says being open about his health status felt like a rebirth. His new memoir is Unprotected.

October 19, 2021
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By:
  • Terry Gross
Adam Driver and Matt Damon play real-life combatants Jacques Le Gris and Sir Jean de Carrouges in<em> The Last Duel.</em>

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'The Last Duel' is a 'Rashomon'-style #MeToo story — and a messy medieval epic

Ridley Scott's epic, which opens in 1386 Paris, tells the story of a duel between a squire of a knight from three points of view — including that of the woman they're fighting over.

October 15, 2021
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  • Justin Chang
GPB News NPR

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In 'Maid,' a single mother struggles to make it on minimum wage

While raising her young daughter, Stephanie Land cleaned houses to scrape by. It was back-aching work for low pay. Her memoir inspired the Netflix series, Maid. Originally broadcast Jan. 29, 2019.

October 15, 2021
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  • Terry Gross
GPB News NPR

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Tubist Richard Antoine White shares his unlikely path to the stage 'I'm Possible'

White spent his early childhood in poverty in Baltimore, at times sleeping in abandoned houses. He's now principal tubist in the Santa Fe Symphony and the New Mexico Philharmonic.

October 13, 2021
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  • Dave Davies
<em>The Rescue</em> chronicles the 2018 rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach who were trapped deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand.

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Documentary follows the divers who risked it all in the Thailand cave rescue

The Rescue follows the 18-day effort to rescue 12 boys and their coach from an underwater cave. Filmmakers Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin recount the harrowing mission with diver Rick Stanton.

October 11, 2021
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  • Dave Davies
Bond (Daniel Craig) teams up with secret agent Paloma (Ana de Armas) in Havana in <em>No Time to Die.</em>

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Daniel Craig outshines 'No Time To Die' in his final turn as James Bond

Craig has been a terrific James Bond, maybe even the best. But there's something a little too strained about the tragic emotional arc his character has carried with over the past several movies.

October 08, 2021
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  • Justin Chang
Najibullah Quraishi has won numerous awards for his reporting, including three Emmy awards, a Peabody award, an Overseas Press Club award and a DuPont award. He's currently in Kabul, where he's waiting to hear when he can get a flight out of Afghanistan.

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  • Asia

A more moderate Taliban? An Afghan journalist says nothing has changed

Reporting from Kabul, Najibullah Quraishi says the Taliban's vice and virtue squads have reinstituted harsh punishments, including whipping, chopping off hands and even hanging people from cranes.

October 07, 2021
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  • Terry Gross
Fiona Hill, the National Security Council's former senior director for Europe and Russia, arrives on Capitol Hill on Nov. 21, 2019.

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Former White House Russia expert Fiona Hill warns the U.S. is on a path to autocracy

Fiona Hill was a key witness at Donald Trump's first impeachment hearing. Now she's warning about the threat to American democracy that comes from within. Her memoir is There Is Nothing for You Here.

October 07, 2021
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  • Terry Gross

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For Stanley Tucci, food is like religion — and cancer almost took it away

Tucci's entire world, since childhood, has revolved around food. He was devastated when treatment for cancer put him on a feeding tube for six months. Now cancer-free, he has a new memoir, Taste.

October 05, 2021
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  • Dave Davies
GPB News NPR

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'Noir Alley' host celebrates cinema's double crosses and doomed characters

Eddie Muller's book, Dark City, chronicles film noir from the '40s and '50s. "A lot of factors ... go into making something of film noir," he says, including, a "very dark vision of existence."

October 04, 2021
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  • Terry Gross
GPB News NPR

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  • Movie Interviews

Remembering Melvin Van Peebles, the 'Godfather' of Black cinema

Van Peebles, who died Sept. 21, was best known for his 1971 film, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. He spoke with Fresh Air in 1990. His son Mario, also an actor/director, was interviewed in 2004.

October 01, 2021
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By:
  • Terry Gross
Margaret Qualley plays a single mother living below the poverty line in the Netflix series <em>Maid.</em>

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'Maid' is an unflinching portrait of a single mom's will to survive

Netflix's new 10-part series, which is based on Stephanie Land's best-selling memoir, tells the story of a woman who leaves her husband in the middle of the night, then gets a job as a maid-for-hire.

October 01, 2021
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  • David Bianculli

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'Me Too' Founder Tarana Burke Says Black Girls' Trauma Shouldn't Be Ignored

Burke says society often ignores Black girls' sexual trauma — and that the R. Kelly trial, coming after 25 years of allegations, highlights the "stark difference" in response to victims of color.

September 29, 2021
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  • Tonya Mosley
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