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Latest Posts
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Blondie co-founder Chris Stein, one way or another, finds himself in the right place at the right time
Chris Stein is the co-founder, songwriter and guitarist of Blondie. He talks with WPR’s “BETA” about his memoir, “Under A Rock.”
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Demetri Martin creates a new kind of comedy special with ‘Demetri Deconstructed’
Demetri Martin has created a new experience for theatre and television audiences. His latest comedy special, “Demetri Martin: Demetri Deconstructed,” is the first in a trilogy of specials to tell a story beyond his jokes.
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Anne Serling finds her dad in the Twilight Zone with her book ‘As I Knew Him: My Dad, Rod Serling’
WPR’s “BETA” talked with Rod Serling’s daughter about life with her dad and why she felt it essential to write about him for her memoir, “As I Knew Him.”
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‘All My Friends’ musically remembers the ratification of the 19th Amendment
WPR’s “BETA” talks with Aoife O’Donovan about her new album, “All My Friends,” based on the writings and speeches of Suffragette Carrie Chapman Catt.
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As a writer — with truth as the arrow and mercy the bow —how can you miss?
At first, we thought, “just what the world needs, another “how to” book. Then WPR’s “BETA” read author Steve Almond’s “Truth is the Arrow Mercy is the Bow: A Manual for the Construction of Stories.”
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Daniel de Visé chronicles the Blues Brothers’ sacred mission
Journalist Daniel de Visé talks with WPR’s “BETA” about his mission to find the story of the Blues Brothers.
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Sloane Crosley looks at grief, a strong emotion we all experience
Author Sloane Crosley’s book ‘Grief Is for People’ chronicles both her loss through burglary and the death by suicide of her dear friend and colleague.
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A guidebook for Bruce Cockburn fans
Canadian author M.D. Dunn talks with WPR’s “BETA” about his book, “You Get Bigger As You Go: Bruce Cockburn’s Influence and Evolution,” which is more like a guidebook for learning about Cockburn’s music than a biography.
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Priya Guns glimpses into the gig economy with her debut novel, ‘Your Driver Is Waiting’
Priya Guns talks with WPR’s “BETA” about her debut novel, “Your Driver is Waiting.”
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‘Immediate Family’ documentary is like a musical ‘Band of Brothers’
Film director Denny Tedesco talks with WPR’s “BETA” about a documentary film about Danny Kortchmar, Russ Kunkel, Waddy Wachtel and Leland Sklar, four of the hardest-working session players in the 1970s and ’80s.