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Can't sleep? Journalist Jennifer Senior says you're not alone in your insomnia
by Terry Gross
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jennifer Senior has had insomnia for 25 years. Her new piece in The Atlantic is about her often futile attempts to fall asleep, and about the latest research into insomnia.
Remembering 'Jackie Brown' Actor Robert Forster
by Terry Gross
The Oscar-nominated actor, who died Oct. 11, often played police officers and private eyes. "These guys are straight shooters," he said in 2003. "I take the mantle of that and pretend it's me."
Satirical Nazi Film 'Jojo Rabbit' Treats The Viewer Like A Child
by Justin Chang
For all its good intentions, Jojo Rabbit comes across painfully one-note as comedy, bogus and manipulative as drama and with an archly whimsical visual style that feels like imitation Wes Anderson.
'Fresh Air' Marks The Centenary Of The Birth Of Jazz Singer Anita O'Day
Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead offers an appreciation of the singer, who died in 2006, then we listen back to a 1987 interview. O'Day first became known in 1941 when she joined Gene Krupa's band.
Energetic And Ambitious, 'Watchmen' Taps Into A Slew Of Today's Anxieties
by John Powers
Rather than rehash the 1980s superhero comic, series creator Damon Lindelof preserves the original's mood, themes and tricky structure — but uses them to tell an engrossing, totally new story on HBO.
'Geography of Risk' Calculates Who Pays When A Storm Comes To Shore
by Dave Davies
Journalist Gilbert Gaul says federal subsidies encourage developers to keep building on the coasts — despite accelerating and increasing risks from climate change.
Filmmaker Taika Waititi On Satirizing Nazis In 'Jojo Rabbit'
by Terry Gross
Jojo Rabbit centers on a 10-year-old boy who joins the Hitler Youth. Writer and director Waititi, who is from New Zealand, is half-Jewish and half-Maori. He plays the boy's imaginary friend, Hitler.
In 'Heaven, My Home' Attica Locke Shows A Part Of Texas We Don't Usually See
by Sam Briger
Locke says her new novel "was about place before it was about a character." The story follows a black ranger who patrols East Texas searching for the missing son of an Aryan Brotherhood leader.
Documentary Reveals The Depth And Complexity Of Opera Star Maria Callas
by Lloyd Schwartz
Maria by Callas weaves together performance clips, home movies, interviews and poignant diary excepts to present an intimate portrait of the singer in her own words.