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The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara, discusses going after corporate crime and public corruption. Plus: writer Jonathan Haidt discusses his new book and why people on the right and left view morality differently; and how to help homeless youth.

Fresh Air is one of the most popular programs on public radio, breaking the "talk show" mold, and Gross is known for her fearless and insightful interviews with prominent figures in American arts, politics, and popular culture.

Reporters scour the globe for the most direct and compelling information, from the spread of AIDS in India to the inexplicable fluctuations of the Brazilian economy.

Reporters scour the globe for the most direct and compelling information, from the spread of AIDS in India to the inexplicable fluctuations of the Brazilian economy.

Saxophonist Paul Winter joins us to talk about how, 50 years ago today, his sextet brought jazz to the White House for the very first time, at the request of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Plus, the R&B singer Martha Redbone has set the poems of William Blake to the sounds of Appalachian folk music. And where does your digital music go when you die?

For this New Sounds, listen to collaborative music by producers, from an English composer to an Ethiopian aid worker.  Hear a collaborative work from Deru, (Benjamin Wynn) an electronic music producer from Los Angeles and English composer Joby Talbot, called “Genus.”  It’s an electro-acoustic score for Wayne McGregor's ballet of the same title, based on Charles Darwin's discovery of evolution and commissioned by The Paris Opera Ballet.