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(NPR's Bob Edwards (Cable Risdon))
When NPR announced its plans to reassign Bob Edwards, longtime host of National Public Radio's Morning Edition, it elicited a widespread response from listeners, many in protest. He talks about his reassignment and his latest project, a new book on the life of Edward R. Murrow. Marc Cooper on the lure of Sin City and his book The Last Honest Place in America. Andrew Wilson discusses the life of Patricia Highsmith. Director Mark St. Germain, who wrote and directed the new play, "Ears on a Beatle," about the FBI and John Lennon, is joined by lawyer Leon Wildes, who represented Lennon.
Bob Edwards
When NPR announced its plans to reassign Bob Edwards, longtime host of National Public Radio's Morning Edition, it elicited a widespread response from listeners, many in protest. He talks about his reassignment and his latest project, a new book on the life of Edward R. Murrow entitled Edward R murrow ...
Marc Cooper
Marc Cooper on the lure of Sin City. His book is The Last Honest Place in America: In Search of Paradise and Perdition in the New Las Vegas.
Music: The Grifters Sountrack composer Elmer Bernstein
Music: The Grifters Sountrack composer Elmer Bernstein
Andrew Wilson
Andrew Wilson on the life of Patricia Highsmith, Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith.
Music: Strangers on a Train Soundtrack composer Dimitri Tiomkin
Music: Strangers on a Train Soundtrack composer Dimitri Tiomkin
Mark St. Germain and Leon Wildes
Director Mark St. Germain, who wrote and directed the new play, "Ears on a Beatle," about the FBI and John Lennon, is joined by lawyer Leon Wildes, who represented Lennon.
Music: John Lennon "Imagine"
Music: John Lennon "Imagine"
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