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'Hamilton' producer Jeffrey Seller traces his journey from 'Theater Kid' to Broadway
Seller has been a key behind-the-scenes figure for some of Broadway's biggest hits including, Hamilton and Rent, but he got his start on a much smaller scale. He looks back in a new memoir.
Life is chaotic. White noise streams can help you tune out (and fall asleep)
by Nick Quah
White noise streams are a kind of sonic wallpaper. For many, they help keep some parts of the brain distracted so that other parts may better focus on things, like writing, studying or sleeping.
'Sopranos' actor Michael Imperioli grapples with guilt and addiction in 'White Lotus'
by Sam Briger
Imperioli plays a sex-addicted Hollywood producer on vacation in Sicily in the HBO show. In 2021, he published Woke Up This Morning, an oral history of The Sopranos based on his podcast.
'Fresh Air' honors veterans with interviews with 2 men who served in WWII
by Terry Gross
Infantryman Robert Kotlowitz was one of only three in his platoon to survive an ill-advised attack on the Germans. Robert Williams served with the Tuskegee Airmen. Originally broadcast in '99 and '95.
Movie stars head to TV in the winning dramas 'Yellowstone' and 'Tulsa King'
by David Bianculli
There was a time when stars like Kevin Costner and Sylvester Stallone wouldn't stoop to appear on TV. But the landscape has changed, and now it's where they're finding some of their career-best roles.
A new climate reality is taking shape as renewables become widespread
by Dave Davies
New York Times science writer David Wallace-Wells says the cost of solar and wind energy has fallen dramatically. Nevertheless, we're still facing painful, long-lasting changes to the planet.
How country music allowed Jerry Lee Lewis to vary his wild-man persona
by Ken Tucker
Lewis came up in rock, but proved his country chops on the 1968 album Another Place, Another Time. The music suited his piano style, and the lyrics fit the emotions he brought to every performance.
'Fresh Air' remembers rock 'n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis
by Terry Gross
We mark the life of Lewis, who died Oct. 28, by listening to archival interviews with his sister, pianist/singer Linda Gail Lewis, and with Myra Lewis Williams, who married Jerry Lee when she was 13.