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It's been decades since Steven Spielberg directed a film without Williams' help. With the composer unable to do his latest, Bridge of Spies, Spielberg kept it in the "extended family," tapping Newman.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks to actor John Boyega and director Juel Taylor about the new Netflix movie They Cloned Tyrone.

Stephen Morris drove the shift from punk to postpunk as the drummer for Joy Division and New Order, and helped further open postpunk to new sounds. On this episode, he discusses how the music of Can, Terry Riley, and Grandmaster Flash shaped his course.

Saxophonist James Brandon Lewis discusses how tunes by Ornette Coleman, Archie Shepp and Abdullah Ibrahim, and Sonny Rollins influenced his playing.

Hear how songs by Jimi Hendrix, Yusef Lateef and Robert Wyatt guided jazz guitarist Mary Halvorson's musical development.

“They’re devastated.”

So we asked a former U.S. student who went to live in Africa to come up with 11 factoids — a crash course on the continent. Note: We will not test you on these facts.

Carthaginians vs. Romans at Cannae. English vs. French at Agincourt. Confederacy vs. Union at Chancellorsville. In Outnumbered, author Cormac O'Brien details 14 David and Goliath battles in which underdog forces overcame extraordinary odds to prevail against much stronger opponents.

Throughout his life, McCain has been stubbornly individual, at times cantankerous and even exasperating to friend and foe alike, relishing his political persona as "The Maverick."

The Democratic congressman said he'd "step aside" as ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee during a probe against him. But he denied the allegations and said he would not resign his seat.

The former national security adviser is reviled so equally by so many on all sides in Washington that the allegations in his new memoir may not spark the kind of response they otherwise might.

Dean gave investigators vital information from within the inner circle of President Richard Nixon. Has the current White House counsel done something similar for those investigating President Trump?

President Trump tweeted Thursday evening that former U.N. ambassador John Bolton would replace national security adviser H.R. McMaster. McMaster also released a statement about his retirement.

Le Carré worked for MI5 and MI6 early in his career. "I felt I had to suppress my humanity," he said of those years. His novel A Legacy of Spiescame out in 2017. Originally broadcast Sept. 5, 2017.

Tom talks with Jennifer Palmieri, the former Director of Communications in the Obama White House and for the Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign.…

The civil rights icon spent nearly 60 years in public service, including more than three decades representing the Atlanta area. Now, the USPS is paying homage to his years of work.

Drag queen Bella DuBalle speaks out against the new Tenn. law. Maureen Corrigan reviews Nora Ephron's Heartburn (reissued) and Jenny Jackson's Pineapple Street. Brown reflects on playing bad guys.

"Portions of St. John are scheduled to be restored by the middle of next week," the power utility says. The U.S. Virgin Islands — home to more than 100,000 Americans — remains under boil-water orders.

ck historian ED WARD profiles blues man, Mississippi John Hurt, who would have celebrated his 100th or 101st birthday this month.: REV 2. Book critic JOHN LEONARD reviews "Culture and Imperialism" (Knopf) by Edward Said (Si-eed).

Oliver rarely has guests, so the HBO show relies on him to sell both the jokes and the facts — which he does, always counter-punching with a punchline whenever things start getting too serious.