Search results for

Writer and YouTuber John Green plays a game of Wild Card with NPR's Rachel Martin.

The Saturday Night Fever actor strutted back into Brooklyn on Tuesday as fans and government officials celebrated how he bought exposure to the borough.

In 2019, John told Fresh Air that his father's early misgivings about his chosen career became a source of motivation: "He gave me the determination to make something of myself."

Actor, writer, and Monthy Python member JOHN CLEESE. Post-Python, CLEESE is best known for "Fawlty Towers," and a number of movies, including his 1988 comedy, "A Fish Called Wanda." He's also written a book called "Families and How to Survive Them" with therapist Robyn Skinner, and he makes training films for corporations. (REBROADCAST FROM 6

In November 2022, Moreland decided to take a break from performing. He also went off social media for six months. The result was the album "Visitor."

"Tremors" creators and co-hosts Matt Byars and Lee Gardner talk about the genesis and continuing joys of WYPR's long-running muse-of-the-music podcast.

After nearly 35 years on the U.S. Supreme Court, the leader of the liberal justices clears the way for Obama's second appointment.

Writer David Reynolds is the author of the new biography John Brown: Abolitionist: The Man who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights. Reynold's book is considered to be a sympathetic look at the man who he says framed the issue of slavery in stark, uncompromising terms.

2: JOHN SACRET(SAY-kret) YOUNG, producer of "VR.5." "VR.5" is the newest show to hit the Fox TV lineup. The show's plot is about Sydney Bloom (Lori Singer), who accidentally discovers she can enter any landscape or time of her choosing through her computer. Once into the new world Bloom is unable to control the events that take place or the actions of those she brings with her. Young also produced the TV show "China Beach."

Republican leaders RALPH REED and SENATOR JOHN CHAFEE. REED is the Executive Director of the Christian Coalition, based in Chesapeake, VA. CHAFEE is a Republican from Rhode Island. He's a member of the newly formed Republican Majority Coalition. The Republican National Committee is meeting at the end of this month to elect a new chairman. The two men will talk about what direction the Republican party needs to take to win the 1996 Presidential election, and why the party failed to win i

Author JOHN CAVANAGH (Pronounced "cav-AN-ah"). CAVANAGH is a Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Wahsinton DC. He is the co-author with Richard Barnet, of "Global Dreams: Imperial Corporations & the New World Order" (Simon & Schuster), which examines the growth of multi-national corporations. They profile five of the world's most powerful corporations, and show how they are less accountable to public authorities, are paving the way for future political conflict, and are "stimulating political and social disintegration".

Film Critic JOHN POWERS reviews "Flirting with Disaster." A comedy starring Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette and Tea Leona. It also features Alan Alda, Mary Tyler Moore and Lily Tomlin. REV. : TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews "To Sir with Love, Two" the sequel to the film, "To Sir With Love," which was released 29 years ago. Both star Sydney Poitier. It airs on CBS, Sunday night.

A review of the years best films with critic JOHN POWERS. He'll talk with Terry about which are his favorites and why. They are: 1) Chung King Express 2) Trainspotting 3) Single Girl 4) Secrets & Lies 5) Portrait of a Lady 6) Mother 7) The English Patient 8) La Ceremony 9) Breaking The Waves 10) Big Night.

John Fogerty — once lead singer of Credence Clearwater Revival and now a solo artist — has buried the hatchet with his record label. The result is a new greatest hits CD called The Long Road Home.

Noted historian and pioneering Duke University Professor John Hope Franklin died yesterday at the age of 94. The legendary educator was widely respected for chronicling the African-American experience. Franklin's friends discuss his lasting legacy.

John Ratcliffe, former director of national intelligence during President Trump's first term, has been confirmed by the Senate to lead the CIA — the first person to have held both jobs.

In his second inaugural address last week, Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz said that he wants county residents to feel that their local...

Anger management is a thriving industry in the United States. It is the subject of hundreds of books, workshops and videos. And yet, as NPR's Robert Siegel discovers, there are no national criteria, no oversight and no evaluation of the efficacy of these programs.

Mellencamp shares the stories behind some of his most famous songs — and sings several in a studio session on Fresh Air.

The secretary of state negotiated the nuclear deal and wants it to work. He recently went to Europe to encourage banks there to invest in Iran.