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Terry Gross at her microphone in 2018

Terry Gross

Terry Gross is the host and an executive producer of Fresh Air, the daily program of interviews and reviews. It is produced at WHYY in Philadelphia, where Gross began hosting the show in 1975, when it was broadcast only locally. She was awarded a National Humanities Medal from President Obama in 2016. Fresh Air with Terry Gross received a Peabody Award in 1994 for its “probing questions, revelatory interviews and unusual insight.” America Women in Radio and Television presented her with a Gracie Award in 1999 in the category of National Network Radio Personality. In 2003, she received the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s Edward R. Murrow Award for her “outstanding contributions to public radio” and for advancing the “growth, quality and positive image of radio.” Gross is the author of All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians and Artists, published by Hyperion in 2004. She was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, and received a bachelor’s degree in English and M.Ed. in communications from the State University of New York at Buffalo. She began her radio career in 1973 at public radio station WBFO in Buffalo, NY.

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Actress and Author Carrie Fisher.

Actress and author Carrie Fisher. She's probably best-known for her portrayal of Princess Leia in the Star War movies. She wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of her novel, "Postcards From the Edge." Fisher's latest role is in the film, "Soapdish." (REPEAT. Originally aired 9/11/90)

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Two Members of Tejano Supergroup, The Texas Tornados.

Augie Meyers and Freddy Fender, members of the band, The Texas Tornadoes. They both have long histories in Tex Mex music. Augie Meyers played organ with the Sir Douglas Quintet, and Freddy Fender has had many regional hits in Texas and he hit nationally with "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" and "Til the Last Teardrop Falls".(REPEAT. ORIGINALLY AIRED 9/28/90)

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15:47

The "Upscaling" of Beer.

Michael Jackson (No, not THAT Michael Jackson). He's a beer expert. He's written the "Pocket Guide to Beer (The Connoisseur's companion to over 1000 Beers of the World)," by Simon & Schuster. He lives in England and has also written "The New World Guide to Beer."(REPEAT. ORIGINALLY AIRED 4/16/91).

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14:51

Teaching Social Studies in the 1990s.

J. P. Bianchi is a Social Studies supervisor for Community School District 8 in the Bronx. He stopped teaching in 1986, and is now responsible for the shape of the Social Studies curriculum for the entire district. A recent New York Board of Regents report examined the state of Social Studies, and Bianchi comments.

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22:43

Martin Sánchez-Jankowski Discusses Gangs in the U. S.

Martin ("Mar-teen") Sánchez-Jankowski, a professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, lived among ethnically diverse street gangs in New York, Boston and Los Angeles from 1978 to 1988. His observations are contained in his new book, Islands in the Street: Gangs in American Urban Society (Univ. of Cal. Press).

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