Terry Gross

For much of his career, actor Jeff Hiller felt stuck. He had a string of small parts, often playing rude people in customer service, but he longed for something more substantive. Then he landed the role of Joel, a sympathetic and supportive friend with a great sense of humor, on the HBO series Somebody Somewhere.

Actor Daniel Dae Kim first broke into Hollywood as one of the stars of popular TV series Lost. In the new Prime series, Butterfly, Kim plays David, a former spy for the U.S. who faked his own death years earlier to protect his young daughter.

Bruce Springsteen's groundbreaking album, Born to Run, came out 50 years ago this month, marking a turning point for rock and roll — and for Springsteen. Carlin revisits the making of Born to Run in his new book, Tonight in Jungleland, which takes its name from the album's final track.