Terry Gross

Adventure writer PETER HELLER, who wrote The Dog Stars, a story about two men who become unlikely compatriots when a pandemic wipes out much of the country's population. It’s been adapted into a new film starring Jacob Elordi and Josh Brolin. His other novels include The Whale Warriors, Hell or High Water, The River, Celine, The Painter, and his latest, The Orchard. (INTERVIEW BY DAVE DAVIES). (THIS INTERVIEW IS A REBROADCAST. IT ORIGINALLY AIRED ON AUGUST 13, 2012.)

Film critic JUSTIN CHANG reviews the new film Dreams in Nightmares.

We remember the influential rock critic DAVE MARSH who died a week ago. He was 76. MARSH dropped out of Wayne State University in Detroit to help launch the rock magazine Creem before winding up at Rolling Stone. He became an early champion of Bruce Springsteen, and went on to write three biographies of Springsteen. The first book, Born to Run published in 1979 became a best seller. MARSH also wrote books about The Who, Elvis, Michael Jackson, and Sly and the Family Stone. In his book The Heart of Rock and Soul, he rated what he considered the thousand and one greatest singles ever made.