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Journalist, Press Secretary, Activist, and Wife

Feminist activist and writer Liz Carpenter and her husband started their own news organization. Later, she worked in President Johnson's administration as a speechwriter and first lady Lady Bird Johnson's press secretary. Her memoir, about aging and widowhood, is called Getting Better all the Time.

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Other segments from the episode on July 15, 1987

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, July 15, 1987: Interview with Liz Carpenter; Review of Shura Cherkassky's album "Liszt, Tchaikovsky"; Interview with Luis Valdez and Daniel Valdez; Commentary on making…
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New Recordings from an Unpredictable Performer

Pianist Shura Cherkassky claims he never plays the same piece twice. Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz says the versions of Liszt and Stravinsky pieces Cherkassky recently committed to tape are worth the listen.

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Legislating Language

Linguist Geoff Nunberg reflects on recent efforts to make English the official language at the state and federal levels. He says that such measures only hurt immigrants seeking essential services.

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Former Marine Capt. Josh Rushing

Rushing was a press officer stationed at Centcom (United States Central command) presenting the American military point of view on the war to the world press. He was featured in the documentary Control Room which was filmed inside the Arab network Al Jazeera. Rushing decided to leave the military after the Pentagon ordered him to stop commenting on the documentary.

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The CIA's Public Affairs Director William Harlow Discusses His New Novel.

The CIA's Public Affairs Director William Harlow. The retired Navy Captain has written a new novel, a political-military thriller. It's called "Circle William" (Scribner) and has as one of its heroes a White House press secretary. Harlow was also a public affairs officer in the Navy Secretary's office and was former White House national security aid under Reagan and Bush.

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What evolution reveals about eating, dieting and fat

DANIEL LIEBERMAN, author of the new book Fed Up: What Evolution Reveals about Food, Diet, Health and Eating Well. He’s a professor of biological Sciences at Harvard. And he's the founding chair of Harvard's Department of Human Evolutionary Biology. As part of his research, he tried a series of diets to see how his body reacted, including the Atkins diet and lesser known diets like the Blue Zone diet. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW).

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