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Raising Children in an "X-Rated Society"

Tipper Gore, wife of Tennessee senator Albert Gore, is concerned with the increasingly violent and sexual nature of popular music's lyrics, videos, and culture. She believes that record companies should alert consumers to an album's explicit content so parents can make informed decision regarding what their children listen to.

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Other segments from the episode on May 7, 1987

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, May 7, 1987: Interview with Tipper Gore; Review of David Bowie's album "Never Let Me Down"; Interview with Nadine Gordimer; Commentary on film review television shows.
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Bowie Avoids a Let Down

David Bowie claims that his new album, Never Let Me Down, includes every style he's played throughout his 17-album career. Rock critic Ken Tucker says the music is an improvement over the pop legend's recent movies and records.

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Novelist Nadine Gordimer

The white South African writer hopes that her works have educated her readers about the realities of apartheid in her home country. Her newest book is called A Sport of Nature.

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Confusing Tear-Jerkers for Art

Film critic Stephen Schiff believes that the proliferation of film critics on television, whose insights he believes are often superficial, has led moviegoers to believe that emotional manipulation is the sole criterion for great cinema.

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Al Gore and his wife, Tipper

Former senator, vice president, and presidential candidate Al Gore and his wife, Tipper. In the two years since the presidential election they have been working on the new book, Joined at the Heart: The Transformation of the American Family. The book explores the changes that have taken place in families over the past few decades, using examples of families the Gores have met along the way. Tipper Gore is a former photojournalist and served as adviser to the president on mental health policy. Their other book is the collection of photographs The Spirit of Family.

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Playboy Hugh Hefner.

The founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine Hugh Hefner. He founded the magazine 46 years ago. Hefner wrote the forward and edited the new book "The Century of Sex: Playboy's History of the Sexual Revolution 1900-1999" by James R. Peterson, who wrote and edited the "Playboy Advisor" sex-advice column.

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