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Keret's memoir, The Seven Good Years, spans the time between the birth of his son and the death of his father, who was a Holocaust survivor. Originally broadcast June 16, 2015.

Steve Inskeep talks with John Dickerson — of CBS's "Face the Nation" — about his new book of presidential campaign history called "Whistlestop."

Steve Inskeep talks with J.D. Vance, whose new book "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis" looks at why the white working class is broken and how that helps explain the phenomenon of Donald Trump.

In Jason Bourne, the latest in the secret agent series starring Matt Damon, director Paul Greengrass presents a thriller relevant to today's world, says Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times.

Patti Niemi has been a percussionist for the San Francisco Opera Orchestra since 1992. She speaks with Fresh Air's Sam Briger about performance anxiety, muscle memory and her memoir, Sticking it Out.

Surgery can be emotionally and physically stressful for children. A California anesthesiologist has come up with a way to reduce anxiety that's safer, cheaper and much more entertaining.

What happens when a billionaire businessman and politician teams up with a moms-against-gun-violence group with millions of supporters?

Ratf**ked author David Daley says that Republicans targeted key state legislative races in 2010 in an effort to control state houses, and, eventually, Congressional redistricting.

WNYC's Arun Venugopal, blogger Leslie Morgan Steiner, and former Prince George's County State's Attorney Glenn Ivey discuss the ramifications of the Stanford University rape case.

The “Beast of the Southeast” is here. 100,000 people are expected to fan out at the Orange County Convention Center this weekend for MegaCon Orlando.