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Music Reviews
12:34 pm
Mon November 5, 2012

Taylor Swift Leaps Into Pop With 'Red'

Originally published on Wed November 14, 2012 4:44 pm

Fresh Air Weekend
8:03 am
Sat November 3, 2012

Fresh Air Weekend: Katey Sagal, Sherry Turkle

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Katey Sagal as Gemma Teller Morrow in Sons of Anarachy on FX.

Originally published on Sat November 3, 2012 10:44 am

Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors, and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week:

Katey Sagal, Holding Court On 'Sons Of Anarchy': The actress plays Gemma, the fierce matriarch of the biker gang in the FX series. She's best-known for playing the acerbic Peg Bundy on the long-running show Married With Children.

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Animals
11:50 am
Fri November 2, 2012

Animal Stage Trainer Makes Stars Out Of Pound Pups

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Bill Berloni was responsible for making sure that chihuahua Bruiser could both bend and snap in the Broadway production of Legally Blonde.

Originally published on Fri November 2, 2012 12:09 pm

This interview was originally broadcast on Fresh Air on July 18, 2008.

A new revival of the hit musical Annie is now in previews on Broadway, scheduled to open Thursday. In the new production, the canine co-star Sandy is played by "Sunny," who has an understudy named "Casey." Bill Berloni trained them both — and, like the original Sandy in the original Broadway show, those dogs, too, were rescue dogs, found in animal shelters.

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Author Interviews
11:50 am
Fri November 2, 2012

Rin Tin Tin: A Silent Film Star On Four Legs

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Susan Orlean is a staff writer for the New Yorker and has contributed articles to Vogue, Rolling Stone and Esquire. She is the author of several books, including The Orchid Thief.

This interview originally aired on Fresh Air on Jan. 9, 2012. Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend is now out in paperback.

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Author Interviews
1:26 pm
Thu November 1, 2012

Ricks: Firing 'The Generals' To Fight Better Wars?

Originally published on Thu November 1, 2012 4:17 pm

When Thomas Ricks first learned that Terry Allen, the successful general in charge of the 1st Infantry Division during World War II's Sicily campaign, had been fired, he says, his jaw dropped.

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