Dec 22nd, 2009 · After producing records for Solomon Burke, Ani DiFranco and most recently Allen Toussaint, Henry returns to his own material on Blood From Stars. In a session from WXPN, Henry traces the rugged history of American storytelling with a mix of blues, rock and jazz.
Oct 25th, 2009 · Liane Hansen talks with author Hilary Mantel, this year's winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Her novel, Wolf Hall, tells the story of the reign of England's King Henry VIII and the subsequent ushering in of the Reformation — all through the eyes Thomas Cromwell, the king's adviser for almost a decade.
Sep 17th, 2009 · Henry Gibson, the veteran comic character actor best known for his role reciting offbeat poetry on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, has died. He was 73. Gibson's son, James, said Gibson died Monday at his home in Malibu after a brief battle with cancer.
Sep 12th, 2009 · Democrat Henry Waxman, who represents California's 30th congressional district, tries his hand at the NPR news quiz. He answers three questions about wax museums.
Sep 8th, 2009 · Fifteen years ago, British neurosurgeon Henry Marsh went to Ukraine as a visiting lecturer, and found a medical system that was decades out of date. Dr. Marsh talks about his collaboration with a Ukrainian doctor to save lives and bring hope to patients, and a PBS documentary titled The English Surgeon that tells his story.
Aug 13th, 2009 · Claire loves Henry, and Henry loves Claire — only half the time he doesn't know it, because he hasn't met her yet. Audrey Niffenegger's novel of an accidental time-traveler and the woman who falls for him gets a glossy if hardly coherent big-screen adaptation, starring Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams.
Jul 21st, 2009 · There are conflicting accounts in Cambridge, Massachusetts, over the arrest last weekend of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., who was arrested after he was trying to get into his locked house and someone called the police. Gates says his arrest was racially motivated. Police say he became belligerent toward officers who questioned him.
Jul 2nd, 2009 · Col. Hector Henry is one of only three doctors over the age of 70 who have agreed to come out of retirement and serve active duty since Sept. 11, 2001, according to the U.S. Army Reserves Medical Command. The urologist, City Council member and grandfather of three says he promised his wife it would be his last tour.