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The Sounds Of James Bond, From The Editors Who Created Them

Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg won the Oscar for their sound work on Skyfall. Now they're back with the new James Bond movie, Spectre. NPR's Becky Sullivan talks to the pair about just what a sound editor does.

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'Destiny And Power' Reveals Elder Bush's Criticism Of His Son's Administration

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Jon Meacham about his biography of George H.W. Bush, which includes the elder Bush's criticism of his son's administration when it came to the second war in Iraq.

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Lena Dunham On Sex, Oversharing And Writing About Lost 'Girls'

Fresh Air

Dunham says when she started writing HBO's Girls, she was drawn to characters with "a bit of a Zelda Fitzgerald lost, broken woman quality." Originally broadcast Sept. 29, 2014.

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Ron Perlman On 'Sons Of Anarchy' And His Many On-Screen Transformations

Fresh Air

In his book, Easy Street (The Hard Way), actor Ron Perlman describes himself as having a face "that was not ugly but surely one of its kind." Originally broadcast Sept. 22, 2014.

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"I've found a way to love my depression. I love it because it has forced me ... to cleave to the reasons for living." — Andrew Solomon
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TED Radio Hour

Andrew Solomon: Why Is It So Hard To Talk About Depression?

Writer and psychologist Andrew Solomon describes how he hid from — and eventually confronted — his own serious depression.

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"I know for myself, I have a very colorful personality, rich ideas, and just a lot going on in my mind. But there's a gap between where that stands, and how I communicate it with the rest of the world." — Alix Generous

"I know for myself, I have a very colorful personality, rich ideas, and just a lot going on in my mind. But there's a gap between where that stands, and how I communicate it with the rest of the world." — Alix Generous Marla Aufmuth/TED hide caption

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TED Radio Hour

Alix Generous: How Do Stereotypes Of Mental Health Affect Us?

Twenty-three-year-old Alix Generous describes her years-long journey through misdiagnosis in the mental health system and how it affected her sense of confidence and self-worth.

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"Emotion is absolutely central to understanding everything that happens in our brain. Our perceptions, our decision-making our actions, our planning — everything is affected by emotion." — David Anderson
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TED Radio Hour

David Anderson: What Can Fruit Flies Tell Us About Human Emotions?

Neurobiologist David Anderson explains why psychiatric drugs don't always work, and how researchers are working to find targeted forms of treatment — including his own experiments with fruit flies.

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"How is it that we spend more time taking care of our teeth than we do our minds?" — Guy Winch

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TED Radio Hour

Guy Winch: Is It Possible To Put A Band-Aid on A Bad Feelings?

Psychologist Guy Winch makes the case for practicing emotional hygiene — taking care of our emotions with the same diligence we take care of our bodies.

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"People are dying to talk about their experience. And a lot of what they feel is that no one else could understand." — Andrew Solomon
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TED Radio Hour

Andrew Solomon: Is There A Healthy Way To Think About Depression?

Writer and psychologist Andrew Solomon explains how the more he talked about his depression, the more others wanted to tell their own stories.

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Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher star in Brooklyn Nine-Nine on Fox.

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Monkey See

Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' And Things We Meant To Do

On this week's show, we check in on a comedy in progress: Fox's Brooklyn Nine-Nine. We also talk about culture we've been meaning to get to, and about what's making us happy this week.

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James Bond (Daniel Craig) is back in Spectre. It's everything Bond fans could want, and then some.

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Movie Reviews

In 'Spectre,' Bond's Back And Looking Over His Shoulder

NPR film critic Bob Mondello reviews Spectre, the latest in the Bond franchise. It's got the Bond cars, the Bond villain and the Bond girls, but it lacks the feeling of its predecessors.

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Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the Peanuts gang (Franklin, Lucy, Linus, Peppermint Patty and Sally) enjoying a snow day in The Peanuts Movie.

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Movie Reviews

Snoopy Gets Out Of The Doghouse In 'The Peanuts Movie'

Sure, Charlie Brown is a little too cheerful, but in many ways, Charles Schulz's voice is maintained by his descendants in the Peanuts gang's first feature in 35 years.

Remembrances

Melissa Mathison, Screenwriter Who Wrote 'E.T.,' Dies

Oscar-nominated screenwriter Melissa Mathison has died at the age of 65. NPR's Mandalit del Barco offers a remembrance of the woman who wrote E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, among other films.

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