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Retired US Navy flight surgeon and NASA astronaut CAPT. JERRY LINENGER ("Linn-en-jer") In his book, "Off the Planet: Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard the Space Station Mir" (in paperback) he chronicles his five months on board the Russian Space station "Mir" a ramshackle place he described as "six school buses all hooked together." During his five months there, they had numerous brushes with death, lacked adequate supplies, and battled constant system failures. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW). (REBROADCAST from 2/21

Nightmare Alley director Guillermo del Toro says his future was set the first time he saw Frankenstein. Science writer Florence Williams examines the scientific reason why breaking up feels so rotten.

Alsop talks about the joys and challenges of leading an orchestra. John Powers reviews Tokyo Vice. Vuong sifts through the aftershock of grief in Time Is a Mother.

Silverman's 2010 memoir The Bedwetter has been adapted into a musical. Maureen Corrigan recommends novels for summer. Goetsch chronicles her later-in-life transition in the memoir This Body I Wore.

In an exclusive interview with Nina Totenberg, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer discusses his new book on democracy and the Constitution.

In an interview with Good Morning America, Ashley Judd said her family wanted to get ahead of any news, and that she didn't want her mother's death to become part of the "gossip economy."

The conductor says that his goal is for more people to appreciate and recognize classical music for its complexity, organization and beauty. In an interview, Ponti discusses his work, his son and the best way for a classical-music novice to discover pure symphonic joy.

The singer-songwriter with the weathered but vulnerable delivery has been touring and recording since his 1980 hit, "Romeo's Tune." With a new album out called The Place and the Time, he visited NPR headquarters for a solo performance and interview.

Jay's PAUSE series captures the vibe of a house party debate among friends. Justin Chang reviews Crimes of the Future. Staley says her basketball path was inspired by the Sixers.

After an Alzheimer's diagnosis, novelist Amy Bloom's husband asked for help to die with dignity. Sipress endured 25 years of rejection before finally landing a gig with The New Yorker in 1998.