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The darkness of Tom Waits' lyrics is accentuated by the rumble and rasp of his voice, which sounded old even when he was young. On Bad As Me, Waits reflects on loneliness, life, death and heartbreak. Here, he talks to Terry Gross about performing, being a father and writing his haunting melodies.

A concert and interview with singer and songwriter LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III. he performs songs from his album "Grown Man." by Virgin Records. Interview conducted by Rock Critic Ken Tucker. Originally aired 1/30/96.

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo clarified his views on what he thinks about the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s behavior on WAMC Tuesday.…

The new musical “Some Like it Hot” - based on the 1959 MGM classic directed and co-written by Billy Wilder and starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Marilyn Monroe - is steaming up the stage at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre in New York City. Actor Kevin Del Aguila joins us.

2: Biographer ANDREW GOWERS. He's co-written (with Tony Walker) a new biography of Yasser Arafat, "Behind the Myth: Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian Revolution." (Olive Branch Press). The book explores Arafat's nearly 40 years as a Palestinian activist. GOWERS and his co-author spent hundreds of hours interviewing PLO officials, including Arafat, as well as American, Arab and European officials. GOWERS is a Features Editor of the Financial Times and was the paper's Middle East Editor. He comments frequently on the Middle East for British radio and TV. A review of the book in the Wall Street Journal says, the authors "trace his ascent with skill and dispassion; if you want to understand Mr. Arafat, they tell the story."

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The actor and writer is famous for taking his characters — Ali G., Borat, Bruno — into the world, interacting with people who have no idea that they're dealing with a fictional character. His movie, The Dictator, a comedy about a tyrant on the loose in New York, will soon be released on DVD.

On April 21, 1959, Fidel Castro arrived in New York to a crowd of 20,000 people. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with author Tony Perrottet about the Cuban leader's historic U.S. visit.