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'The Dog Stars' novelist Peter Heller drew on real-life survival skills

NPR | By Dave Davies

Published August 21, 2026 at 8:51 AM CDT

Heller's 2012 novel about a man who survives a super flu that kills most of humanity is now being adapted to film. Adventure writer Heller drew from his own life. Originally broadcast in 2012.

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'Dreams in Nightmares' is a road-trip movie about living on your own terms

Justin Chang

Three queer Black friends embark on a road trip in search of a fourth whom they haven't seen in some time. Dreams in Nightmares is a sweetly bickersome comedy-drama about friendship and freedom.
Remembering rock critic and Springsteen biographer Dave Marsh

Terry Gross

Marsh, who died Aug. 14, was one of rock's most influential voices. He edited The Rolling Stone Record Guide and wrote profiles of Bruce Springsteen and The Who. Originally broadcast in 1997.
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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has a theory about Marvel's 'Wonder Man' cancellation

Tonya Mosley

Two weeks after being nominated for an Emmy for his leading role in Wonder Man, Abdul-Mateen found out that the series had been cancelled. He says Marvel could do more to support Black-led projects.
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'Shrinking' star Jason Segel isn't afraid to share the 'dirty underneath'

Terry Gross

"If I have a superpower that I can't take credit for ... [it's] that I'm very vulnerable," Segel says. He plays a widowed therapist who offers very blunt advice in the Apple TV series Shrinking.
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In 'Etna,' a canine narrator delivers a poignant anti-war message

Maureen Corrigan

Paul Yoon's new novel follows a dog conscripted into an unnamed war in an unnamed country. From the very first page, Etna's voice is somber and poetic in its simplicity.