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Hall of Famer Satchel Paige started his career pitching in the Negro leagues and later became a major league star. Author Larry Tye tells his story in Satchel. Originally broadcast in 2010.

Like a number of his characters, Booker Prize-winning novelist Douglas Stuart grew up working class and queer in Glasgow. He went on to have a career in fashion, which plays into his latest novel.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks comedians Tom Basden and Tim Key, about why they returned to their nearly 20-year-old short film to create a full-length feature, The Ballad of Wallis Island.

Tom Holkenborg, aka Junkie XL, is far from the first score composer to be fired from a Hollywood film. But he might be the first to get his job back.

The YouTube hit is the brainchild of stand up comic Nigel Ng, who's in the middle of a world tour. But can he stand out beyond his character?

Peter Sagal, host of Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me, guest hosts Talk of the Nation and interviews Neal Conan about his role in the new documentary Wordplay. The film looks at New York Times puzzle master Will Shortz and those who feel passionately about crossword puzzles.

Edward R. Murrow brought rooftop reports of the Blitz of London into America's living rooms before this country entered World War II. After the war, Murrow and his team of reporters brought news to the new medium of television. NPR's Bob Edwards discusses his new book on the broadcasting legend. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne's extended interview with Edwards, and read an excerpt from Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism.

Provocative French philosopher and writer Jean-Paul Sartre was born 100 years ago Tuesday. Frank Browning explores Sartre's life and work, which still inspire both admiration and anger.

After a traumatic brain injury left her in terrible pain and unable to work, the legendary goalkeeper had to pawn her Olympic medals. Scurry charts her road to recovery in My Greatest Save.

Writer, professor and Fresh Air book critic Maureen Corrigan is one of those lucky people in life who has been able to combine her passion with her profession. She discusses her new memoir, Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading.