Dave Davies

Senior reporter for WHYY, contributor to NPR

Dave Davies appears in the following:

From Fastballs To Greaseballs, 'K' Offers A History Of Baseball's Most Iconic Pitches

Thursday, April 18, 2019

NY Times baseball writer Tyler Kepner spoke to 22 hall-of-fame pitchers about what they throw, and how they get a mental edge over hitters. His new book is K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches.

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'SVU' Actor Channels 'Completely Different Energy' To Play 'Happy!' Hit Man

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

After 12 seasons on Law & Order: SVU, Christopher Meloni plays a disgraced policeman-turned-hit man (who collaborates with an imaginary unicorn) in the second season of the Syfi Channel series Happy!

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Tiger Woods Biographer Says Golfer's Masters Comeback 'Transcends Sports'

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Woods' recent Masters title follows a 10-year drought of major tournament victories. Jeff Benedict, co-author of Tiger Woods, says: "What we're seeing now is someone who loves what he's doing."

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Climate Change Is 'Greatest Challenge Humans Have Ever Faced,' Author Says

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Bill McKibben, who first warned of climate change 30 years ago, says its effects are now upon us: "The idea that anybody's going to be immune from this anywhere is untrue." His new book is Falter.

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Biographer Robert Caro On Fame, Power And 'Working' To Uncover The Truth

Monday, April 15, 2019

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist was never interested in only telling the stories of famous men. Instead, he says, "I wanted to use their lives to show how political power worked."

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'New York Times' Journalist Describes An 'Almost Unimaginable' Crisis In Venezuela

Tuesday, April 02, 2019

New York Times reporter Nicholas Casey was in Maracaibo, Venezuela, in March 2019 during a six-day power outage. "By the fourth day," he says, "you started to hear shots getting fired in the street."

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'Chief' Explores The Motivations And Impact Of SCOTUS Justice John Roberts

Monday, April 01, 2019

CNN legal affairs correspondent Joan Biskupic discusses the roots of Roberts' conservatism and his work for the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations. Her new book is The Chief.

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Former Physician At Rikers Island Exposes Health Risks Of Incarceration

Monday, March 18, 2019

Dr. Homer Venters describes a number of traumatic outcomes related to subpar medical care inside the New York City jail complex, including the death of a man who was denied insulin during intake.

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Is Your Child An Orchid Or A Dandelion? Unlocking The Science Of Sensitive Kids

Monday, March 04, 2019

Some kids seem resilient from the start — readily able, like dandelions, to cope with stress and adversity. But pediatrician Thomas Boyce says biologically reactive kids need more support to thrive.

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'Fresh Air' Remembers 'Philadelphia Daily News' Obituary Writer Jim Nicholson

Friday, March 01, 2019

We celebrate the life of the legendary obit writer, who died Feb. 22, by listening back to a 1987 interview. Also, Philadelphia Inquirer editor David Gambacorta reflects on Nicholson's work.

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'Guide To Freedom' Documentary Chronicles The Real Life 'Green Book'

Monday, February 25, 2019

Filmmaker Yoruba Richen's documentary, The Green Book: Guide to Freedom, tells the story of the manual that helped African-Americans find safe places to stay, eat, shop and do business on the road.

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The History Of American Imperialism, From Bloody Conquest To Bird Poop

Monday, February 18, 2019

Historian Daniel Immerwahr shares surprising stories of U.S. territorial expansion, including how the desire for bird guano compelled the seizure of remote islands. His book is How to Hide an Empire.

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BBC's 'Dynasties' Captures The Complicated Social Lives Of 5 Different Species

Thursday, February 14, 2019

Executive producer Michael Gunton says following lions, chimps, tigers, painted wolves and emperor penguins for two years allowed filmmakers to capture the unique social dynamics of these animals.

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Environmental Photographer Focuses On Protecting The Climate — And Its People

Wednesday, February 06, 2019

The new documentary The Human Element follows James Balog as he captures the places and people affected by the rising oceans, wildfires and air pollution associated with climate change.

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'Underground' Digs Up The Secrets Of Hidden Communities Around The World

Monday, January 28, 2019

Journalist Will Hunt is fascinated with the world below us: "Every manhole, every doorway, every stairway going down into the dark [feels] like a potential portal into this like separate world."

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The 'Very Particular' History Being Presented At Confederate Sites

Monday, January 21, 2019

Journalist Brian Palmer toured several Confederate sites and monuments across the South and found a distorted message that celebrates the Confederacy and often omits the fact of slavery all together.

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Memoirist Retraces Her Journey From Survivalist Childhood To Cambridge Ph.D.

Friday, January 18, 2019

Growing up, Tara Westover had no birth certificate, never saw a doctor and didn't go to school. She writes about her transition into the mainstream in Educated. Originally broadcast Feb. 20, 2018.

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How Ted Kennedy's '80 Challenge To President Carter 'Broke The Democratic Party'

Thursday, January 17, 2019

Journalist Jon Ward talks about the chaos that led Kennedy to challenge Carter for the Democratic nomination — and the long-lasting damage it did to the party. Ward's new book is Camelot's End.

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How The 1965 Immigration Act Made America A Nation Of Immigrants

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

For many years, U.S. immigration favored immigrants from northern Europe. NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten explains how a 1965 law changed things — and led to the current debate about border security.

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John C. Reilly On The Comedy Of Laurel And Hardy: 'It's Almost Like A Ballet'

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

"The brilliant thing about their work when you watch it, it seems so nonchalant," Reilly says of the iconic slapstick duo. He plays Oliver Hardy in the new film Stan & Ollie.

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