We continue our series of great music interviews from our archive with “The Godfather of Soul,” “the Hardest Working Man in Show Business,” “Soul Brother #1” — James Brown. He spoke with Terry Gross in 2005.
Also, we hear Terry’s 1986 interview with songwriter Ellie Greenwich. She collaborated on teenage pop hits from the early ’60s like “Be My Baby,” “Leader of the Pack” and “Da Doo Ron Ron.”
And, Justin Chang reviews the new film Three Thousand Years of Longing by director George Miller who made the Mad Max films. It stars Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton.
