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Remembering PBS Anchor Robert MacNeil

Longtime PBS news anchor Robert MacNeil died last week at 93. He spoke with Terry Gross a few times over the course of his journalism career. We revisit those conversations.

Also, we listen back to Eleanor Coppola’s 1992 interview about her documentary, Hearts of Darkness. It chronicles the chaotic filming of Francis Ford Coppola’s movie Apocalypse Now. She also died last week, at age 87.

David Bianculli reviews HBO’s The Jinx — Part Two, which picks up where The Jinx left off: With Robert Durst admitting to murder.

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