Sam Briger

3 weeks ago | wgbh.org | Sam Briger

June 04, 2025 Mark Hamill still remembers the first time he read the script that would define his career. “Reading that script and knowing that I had been cast — and even without John Williams’ music or the special effects or anything — it read like a dream,” he says of George Lucas’ 1977 film, Star Wars. “It wasn’t that dry, serious, antiseptic science fiction. ...

3 weeks ago | kuow.org | Sam Briger

Mark Hamill attends the premiere of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in Hollywood on Dec. 16, 2019. Getty Images Mark Hamill still remembers the first time he read the script that would define his career. "Reading that script and knowing that I had been cast — and even without John Williams' music or the special effects or anything — it read like a dream," he says of George Lucas' 1977 film, Star Wars. "It wasn't that dry, serious, antiseptic science fiction. ...

1 month ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Sam Briger

DAVID BIANCULLI, HOST:This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli. Our guest today is bestselling author and New Yorker magazine staff writer David Grann. Grann has a knack for finding little-known stories from history and turning them into books that are page-turners. His nonfiction book "The Wager," now out in paperback, is no exception. It's about a shipwreck and mutiny in the 1700s. Martin Scorsese plans to adapt it into a film.

1 month ago | kuow.org | Sam Briger

'The Wager' chronicles shipwreck, mutiny and murder at the tip of South AmericaDavid Grann discusses his book about an 18th-century British warship that wrecked along the coast of Patagonia. Martin Scorsese is slated to direct the film adaptation. Originally broadcast in 2023.

1 month ago | tpr.org | Sam Briger

David Grann discusses his book about an 18th-century British warship that wrecked along the coast of Patagonia. Martin Scorsese is slated to direct the film adaptation. Originally broadcast in 2023. Copyright 2025 NPR