Nationally known NPR on-air personalities—including Melissa Block, David Greene, Rachel Martin, Guy Raz, Scott Simon, Susan Stamberg and many more—share the lasting impressions made during interviews with a wide variety of exceptional individuals. Each story is introduced by the NPR host and offers a candid account of how the encounter was particularly meaningful to them.

These are thought-provoking and emotionally resonant interviews with both the famous and the nearly anonymous, who reveal themselves over the course of a conversation in delightful, moving, and surprising ways.

Contents:

• Introduction by David Greene
• A Songwriter and an Army Dad Share One Touching Story (Connie Harrington and Paul Monti with Melissa Block)
• Stephen King on Getting Scared (Stephen King with David Greene)
• Autistic Slaughterhouse Inspector Calms Cattle (Temple Grandin with Daniel Zwerdling)
• Ingrid Betancourt’s Six Years in the Jungle (Ingrid Betancourt with Guy Raz)
• Killed for Taking Part in “Everybody’s Fight” (Sally Liuzzo-Prado with Karen Grigsby Bates)
• Day by Day: A Mother’s Life with Cancer (Neeley Wells with Rachel Martin)
• Self-Help Group for Facially Disfigured (Betsy Wilson with Susan Stamberg)
• With Fading Memory, Terry Pratchett Revisits “Carpet People” (Terry Pratchett with Arun Rath)
• “Lunch Lady” Author Helps Students Draw Their Own Heroes (Jarrett Krosoczka with Michelle Norris)
• How One Woman’s Faith Stopped a School Shooting (Antoinette Tuff with Michel Martin)
• Teen from Sarajevo (Irena Milic with Scott Simon)
• Katrina Survivors Donald and Colleen Bordelon (Colleen Bordelon with Steve Inskeep)
• Don’t Call This 12-Year-Old Pianist and Composer a Prodigy (Emily Bear with David Greene)