Fresh Air, Former President Jimmy Carter and Sam Shepard

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and playwright, actor and director Sam Shepard on this edition of Fresh Air. Jimmy Carter received the Nobel Peace Prize this week, and was only the third President to do so. We listen back to several of his interviews: in which he talks about his work as a mediator his life in the Whitehouse and his spiritual life. Sam Shepard won a Pulitzer for his play Buried Child and was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff. (Original Carter Broadcast Dates: January 17, 1995, January 12, 1993 and January 25, 1996. Original Shepard Broadcast Date: March 31, 1998)