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Fresh Air Weekend: 'Breaking Bad,' Holland's 'Prism,' Pitcher Jamie Moyer

Published October 5, 2013 at 9:00 AM EDT

Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week:

'Breaking Bad' Writers: 'This Is It; There's No More': The AMC show about a high school chemistry teacher turned meth dealer ended its fifth and final season on Sunday. Writers Peter Gould and Thomas Schnauz say there was "absolute sadness" in the writers' room as they put the last plot points into place.

Dave Holland's 'Prism' Goes To 11, Elegantly: Prism features one of the loudest bands of the bassist's career. The pleasures of the groove here are complex and deep — it's not just about moving feet.

At 49, Jamie Moyer's Pitching Career Goes Into Extra Innings: In a new memoir called Just Tell Me I Can't Moyer explains how he became a better pitcher in his 40s than his 20s. Moyer's story isn't just the tale of a talented guy who hung on a little longer than others; with the help of a sports psychologist, he managed to gain control of the mental side of his game.

You can listen to the original interviews here

  • 'Breaking Bad' Writers: 'This Is It; There's No More'

  • Dave Holland's 'Prism' Goes To 11, Elegantly

  • At 49, Jamie Moyer's Pitching Career Goes Into Extra Innings

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