Dave Davies

He recorded a duet with Barbra Streisand, had hits from his remake of The Jazz Singer, and dressed in spangles for his sold-out concerts.

In 2022, his life in music became the subject of the hit Broadway musical A Beautiful Noise.

Neil Diamond is now 84 years old.

Let's listen to Terry's interview with him, recorded in 2005.

One of Neil Diamond's biggest hits.

Terry Groh spoke with Neil Diamond in 2005.

The new film Song Sung Blue stars Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson as performers in a Diamond tribute band.

Coming up, Noah Wiley on his HBO Max series The Pit.

I'm Dave Davies and this is Fresh Air.

Our next guest, Noah Wiley, is an executive producer, writer, star, and director of the HBO Max series The Pit, which gives viewers an inside look at the chaos and drama of a big city hospital emergency room.

Season 2 premiered last night.

The Pit earned critical praise for its engaging storylines, intelligent dialogue, and well-drawn characters, and its gained a following of real-life emergency room doctors, who praised the accuracy of the show's depiction of medical conditions and treatments.

Thank you for having me.

He starred in the TNT series Falling Skies and the Librarians and appeared in many movies.

He's also been active in the organization's Human Rights Watch and Doctors of the World.

We're going to listen to some of my interview with him recorded last April when season one of The Pit was airing.

Noah Wiley, welcome to Fresh Air.

Thank you so much for having me.

You know, I mentioned in the introduction that your character – maybe I didn't.

He's the senior attending physician in this emergency room.