Fresh Air with Terry Gross, October 18, 2011: Interview with Nathan Wolfe; Review of compilation albums 'Turkish Freakout!' and 'Turkish Freakout! 2.'

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(1.) Virologist NATHAN WOLFE. His new book is The Viral Storm: The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age. Wolfe is a professor of Human biology at Stanford University and the founder and CEO of the independent research institute Global Viral Forecasting. In 2011 he was named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES THRU THE END OF THE SHOW). (2.) World critic MILO MILES reviews two collections of Turkish rock music from the 60s and 70s, Turkish Freakout! And Turkish Freakout! 2.