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Josiah Thompson taught philosophy and later became a detective while on sabbatical. He relates his work as private investigator to the writing of both Dashiell Hammett and Soren Kierkegaard. Thompson tells Fresh Air host Terry Gross about several of the cases he's worked on. His new book, Gumshoe, details his experiences.

Jonathan Katz stars as standup comedian Jackie Shore in the new movie Things Change, which was written by his friend David Mamet. Katz played a con man in the earlier Mamet movie House of Games, which Katz says was loosely based on their experience as small-time ping pong hustlers.

Stephen Schiff says that director Leonard Nimoy's adaptation of Sue Miller's novel is lifeless, but Diane Keaton's performance might justify the cost of a ticket.