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Fresh Air Weekend: Bradley Cooper; Samin Nosrat
December 8, 2018
Cooper learned to sing, direct and talk deeply for A Star Is Born. James Beard award-winning food writer and chef Samin Nosrat demystifies great tastes in her Netflix series, Salt Fat Acid Heat.
Fresh Air Weekend: Actor Rami Malek; The Power Of The Immune System
December 1, 2018
Malek explains how he came to embody Queen's iconic lead singer in Bohemian Rhapsody. John Powers reviews Insurrecto, by Gina Apostol. Daniel Davis explains new developments in immunology.
Fresh Air Weekend: The Coen Brothers; Free Climbing Yosemite's 'Dawn Wall'
November 24, 2018
Joel and Ethan Coen pay homage to old Westerns with their new film, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson describe their ascent of the southeastern face El Capitan.
Fresh Air Weekend: Bugs And Bacteria In Your Home; Actor Steven Yeun
November 17, 2018
Ecologist Rob Dunn talks about the tiny life forms living in different parts of the home. Geoff Nunberg explains why "nationalist" is his pick for word of the year. Yeun discusses his film Burning.
Fresh Air Weekend: Turning To Religion After Tragedy; Chef José Andrés
November 10, 2018
Elaine Pagels reflects on loss and faith in her book, Why Religion? Ken Tucker reviews Interstate Gospel by Pistol Annies. Andrés talks about growing up in Spain and why he thinks vegetable are sexy.
Fresh Air Weekend: Jonah Hill; How Newt Gingrich Set The Stage For Trump
November 3, 2018
Actor Jonah Hill talks about directing his first film, Mid90s. A new books collects the advice columns of Eleanor Roosevelt. Journalist McKay Coppins explains Gingrich's lasting impact on politics.
Fresh Air Weekend: Melissa McCarthy; Actor/Director Paul Dano
October 27, 2018
McCarthy plays a caustic literary forger in Can You Ever Forgive Me? Critic Kevin Whitehead reviews a reissue of Amarcord Nino Rota. Filmmaker Dano discusses his new film Wildlife.
Fresh Air Weekend: 'First Man' Director Damien Chazelle; Leonard Cohen's 'Flame'
October 13, 2018
Chazelle's new film chronicles the personal losses leading up to Neil Armstrong's first step on the moon. Leonard Cohen's son, Adam, discusses a new collection of his late father's final works.
Fresh Air Weekend: Infertility And 'Private Life'; Evan Osnos On Mark Zuckerberg
October 6, 2018
Writer and director Tamara Jenkins says her experiences with IVF inspired her new film. David Edelstein reviews A Star is Born. Osnos discusses his recent New Yorker article about the Facebook CEO.
Fresh Air Weekend: Jon Batiste; Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis
September 29, 2018
Batiste, the band leader for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, demonstrates his "everything in the pot" style of piano. Fulks and Lewis share songs from their new album, Wild! Wild! Wild!