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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!
Fresh Air Weekend: Maggie Gyllenhaal; Breaking Free From The Purity Movement
September 22, 2018
Gyllenhaal takes on the power imbalance of sex work in The Deuce. Critic Justin Chang reviews The Sisters Brothers. Linda Kay Klein reflects on the shame caused by the Evangelical purity movement.
Fresh Air Weekend: Women's Rights Activist Khalida Brohi; 'Blaze'; John Kerry
September 8, 2018
Brohi says her father gave her the courage to speak out against "honor killings." David Edelstein reviews the film Blaze. Kerry reflects on smear campaigns and not taking anything for granted.
Fresh Air Weekend: John Oliver; Allison Janney; A Tribute To Roger Miller; Neil Simon
September 1, 2018
Oliver talks about hosting Last Week Tonight. Janney says her relationships with her own family inform her role on Mom. Ken Tucker reviews King of the Road. Fresh Air remembers playwright Neil Simon.
Fresh Air Weekend: Actor André Holland; 'Crazy Rich Asians' Author Kevin Kwan
August 25, 2018
Castle Rock star Holland talks about growing up in rural Alabama. Kevin Whitehead reviews Andy Biskin's Songs from the Alan Lomax Collection. Kwan reflects on the screen adaptation of his novel.
Fresh Air Weekend: Aretha Franklin; 'Crazy Rich Asians'; 'A Girl's Guide To Missiles'
August 18, 2018
The Queen of Soul died Thursday at 76. Film critic Justin Chang says Crazy Rich Asians lives up to expectations. And Karen Piper describes growing up on a weapons development site in the desert.
Fresh Air Weekend: A 'Tale' Inspired By Real-Life Trauma; Reducing Mass Incarceration
August 11, 2018
Jennifer Fox's HBO film, The Tale, is based on the sexual abuse she experienced as a child. Justin Chang reviews BlacKkKlansmen. Julian Adler and Judge Victoria Pratt discuss alternatives to jail.
Fresh Air Weekend: Captured By Somali Pirates; Actor Tony Shalhoub On 'Mrs. Maisel'
August 4, 2018
Journalist Michael Scott Moore recounts his time in captivity in Somalia. David Bianculli says Better Call Saul is "delightful" in its fourth season. Shalhoub says he questions his worth as an actor.