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FA | Europe

Russia's Connection To Brexit Is 'Opaque And Complicated,' Journalist Says

March 21, 2019

New Yorker journalist Ed Caesar discusses Arron Banks, the British businessman who funded the most extreme end of the pro-Brexit "Leave" campaign — possibly with help from Russia.

FA | Music Reviews

Carsie Blanton Is Delightfully Surprising On 'Buck Up'

March 21, 2019

Blanton makes folk-based music that prizes wordplay and has an antic sense of humor. Rock critic Ken Tucker says the personal is always political on her new album.

FA | Music Reviews

Pianists Born 100 Years Ago Prove: There's No One Way To Play Jazz

March 20, 2019

Both Lennie Tristano and Herbie Nichols were active on the New York scene in the 1950s. Though worlds apart stylistically, their music demonstrates how the piano accommodates myriad personalities.

FA | Theater

How Women Have Been 'Profoundly' Left Out Of The U.S. Constitution

March 20, 2019

As a teen, Heidi Schreck debated the Constitution in competitions. As an adult, she saw how it shortchanged the women in her family. Her play, What the Constitution Means to Me, will run on Broadway.

FA | Book Reviews

Road Trip With 'Zora And Langston' In This Real-Life Literary Adventure

March 19, 2019

Squeeze into the rumble seat — Yuval Taylor brings readers along on a 1927 summer road trip taken by Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes. Their friendship turned out to be a very bumpy ride.

FA | Shots - Health News

Sex, Empathy, Jealousy: How Emotions And Behavior Of Other Primates Mirror Our Own

March 19, 2019

Primatologist Frans de Waal believes that the way humans experience emotion is not unique: "That's a spectrum of behavior that we have, and the same thing is true for many other species."

FA | Music Reviews

Pianist David Deveau Offers An Intimate Take On Works By Mozart And Beethoven

March 18, 2019

Deveau and the Borromeo String Quartet perform piano concertos by Mozart and Beethoven as chamber music on a new recording. Lloyd Schwartz says the album is "full of feeling and discovery."

FA | Shots - Health News

Former Physician At Rikers Island Exposes Health Risks Of Incarceration

March 18, 2019

Dr. Homer Venters describes a number of traumatic outcomes related to subpar medical care inside the New York City jail complex, including the death of a man who was denied insulin during intake.

FA | Fresh Air Weekend

Fresh Air Weekend: Aidy Bryant; Priest-Turned-Professor Barbara Brown Taylor

March 16, 2019

Aidy Bryant discusses SNL, Shrill and losing her fear of being called "fat." Ken Tucker reviews a re-release of Ray Charles' 1962 venture into country. Taylor discusses teaching world religion.

FA | Food

How 'Peasant Food' Helped Chef Lidia Bastianich Achieve Her 'American Dream'

March 15, 2019

Bastianich grew up eating farm-to-table meals with her Italian family. After they fled Europe as refugees, she drew on those meals in opening her first restaurant. Originally broadcast May 7, 2018.

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Russia's Connection To Brexit Is 'Opaque And Complicated,' Journalist Says

Carsie Blanton Is Delightfully Surprising On 'Buck Up'

Pianists Born 100 Years Ago Prove: There's No One Way To Play Jazz

How Women Have Been 'Profoundly' Left Out Of The U.S. Constitution

Road Trip With 'Zora And Langston' In This Real-Life Literary Adventure

Sex, Empathy, Jealousy: How Emotions And Behavior Of Other Primates Mirror Our Own

Pianist David Deveau Offers An Intimate Take On Works By Mozart And Beethoven

Former Physician At Rikers Island Exposes Health Risks Of Incarceration

Fresh Air Weekend: Aidy Bryant; Priest-Turned-Professor Barbara Brown Taylor

How 'Peasant Food' Helped Chef Lidia Bastianich Achieve Her 'American Dream'

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