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FA | Television

Trevor Noah steps away from 'The Daily Show', embarks on new standup tour

December 2, 2022

Trevor Noah is stepping down as host of The Daily Show after seven years. We'll listen back to portions of two 2016 interviews with Noah, whose newest standup comedy special just premiered on Netflix.

FA | Movie Reviews

Tilda Swinton stars twice in 'The Eternal Daughter' — as both parent and child

December 2, 2022

Swinton plays a mother and a daughter who have gone to spend a winter holiday at a hotel in Wales. The double casting is much more than a stunt in this smart, subtle film — it is magical.

FA | History

'Monuments to the Unthinkable' explores how nations can memorialize their atrocities

December 1, 2022

In How the Word Is Passed, author Clint Smith explored U.S. sites that deal with the legacy of slavery. Now, in The Atlantic, he writes about German memorials to the Holocaust.

FA | Author Interviews

Journalist Maria Ressa explains 'How to Stand Up to a Dictator'

November 30, 2022

The Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist faced criminal charges in the Philippines after her news site's reporting angered government officials. How to Stand Up to a Dictator is her new memoir.

FA | Book Reviews

Maureen Corrigan's favorite books of the year: 10 disparate reads for a hectic 2022

November 30, 2022

Some years, this annual book list falls into a pattern: like stand-out memoirs or dystopian fiction. But 2022 could not be contained, and these titles sprawl all over the place in subject and form.

FA | Ukraine invasion — explained

A journalist's plea to the West: 'Pay attention to Ukraine and its fate'

November 29, 2022

Invasion author Luke Harding began reporting from Ukraine in December 2021 and was in Kyiv the night before the Russian invasion began. "There is no mood inside Ukrainian society to yield," he says.

FA | Movie Interviews

'Armageddon Time' director explores how the world is ruined by 'well-meaning people'

November 28, 2022

James Gray's new film was inspired by his childhood in Queens in the 1980s. Though his grandparents had fled antisemitism in Ukraine, his family didn't recognize their own biases against Black people.

FA |

Fresh Air Weekend: 'Weird Al' Yankovic; To retire, or not to retire?

November 26, 2022

A new over-the-top "biopic" tells the story of Yankovic's life — sort of. David Bianculli reviews Wednesday. Journalist Steve Lopez turned his retirement question into a reporting project.

FA | Music Interviews

Singer Brandi Carlile talks ambition, avoidance and finally finding her place

November 25, 2022

The Grammy winner got her start as a kid, singing backup for an Elvis impersonator. Her memoir, Broken Horses, is about her early life and the family she's built. Originally broadcast in April 2021.