Fresh Air Weekend

Married Broadway stars Danny Burstein and Rebecca Luker both contracted COVID in the spring. John Powers reviews David Byrne's American Utopia. Chana Joffe-Walt talks about her new Serial podcast.

Hawke plays 19th-century abolitionist John Brown in Showtime's The Good Lord Bird. Justin Chang reviews The Forty-Year-Old Version. Kravitz looks back on his early years in the memoir Let Love Rule.

Atlantic writer Barton Gellman says the 2020 election could trigger a constitutional crisis. Ken Tucker reviews Artemis' self-titled album. Kirsten Johnson confronts her dad's mortality in a new film.

Nézet-Séguin says Verdi's Requiem helps him feel connected during the pandemic. Ken Tucker reviews Mickey Guyton's EP Bridges. Dan Alexander examines the president's sprawling business interests.

In If Then, historian Jill Lepore tells the story of the Simulmatics Corporation. David Bianculli reviews the TV series Ratched. Akhtar chronicles the immigrant experience in Homeland Elegies.

Gyasi talks about her latest novel, Transcendent Kingdom. Maureen Corrigan reviews Lisa Donovan's memoir. Former FBI agent Ali Soufan opposed the CIA's use of torture following the Sept. 11 attacks.

Jones discusses her journey from theater to Succession. David Bianculli reviews Women Make Film. Author Scott Anderson chronicles the early years of America's spy agency in The Quiet Americans.

Cord Jefferson examines American racism on HBO's Watchmen. Critic Kevin Whitehead remembers Charlie Parker, born 100 years ago. Jean Guerrero writes about Trump advisor Stephen Miller in Hatemonger.

Hiaasen skewers Palm Beach and Florida life in the new novel, Squeeze Me. Justin Chang reviews Tesla. Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau focus on the U.S. immigration system in a new documentary.

Prince-Bythewood talks about her new action film, The Old Guard. Justin Chang review Boys State. Author Peniel Joseph says Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X were each other's "alter ego."