Fresh Air Weekend

Perez explains why she nearly turned down the role in The Flight Attendant. Maureen Corrigan reviews Trust, by Hernan Diaz. Merchant discusses his latest series, The Outlaws.

Skarsgård plays a Viking berserker in The Northman. Ken Tucker reviews Bonnie Raitt's new album, Just Like That.. Klein reflects on new motherhood in I'll Show Myself Out.

McGraw stars with his wife Faith Hill in 1883, a series about immigrants traveling West in covered wagons. Asher writes about the tragedy that shaped her life in Where the Children Take Us.

Carmichael opens up about his name, his family tree and his sexual orientation in a new HBO special. Thompson, who cofounded the Fairport Convention band, looks back on his life in music in Beeswing.

Molly Shannon talks about life after tragedy. Ken Tucker reviews Wet Leg. Delia Ephron remembers how she fell back in love at 72.

Alsop talks about the joys and challenges of leading an orchestra. John Powers reviews Tokyo Vice. Vuong sifts through the aftershock of grief in Time Is a Mother.

Waterston returns to Law & Order, glad to be working into his 80s. David Bianculli reviews the HBO series Julia. Baime discusses Walter White, a Black activist who investigated lynching in the South.

Classical pianist Denk says life is like a series of music lessons. John Powers reviews the Hulu series, Life & Beth. After a stroke blinded one eye, NY Times columnist Bruni focused on the future.

Meyers explores our relationship with fear in a new children's book. Justin Chang reviews Deep Water. Dr. Jonathan Reisman offers a guided tour inside the human body in The Unseen Body.

After an Alzheimer's diagnosis, novelist Amy Bloom's husband asked for help to die with dignity. Sipress endured 25 years of rejection before finally landing a gig with The New Yorker in 1998.