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FA | Fresh Air Weekend

Fresh Air Weekend: Author Julie Lythcott-Haims; How Food Companies Gets Us 'Hooked'

June 19, 2021

Lythcott-Haims' new book, Your Turn, is a handbook on adulthood. Kevin Whitehead reviews Minor Swing, by Vincent Herring. Reporter Michael Moss says processed foods can be as alluring as cigarettes.

FA | Movie Interviews

Remembering Character Actor Ned Beatty

June 18, 2021

Beatty, who died June 13, made his film debut in Deliverance and then went on to appear in scores of movies, including Network, All the President's Men and Superman. Originally broadcast in 1987.

FA | History

How The Pentagon Papers Changed Public Perception Of The War In Vietnam

June 18, 2021

Fifty years ago, Daniel Ellsberg leaked classified information about U.S. policy in Vietnam to the press. We listen back to archival interviews with Ellsberg and Ben Bradlee of The Washington Post.

FA | TV Reviews

An Aspiring Aerobics Instructor Exorcises Her Inner Demons In 'Physical'

June 18, 2021

Set in the 1980s, a new dark comedy on Apple TV+ centers on a woman whose husband is running for public office in San Diego, but who has aspirations of her own to produce an aerobics exercise tape.

FA | Global Health

Did COVID-19 Leak From A Lab? A Reporter Investigates — And Finds Roadblocks

June 17, 2021

President Biden has asked the intelligence community to investigate whether or not the virus leaked from a lab in Wuhan, China. Vanity Fair reporter Katherine Eban shares her findings.

FA | History

'Forget The Alamo' Author Says We Have The Texas Origin Story All Wrong

June 16, 2021

In a new book, Bryan Burrough and co-writers Chris Tomlinson and Jason Stanford challenge the historical lore of the Alamo — including the story that Davy Crockett refused to surrender.

FA | Book Reviews

'Republic Of Detours' Revisits A Group Of Quirky, Depression-Era Guides To The States

June 16, 2021

Scott Borchert's cultural history of the New Deal initiative known as the Federal Writers' Program teems with colorful characters, scenic byways and telling anecdotes.

FA | Author Interviews

In 'Somebody's Daughter' Ashley C. Ford Confronts The Crimes Of Her Father

June 15, 2021

For many years, Ford didn't know why her dad was in prison. As a teenager, she was shocked to learn he'd been convicted of rape. "With rape, there's no mistake about the intention to harm," she says.

FA | Movie Interviews

'In The Heights' Star Anthony Ramos Says The Movie Sees 'Good In Every Hood'

June 14, 2021

Ramos says Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway musical In the Heights filled him with hope. Now he's starring — and singing and dancing and rapping — in the film adaptation.

FA | Fresh Air Weekend

Fresh Air Weekend: Rita Moreno; 'The Kissing Bug'

June 12, 2021

Moreno discuses West Side Story and becoming the role model she needed. Justin Chang reviews In the Heights. Daisy Hernández's memoir is a personal story about race, sexuality and a deadly insect.

Fresh Air

Schedule

Fresh Air Weekend: Author Julie Lythcott-Haims; How Food Companies Gets Us 'Hooked'

Remembering Character Actor Ned Beatty

How The Pentagon Papers Changed Public Perception Of The War In Vietnam

An Aspiring Aerobics Instructor Exorcises Her Inner Demons In 'Physical'

Did COVID-19 Leak From A Lab? A Reporter Investigates — And Finds Roadblocks

'Forget The Alamo' Author Says We Have The Texas Origin Story All Wrong

'Republic Of Detours' Revisits A Group Of Quirky, Depression-Era Guides To The States

In 'Somebody's Daughter' Ashley C. Ford Confronts The Crimes Of Her Father

'In The Heights' Star Anthony Ramos Says The Movie Sees 'Good In Every Hood'

Fresh Air Weekend: Rita Moreno; 'The Kissing Bug'

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