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FA | Race

Attorney Laura Coates has witnessed the dissolution of voting rights first hand

January 17, 2022

While working for the Department of Justice, Coates says she saw voter rolls being purged and instances where polling places were moved to known Klan locations. Her new memoir is Just Pursuit.

FA | Book Reviews

'To Paradise' is an inspired and vivid puzzle that doesn't quite come together

January 15, 2022

Hanya Yanagihara's much anticipated 700-page novel is a deliberately difficult work, made of up dazzling moments that tend lose their luster when pressed together.

FA | Fresh Air Weekend

Fresh Air Weekend: Sidney Poitier; Nicole Kidman

January 15, 2022

Poitier, an actor who helped open doors for other Black actors, spoke to Fresh Air in 2000. Kidman says being an indoor kid and a bookworm led her to acting. She co-stars in Being the Ricardos.

FA | Movie Interviews

Remembering director Peter Bogdanovich, chronicler of Hollywood's golden age

January 14, 2022

Bogdanovich's directing credits include The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon and What's Up Doc? He was also a movie critic and a Hollywood historian. He died Jan. 6. Originally broadcast in 1983.

FA | Music Interviews

Remembering Oscar-winning lyricist Marilyn Bergman

January 14, 2022

Bergman and her husband Alan worked together for more than 60 years, writing songs for Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Barbra Streisand and others. Marilyn died Jan. 8. Originally broadcast in 2007.

FA | TV Reviews

'Reframed' revisits Marilyn Monroe's life and legacy, from an all-women point of view

January 14, 2022

During her career and after her death, Monroe was objectified and scrutinized — mostly by male writers, biographers and historians. CNN's new docuseries tells her story from a fresh perspective.

FA | Middle East

Journalist says U.S. air war against ISIS killed countless civilians in Syria

January 13, 2022

New York Times reporter Dave Philipps says a top-secret special ops unit disregarded official protocols to pick targets for airstrikes, resulting in the death of thousands of farmers and families.

FA | Movie Interviews

Nicole Kidman says being an indoor kid and a bookworm led her to acting

January 12, 2022

While her friends and family went to the Australian beaches, Kidman stayed indoors reading — and imagining herself as a character in the books. Kidman stars as Lucille Ball in Being the Ricardos.

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'Fresh Air' remembers screen legend Sidney Poitier

January 11, 2022

The Oscar-winning actor starred in films like In the Heat of the Night and To Sir, With Love, and helped pave way for other Black actors in Hollywood. He died Jan. 6. Originally broadcast in 2000.

FA | Music Reviews

Jazz trio Artifacts gets to the point quickly, and sticks to it, on a new album

January 11, 2022

Flute player Nicole Mitchell, cellist Tomeka Reid and drummer Mike Reed all came up on Chicago's new jazz scene about 20 years ago. Now they revisit their roots on ... and then there's this.

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Attorney Laura Coates has witnessed the dissolution of voting rights first hand

'To Paradise' is an inspired and vivid puzzle that doesn't quite come together

Fresh Air Weekend: Sidney Poitier; Nicole Kidman

Remembering director Peter Bogdanovich, chronicler of Hollywood's golden age

Remembering Oscar-winning lyricist Marilyn Bergman

'Reframed' revisits Marilyn Monroe's life and legacy, from an all-women point of view

Journalist says U.S. air war against ISIS killed countless civilians in Syria

Nicole Kidman says being an indoor kid and a bookworm led her to acting

'Fresh Air' remembers screen legend Sidney Poitier

Jazz trio Artifacts gets to the point quickly, and sticks to it, on a new album

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