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FA | Music Reviews

Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis and Shirley Scott heat things up in their 'Cookbook' sessions

February 2, 2023

Tenor saxophonist Davis and organist Scott had one of the great jazz partnerships in the late 1950s. A new anthology focuses on their Cookbook series of albums.

FA | Asia

A journalist ventures inside one of the world's most notorious terrorist groups

February 2, 2023

Jere Van Dyk has spent years in Afghanistan and Pakistan, where he got to know leaders of the Haqqani network, responsible for many suicide bombings and kidnappings. His new book is Without Borders.

FA | Goats and Soda

How 'modern-day slavery' in the Congo powers the rechargeable battery economy

February 1, 2023

Phone and electric car batteries are made with cobalt mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Cobalt Red author Siddharth Kara describes the conditions for workers as a "horror show."

FA | Movie Reviews

If you had a particularly 'Close' childhood friendship, this film will resonate

February 1, 2023

The Cannes award-winner Close -- about two inseparable teen boys — is for anyone who thought their childhood friendship would last forever. It's a beautiful Belgian film, but takes the easy way out.

FA | TV Reviews

A therapist stumbles on a whole new way to treat patients in 'Shrinking'

January 31, 2023

Jason Segel and Harrison Ford play therapists who're sometimes too honest with their patients — and not honest enough with themselves — in this winning new Apple TV+ comedy series.

FA | Television

'Fleishman Is in Trouble' is a Trojan horse for women's stories, says Lizzy Caplan

January 31, 2023

Caplan started out on Freaks and Geeks and now plays the narrator of Fleishman Is in Trouble. She says Fleishman seems like a story about a man going through a divorce, but it turns into much more.

FA | Shots - Health News

After cancer diagnosis, a neurosurgeon sees life, death and his career in a new way

January 30, 2023

Dr. Henry Marsh felt comfortable in hospitals — until he was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. "I was much less self-assured now that I was a patient myself," he says. His book is And Finally.

FA | Fresh Air Weekend

Fresh Air Weekend: F. Murray Abraham; Revisiting the Waco siege

January 28, 2023

Winning an Oscar almost cost Abraham his career — but he bounced back. David Bianculli reviews the Peacock series, Poker Face. Writer Jeff Guinn revisits the Waco stand-off, 30 years later.

FA | TV Reviews

'The Last of Us' creates a dystopian landscape that feels human — and hopeful

January 27, 2023

HBO's new show, which draws from a video game of the same name, is replete with apocalyptic landscapes and zombies. But what makes the series truly groundbreaking is the emotion that runs throughout.

FA | Music Interviews

Remembering David Crosby, the outspoken co-founder of Crosby, Stills & Nash