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FA | Fresh Air Weekend

Fresh Air Weekend: The Genesis Of Data-Driven Politics; Novelist Ayad Akhtar

September 19, 2020

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.

FA | Television

Emmy-Nominated 'Watchmen' Writer Explores Generational Trauma And Racism

September 18, 2020

Cord Jefferson wrote the episode of the HBO superhero series in which the main character goes back in time and to relive the trauma of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre. Originally broadcast Aug. 13, 2020.

FA | Movie Reviews

Everyone's A Sinner In 'The Devil All The Time'

September 18, 2020

The Netflix adaptation of Donald Ray Pollock's novel is grim in ways that can be both exciting and wearying: so many twists and betrayals, so many awful characters, so many horrific acts of violence.

FA | Music Interviews

Country Singer Marty Stuart Plays Songs Of Sin And Redemption

September 17, 2020

The Grammy winning singer-songwriter started out in Lester Flatt's band. Now he's being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Stuart played some of his own music in this 2014 interview.

FA | Music Reviews

French-Canadian Clarinetist François Houle Bridges The Border With 'RECODER'

September 16, 2020

An improviser well-versed in modern jazz, Houle often works with international collaborators in all sorts of settings. His latest album features music from a half-Canadian, half-American quartet.

FA | TV Reviews

'Ratched' Gives A First Name — And A Backstory — To The Iconic 'Cuckoo's Nest' Nurse

September 16, 2020

Violence and humor create a complicated character arc in a Netflix series that serves as a prequel, of sorts, to Ken Kesey's famed novel. Sarah Paulson gives a star turn as Mildred, AKA Nurse Ratched.

FA | Education

As Campuses Become COVID-19 Hot Spots, Colleges Strain Under Financial Pressures

September 16, 2020

Scott Carlson, a writer at The Chronicle of Higher Education, says COVID-19 has strained the finances of some colleges: "Over the next year or two, we will start to see these colleges fall away."

FA | Politics

Collect Data, Influence Votes: 'If Then' Traces The Genesis Of Data-Driven Politics

September 15, 2020

In If Then, historian Jill Lepore tells the story of Simulmatics. Founded in 1959, the company's "people machine" used a computer program to predict the impact of various political messages.

FA | Book Reviews

A Widow Discovers That Her Marriage Wasn't 'Monogamy'

September 15, 2020

As the central character struggles with grief and shock at her late husband's infidelity, author Sue Miller keeps deftly shifting what readers might anticipate to be the ending of this novel.

FA | Music Reviews

The Happy Fits Deliver Fresh And Snappy Pop On 'What Could Be Better'

September 14, 2020

The musical trio met in college and are now making some of the catchiest tunes around. Their sound features a guitarist, a drummer and one lead singer — who's also a classically trained cellist.

Fresh Air

Schedule

Fresh Air Weekend: The Genesis Of Data-Driven Politics; Novelist Ayad Akhtar

Emmy-Nominated 'Watchmen' Writer Explores Generational Trauma And Racism

Everyone's A Sinner In 'The Devil All The Time'

Country Singer Marty Stuart Plays Songs Of Sin And Redemption

French-Canadian Clarinetist François Houle Bridges The Border With 'RECODER'

'Ratched' Gives A First Name — And A Backstory — To The Iconic 'Cuckoo's Nest' Nurse

As Campuses Become COVID-19 Hot Spots, Colleges Strain Under Financial Pressures

Collect Data, Influence Votes: 'If Then' Traces The Genesis Of Data-Driven Politics

A Widow Discovers That Her Marriage Wasn't 'Monogamy'

The Happy Fits Deliver Fresh And Snappy Pop On 'What Could Be Better'

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