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Fresh Air weekend: Kathleen Hanna; Tyler James Williams
Bikini Kill frontwoman Kathleen Hanna pioneered the "riot grrrl" movement. Maureen Corrigan reviews This Strange Eventful History. Abbott Elementary star Williams pays it forward to the kids on set.
Abortion opponents push for 'fetal personhood' laws, giving rights to embryos
by Tonya Mosley
The Guardian's reproductive health reporter Carter Sherman says efforts are underway in a number of states to assign fetuses "some kind of rights that we would generally ascribe to a human person."
Beyoncé bucks the country industry establishment with sprawling 'Cowboy Carter'
by Ken Tucker
While Beyoncé's new album suggests the country-music industry's problematic history of excluding Black artists, the collection as a whole is as much a celebration as it is a critique.
'The Wide Wide Sea' revisits Capt. James Cook's fateful final voyage
by Dave Davies
"A lot of things started going wrong from the very beginning," historian Hampton Sides says of Cook's last voyage, which ended in the British explorer's violent death on the island of Hawaii in 1779.
'Our kids are not OK,' child psychiatrist Harold Koplewicz says
by Terry Gross
The founder of the Child Mind Institute explains why young people are experiencing unprecedented levels of anxiety and depression — and what parents can do about it. His book is Scaffold Parenting.
Steve Martin documentary offers a delightful study of a relatively private man
by David Bianculli
A new Apple TV+ documentary profiles a man who appears to have found more joy as he's gotten older — and the more you watch this documentary, the more joy you'll find as well.
Ewan McGregor proves exceedingly appealing as 'A Gentleman in Moscow'
by John Powers
McGregor plays a Russian count put under house arrest after the revolution in a new Paramount+ series based on Amor Towles' 2016 novel. Critic John Powers calls it a light series about dark things.
Rhiannon Giddens and the Carolina Chocolate Drops put a modern twist on tradition
by Terry Gross
Giddens' banjo and viola are featured on Beyoncé's new country album. We listen back to a 2010 interview and in-studio performance by Giddens and the Carolina Chocolate Drops.