Fresh Air
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Opening the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics.
Beetlejuice is back, in a supernatural screwball sequel
Director Tim Burton seems more interested in updating than duplicating his 1988 hit. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice demonstrates affection for the characters and genuine curiosity in how they’re doing now.
Secrets And Betrayals Upend A Seemingly Perfect Life In 'The Undoing'
by David Bianculli
Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant star as a married couple on the brink of unraveling in David E. Kelley's new HBO miniseries, based on Jean Hanff Korelitz's novel, You Should Have Known.
'Fresh Air' Reflects On The Psychedelic Movement
by Terry Gross
We listen to a 1983 interview with psychologist Timothy Leary, a 1990 interview with spiritual leader Ram Dass and a 2018 interview with How to Change Your Mind author Michael Pollan.
'The Queen's Gambit' Centers On The Kind Of Chess Prodigy We Seldom See
by John Powers
A brilliant young woman crashes the traditionally male world of chess in Netflix's seven-part miniseries based on Walter Tevis' addictive novel.
Novelist Sigrid Nunez On Climate Change, Mortality And Life In A Pandemic
by Terry Gross
Nunez's latest novel, What Are You Going Through, is about facing the possible death of our planet from climate change — while also dealing with our mortality as individuals.
CD Set Of Leontyne Price's Live Performances At The Met Opera Is A Treasure
by Lloyd Schwartz
Price, now 93, was the first African American soprano to have a major career at the Metropolitan Opera. Critics and fans agreed that she had one of the most beautiful singing voices they'd ever heard.
Latin Jazz Album 'El Duelo' Features Lively Solos And Moments Of Surprising Beauty
by Kevin Whitehead
For 30 years, trumpet and flugelhorn player Diego Urcola has toured and recorded with Cuba-born saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera. For his own new album, Urcola hired his boss as featured sideman.
Unfettered Free Speech Is A Threat To Democracy, Journalist Says
by Dave Davies
New York Times Magazine writer Emily Bazelon says false content moves through the Internet unchecked — undermining the political process along the way: "Lies often go viral faster than truth."
John Brown And Abraham Lincoln: Divergent Paths In The Fight To End Slavery
by Dave Davies
In The Zealot and the Emancipator, historian H.W. Brands reflects on two 19th century leaders who fought the institution of slavery in different ways: one radical and the other reformist.