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Fresh Air
Weekdays at 7:00pm
Opening the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics.
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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.
Reporter Details William Barr's Effort To Uphold Trump's 'Law And Order' Image
by Terry Gross
Washington Post reporter Matt Zapotosky talks about the attorney general's role in the Trump administration's forceful response to the largely peaceful George Floyd protests in Washington, DC.
'Cult Of Glory' Reveals The Dark History Of The Texas Rangers
by Dave Davies
Author Doug Swanson chronicles centuries of abuse within the famed Texas law enforcement agency, including burning villages, hunting runaway slaves and murdering Mexicans and Mexican-Americans.
In Jazz-Movie Endings, Some Story Elements Just Keep Bouncing Back
by Kevin Whitehead
Over 90-some years of movies about jazz, many films have spun a familiar lick, sometimes falling back on stock standards when inspiration fails, and sometimes knowingly quoting from older works.
Remembering Award-Winning Author Robb Forman Dew
by Terry Gross
Dew, who died May 22, wrote intimately about family relationships in both fiction and nonfiction. She spoke to Terry Gross in 1994 about The Family Heart, her memoir about learning her son was gay.
Historian Eric Foner On The 'Unresolved Legacy Of Reconstruction'
by Terry Gross
After the Civil War, the federal government promised former slaves equality and citizenship. Historian Eric Foner says the failed promises reverberate today. Originally broadcast Jan. 9, 2006.
Journalist Explains Why Republican Leaders Back Trump's 'Proto-Authoritarian Cult'
by Dave Davies
Atlantic writer Anne Applebaum draws parallels between regimes in Eastern Europe and the Trump White House. She says our democracy can be destroyed — unless people fight back.