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Fresh Air
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Opening the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics.
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Rachel Kushner's new espionage thriller may be her coolest book yet
In Creation Lake, a hard-drinking American spy infiltrates a radical farming collective in a remote region of France. Kushner challenges readers to keep up with her and not to flinch.
'The Friend' Novelist Grapples With Suicide, Grief And Student-Teacher Relationships
by Terry Gross
Sigrid Nunez's National Book Award-winning novel is narrated by a woman grieving the suicide of her longtime friend and former writing professor, whom she slept with once.
Host Of The Prison Podcast 'Ear Hustle' Reflects On His 27 Years Behind Bars
by Terry Gross
Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor started the podcast Ear Hustle when Woods was a prisoner in San Quentin. Woods' sentence was recently commuted, but the two continue to tell stories of life behind bars.
The 'Very Particular' History Being Presented At Confederate Sites
by Dave Davies
Journalist Brian Palmer toured several Confederate sites and monuments across the South and found a distorted message that celebrates the Confederacy and often omits the fact of slavery all together.
Historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. On DNA Testing And Finding His Own Roots
by Terry Gross
As host of the PBS series Finding Your Roots, Gates tells celebrities about their family history. He reflects on his own history and some of the more controversial aspects of DNA testing.
Memoirist Retraces Her Journey From Survivalist Childhood To Cambridge Ph.D.
by Dave Davies
Growing up, Tara Westover had no birth certificate, never saw a doctor and didn't go to school. She writes about her transition into the mainstream in Educated. Originally broadcast Feb. 20, 2018.
M. Night Shyamalan's Superhero Thriller 'Glass' Overflows With Preposterousness
by Justin Chang
Shyamalan's latest film stars Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson and James McAvoy in an eccentric, perilously self-indulgent sequel that braids together two previous movies: Unbreakable and Split.
How Ted Kennedy's '80 Challenge To President Carter 'Broke The Democratic Party'
by Dave Davies
Journalist Jon Ward talks about the chaos that led Kennedy to challenge Carter for the Democratic nomination — and the long-lasting damage it did to the party. Ward's new book is Camelot's End.
2 New Albums Confirm Thelonious Monk's Genius As A Composer
by Kevin Whitehead
Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews two new interpretations of Monk's complete works: Monk's Dreams, by pianist Frank Kimbrough, and Work, by guitarist Miles Okazaki.