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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.
Remembering Groundbreaking Television Producer Steven Bochco
Bochco, who died Sunday, created numerous series, including Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue. TV Critic David Bianculli looks back on Bochco's impact, then we listen to his 1989 Fresh Air interview.
'Inseparable' Recounts The Unusual Lives Of Conjoined Twins Chang And Eng Bunker
Yunte Huang's new book chronicles the lives of the "original Siamese twins," who were brought to America in 1829 and forced to perform in a freak show. They later married and fathered 21 children.
'I Basically Ran On Adrenaline': A Staffer Remembers Obama's White House
by Terry Gross
Alyssa Mastromonaco worked in the West Wing for six exhilarating and exhausting years, which she describes in her memoir, Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? She spoke to Fresh Air in 2017.
For Bill Hader, Sketch Comedy Sprung From A 'Need To Be Doing Something Creative'
by Terry Gross
In 2012, Saturday Night Live's Bill Hader told Fresh Air that watching old films as a child sparked his interest in Hollywood. His latest project is the HBO series Barry.
Steven Spielberg's Fantastical 'Ready Player One' Is A Fatally Overblown Juggernaut
by Justin Chang
Spielberg's new action-adventure is set in future world where people use virtual-reality goggles to escape a dreary city. Critic Justin Chang calls it both "spectacular — and spectacularly empty."
Reporter Tells Of Persian Gulf Rivalries, Hacked Emails And A Mueller Subpoena
by Terry Gross
New York Times reporter David Kirkpatrick explains the connection between the Mueller Investigation and efforts by the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia to influence U.S. international policy.
'Final Tour' Celebrates John Coltrane's Last Go-Round With Miles Davis
by Kevin Whitehead
Coltrane played his last engagements as a sideman with Davis in the spring of 1960. Recordings from those European shows have been bootlegged for years; now a few are collected in a new anthology.
'Americanized' Recounts What It's Like To Grow Up Undocumented
by Terry Gross
Sara Saedi was two when her parents fled Iran to California. Her new memoir describes her 18-year-long path to citizenship, and the lingering anxiety of being undocumented.