'I wanted to buy her time': A mother looks back on her daughter's terminal cancer
Sarah Wildman's daughter Orli died at age 14. "She would sometimes ask me, 'What do you think I did to deserve this?' And of course, that's not an answerable question," Wildman says.
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
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'
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
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
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
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
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.
British Travel Writer Jan Morris Weighs In On The 'Advantages Of Androgyny'
The celebrated writer transitioned from male to female in 1972 at the age of 46. In 1989, Morris told Terry Gross that she had shed "a lot of the emotions and the experiences of both genders."
Remembering Buell Neidlinger, A Genre-Hopping Bassist, Composer And Music Teacher
Neidlinger, who died March 16, was a child prodigy on the cello who went on to perform in the New York Philharmonic and also as a studio and jazz musician. Originally broadcast in 1989.