Fresh Air Weekend: Amy Schumer, 'Bling Ring' And 'Americanah'

Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors and musicians and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week:

'Inside Amy Schumer': It's Not Just Sex Stuff: Amy Schumer talks a lot about sex — so much so that her Comedy Central special was called simply Mostly Sex Stuff. But her comedy is about much more than that. On her show Inside Amy Schumer, as well as in her stand-up, she tackles racism and awkward moments, and yes, sex, too. Also sex.

'The Bling Ring': Celebrity Culture And Its Little Monsters: A new film from Sofia Coppola, who made Lost in Translation and Marie Antoinette, is based on the real-life story of a group of Southern California teens who, in 2008 and 2009, began breaking into the homes of celebrities and stealing everything from designer clothing to watches and jewelry.

'Americanah' Author Explains 'Learning' To Be Black In The U.S.: When the novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie moved from Nigeria to the United States for college, she was suddenly confronted with the idea of what it meant to be a person of color in America. Her new novel explores issues of race in contemporary America.

You can listen to the original interviews here:

• 'Inside Amy Schumer': It's Not Just Sex Stuff

• 'The Bling Ring': Celebrity Culture And Its Little Monsters

• 'Americanah' Author Explains 'Learning' To Be Black In The U.S.

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