Television

'Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan' Is One Of The Best New Series This Year

5:57pm August 31, 2018

by Eric Deggans

Amazon revives the Jack Ryan character with a massive TV series that plays like an action movie in multiple parts. John Krasinski stars as Ryan in a series that explores how he became a hero.

Queue Listen Now

Arts

Actor Brian Tyree Henry On Fame, Authenticity And 'Atlanta'

1:45pm August 31, 2018

by Terry Gross

Henry is nominated for an Emmy for his role as Alfred, aka the rapper "Paper Boi," on the FX series Atlanta. Originally broadcast April 18, 2018.

Queue Listen Now

Arts

Alec Baldwin On Career Highs And Lows And Playing A 'Larger Than Life' Trump

1:45pm August 31, 2018

by Terry Gross

Baldwin is nominated for an Emmy for playing the president on SNL. In 2017, he told Fresh Air that he plays the character in a exaggerated way: "It's kind of the Macy's Day Parade [version] of Trump."

Queue Listen Now

Wendell Pierce and John Krasinski in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan.

Arts

'Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan' Gets An 'A' For Adequacy

5:00am August 31, 2018

by Linda Holmes

There's no reason to watch Amazon's new spy drama, really, but there's nothing particularly wrong with it. Rarely has a show so clearly defined competency and little else.

Arts

Comic W. Kamau Bell On The 'Shades Of America' And Not Feeling 'Black Enough'

1:19pm August 30, 2018

by Terry Gross

Bell's CNN series is nominated for three 2018 Emmy awards. He talks about his genealogy and why he likes the word "negro" in an excerpt of this 2018 interview with Terry Gross.

Queue Listen Now

CNN's Jake Tapper On Kellyanne Conway And Knowing When To Cut People Off

1:19pm August 30, 2018

by Terry Gross

The CNN anchor is nominated for an Emmy for his live interview with Conway. He talked about that interview and the SNL spoof of him and Conway in a 2018 conversation with Terry Gross.

Queue Listen Now

Arts

'You Gotta Kind Of Like The Stress,' Says 'Late Show' Host Stephen Colbert

1:19pm August 30, 2018

by Terry Gross

Colbert says hosting his Emmy-nominated late night show is like riding in a "flaming toboggan." At the end each night, he says, "You go, 'Hey! We survived!'" Originally broadcast Nov. 2, 2016.

Queue Listen Now

Arts

'Godless' Creator Was Determined To Put His Own Spin On The Classic Western

2:17pm August 29, 2018

by Terry Gross

Scott Frank packed his Emmy-nominated Netflix miniseries with train robberies and shootouts — but challenged Western norms by putting women in charge of the town. Originally broadcast Dec. 11, 2017.

Queue Listen Now

Arts

Allison Janney On Sex, Sorkin And Being The Tallest Woman In The Room

2:17pm August 29, 2018

by Terry Gross

Allison Janney has been nominated for an Emmy for her role on Mom. She told Fresh Air in 2014 that her relationships with her mother and her brother, who was an addict, help inform her character.

Queue Listen Now

Music & Culture

Beyoncé, Inc.

2:09pm August 28, 2018

Yoncé all on ya mouth like...