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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs.
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What happens when the firewall between the White House and the DOJ comes down?
President Trump is pressuring the Department of Justice to pursue his political enemies, like former FBI director James Comey. Legal scholar Barbara McQuade explains how this damages the rule of law.
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'I can't stop DJing,' Mark Ronson says — never mind the back pain
Ronson's memoir, Night People, is a love letter to late-night 1990s New York City. Ronson would go on to produce music for Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga and other pop superstars.
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Comic Cristela Alonzo grew up in fear of border patrol. ICE has 'brought it all back'
For the first seven years of her life, Alonzo lived in an abandoned diner in a south Texas border town. Her new Netflix stand-up special is called Upper Classy.
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Fresh Air Weekend: Cookbook author Samin Nosrat; Memoirist Elizabeth Gilbert
Salt Fat Acid Heat author Nosrat shares recipes in Good Things. Justin Chang reviews A Big Bold Beautiful Journey. Gilbert opens up about sex, drugs and codependency in All the Way to the River.
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Cheers to 'House of Guinness,' which feels like an 1860s, Irish 'Succession'
A new Netflix show by the creator of Peaky Blinders fictionalizes the battle for control of the venerable Irish brewing company. Family drama comes to a foamy head in this eight-part series.
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Prescient and political, 'One Battle After Another' is one of the year's best films
Paul Thomas Anderson's action thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio is a loose adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's Vineland. It weaves zany dark comedy, sociopolitical satire and controlled narrative chaos.
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Jimmy Kimmel reflects on his comic roots and how he broke into late night
The Jimmy Kimmel Live! host found himself at the center of a battle over free speech recently when his show was briefly suspended. He spoke to Fresh Air in 2013, when his show moved to late night.
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June Squibb explains how she lobbied Scarlett Johansson to direct 'Eleanor The Great'
Johansson and Squibb discuss their new film, about a 94-year-old woman who claims her dead friend's Holocaust story as her own. "It's rare to feel surprised when you read a script," Johansson says.
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Examining Kimmel's brief suspension and Trump's threats to free speech
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is back, but New York Times reporter Adam Liptak and former Washington Post editor Marty Baron say the Trump administration is using federal power to control speech and the press.
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'A Big Bold Beautiful Journey' opens a magical door ... to nowhere
Kogonada's film about lonely strangers traveling together in a car with a magical GPS wants to engage in heady conceits. But not even Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie can save a script this hopeless.
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Samin Nosrat once shunned recipes. Now she's sharing them
The Salt Fat Acid Heat cookbook author once worried that recipes were too constraining. But she now sees them as a tool for creating community and sharing food. Nosrat's new book is Good Things.
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Elizabeth Gilbert opens up about sex, drugs and codependency in a new memoir
The Eat, Pray, Love author discusses her love affair with her best friend, which she says was life-changing but also marked by addiction and heartbreak. Gilbert's memoir is All the Way to the River.
