Fresh Air Weekend
Everything you love about Fresh Air — tailored for Saturday and Sunday. Hear highlights from the show's best interviews and reviews.
Fresh Air Weekend: Gerwig, Baumbach, Dawes And Polley()
May 18, 2013 In Frances Ha, a 27-year-old (Greta Gerwig) navigates New York City — and the transition from prolonged adolescence to proper adulthood. Gerwig and director Noah Baumbach co-wrote the script. Dawes has a new album, Stories Don't End. In a documentary, Sarah Polley turns the camera on her own family.
Fresh Air Weekend: Messud, Volk And Scorsese()
May 11, 2013 In her new novel, Claire Messud explores the complicated relationship between two women. After reading the memoir of Elsa Schiaparelli, Patricia Volk found a new understanding of beauty. In a talk called "Persistence of Vision: Reading the Language of Cinema," the director spoke about film history.
Fresh Air Weekend: Maron, Violent Minds And A Classic Documentary()
May 4, 2013 The comedian turned his life around when he started "WTF with Marc Maron" out of his garage in 2009. In The Anatomy of Violence, Adrian Raine argues that violent behavior has a biological basis just like depression. In her classic '60s documentary, Shirley Clarke profiles a 33-year-old gay hustler.
Fresh Air Weekend: David Sedaris And Matthew Weiner()
April 27, 2013 The best-selling author's diaries have been his jumping-off point for the personal essays in his collections, including his latest, Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls. The creator of the acclaimed AMC series talks about Don Draper as an aging existentialist looking for meaning in a chaotic world.
Fresh Air Weekend: Junger, Paisley And A Serial-Killing Nurse()
April 20, 2013 Junger explores the life of his friend, photographer Tim Hetherington. "Accidental Racist" launched an Internet firestorm but shouldn't overshadow everything else on Wheelhouse. In 2003, a nurse named Charlie Cullen was arrested under suspicion of injecting patients with lethal doses of medications.
Fresh Air Weekend: Mormon 'Elders', Johnny Cash And Jherek Bischoff()
April 13, 2013 Ryan McIlvain's debut novel, Elders, tells the story of two young Mormons carrying out their missions. For his latest album, Bischoff departs from an indie rock sound and focuses on orchestral arrangements. Cash recorded more than 50 singles and 60 albums for Columbia Records over 28 years.
Fresh Air Weekend: Mary Roach, 'Mad Men,' Ty Burr And Marriage()
April 6, 2013 Roach's new book explores the human digestive system. Critic David Bianculli praises the season premiere of AMC's hit show. Linguist Geoff Nunberg describes why and how dictionaries are "redefining" marriage. Burr, Boston Globe film critic, looks at the relationship between stars and their fans.
Fresh Air Weekend: Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Chris Hayes And 'Room 237'()
March 30, 2013 Harris and Crowell always wanted to make an album together, but they never got around to it until now. After hosting a Sunday morning show on MSNBC, Hayes is making the move to weeknights. Obsessive fans of Kubrick's The Shining search for clues as to what the film is really about.
Fresh Air Weekend: Emily Rapp, Phil Spector, Philip Roth And Sea Chanteys()
March 23, 2013 In The Still Point of the Turning World Rapp writes about caring for a terminally ill child. Phil Spector is based on the music producer, but it's fiction. Philip Roth is the subject of a PBS documentary. Tom Waits, Patti Smith and others appear on a new compilation of sea songs from Hal Willner.
Fresh Air Weekend: Adrian Younge, 'Frankenstein's Cat' And Tegan And Sara()
March 16, 2013 Spaghetti Westerns, opera and the Wu-Tang Clan come together in the music of Adrian Younge. Emily Anthes talks about how scientists are working to create pigs that can grow organs for human transplant. Tegan and Sara depart from their indie singer-songwriter roots with their latest album.
