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Recent Episodes

Fresh Air Weekend: Actor Colman Domingo; Author Leïla Slimani

Domingo describes himself as a "say yes" person who's up for new challenges. Ken Tucker revisits Aretha Franklin's Sparkle soundtrack. I'll Take the Fire is the third book in Slimani's trilogy.
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'Dreams in Nightmares' is a road-trip movie about living on your own terms

Three queer Black friends embark on a road trip in search of a fourth whom they haven't seen in some time. Dreams in Nightmares is a sweetly bickersome comedy-drama about friendship and freedom.
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Remembering rock critic and Springsteen biographer Dave Marsh

Marsh, who died Aug. 14, was one of rock's most influential voices. He edited The Rolling Stone Record Guide and wrote profiles of Bruce Springsteen and The Who. Originally broadcast in 1997.
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'The Dog Stars' novelist Peter Heller drew on real-life survival skills

Heller's 2012 novel about a man who survives a super flu that kills most of humanity is now being adapted to film. Adventure writer Heller drew from his own life. Originally broadcast in 2012.
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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has a theory about Marvel's 'Wonder Man' cancellation

Two weeks after being nominated for an Emmy for his leading role in Wonder Man, Abdul-Mateen found out that the series had been cancelled. He says Marvel could do more to support Black-led projects.
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'Shrinking' star Jason Segel isn't afraid to share the 'dirty underneath'

"If I have a superpower that I can't take credit for ... [it's] that I'm very vulnerable," Segel says. He plays a widowed therapist who offers very blunt advice in the Apple TV series Shrinking.
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In 'Etna,' a canine narrator delivers a poignant anti-war message

Paul Yoon's new novel follows a dog conscripted into an unnamed war in an unnamed country. From the very first page, Etna's voice is somber and poetic in its simplicity.

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How Americans deceive ourselves about slavery

Clint Smith's How the Word Is Passed explores how slavery is — and isn't — taught. And Above Ground includes poems to his children about what their ancestors endured and escaped. He spoke with Fresh Air in 2021 and 2023.
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A new HBO series riffs on DC Comics' 'Green Lantern'

With sharp dialogue and a strong cast, Lanterns is a mashup of superpower action, odd couple comedy, and old school cop story. It boasts the pleasures, and betrays the perils of pushing the comic book envelope.
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What excites us? What scares us? Find out at 'Camp Miasma'

Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson star in Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Jane Schoenbrun's satirical film about a young filmmaker who's rebooting a fictional slasher franchise.
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