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FA | Technology

Social media's role in Jan. 6 was left out of the final report

January 26, 2023

Washington Post reporter Drew Harwell says the unpublished report shows that tech companies didn't respond to employees' warnings about violent rhetoric on their platforms.

FA | Book Reviews

Classic LA noir meets the #MeToo era in the suspense novel 'Everybody Knows'

January 26, 2023

Jordan Harper's hardboiled plot centers on a "black-bag publicist" who works for a prestige crisis management firm, putting out fires and quieting scandals for Hollywood's elite.

FA | TV Reviews

Natasha Lyonne shows off her 'Poker Face' in a clever series inspired by 'Columbo'

January 25, 2023

Lyonne plays a cocktail waitress with an odd psychic power: She can sense when people aren't telling the truth, which makes her a great (accidental) detective in this delightful new Peacock series.

FA | National

30 years after the siege, 'Waco' examines what led to the catastrophe

January 25, 2023

Writer Jeff Guinn draws on new interviews with federal agents and surviving Branch Davidians in his account of the confrontation, which left scores of people dead, including more than 20 children.

FA | Television

Winning an Oscar almost cost F. Murray Abraham his career — but he bounced back

January 24, 2023

The White Lotus star won the 1985 Best Actor Oscar for Amadeus. "I became full of myself," he says, and began turning down film roles — after a while, the phone stopped ringing.

FA | Music Reviews

Dazy's exhilarating 'OUTOFBODY' sustains its quality all the way through

January 23, 2023

Virginia-based musician James Goodson — aka Dazy — sings most often in a voice that's high and urgent. His version of power pop is noisy, ragged, full of feedback and clatter — and irresistible.

FA | National

Sold an American Dream, these workers from India wound up living a nightmare

January 23, 2023

After Hurricane Katrina in 2006, hundreds of workers from India were promised jobs in what labor organizer Saket Soni calls "one of the largest cases of forced labor in modern U.S. history."

FA | Fresh Air Weekend

Fresh Air Weekend: Abortion law in the U.S.; Novelist Jonathan Escoffery

January 21, 2023

Roe author Mary Ziegler explains the current state of abortion law in the U.S. Kevin Whitehead reviews a new album by NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron. Escoffery talks about his novel, If I Survive You.

FA | Music Interviews

Rachael & Vilray share a mic — and a love of old swing standards

January 20, 2023

The duo have a new album, I Love a Love Song. In 2020, Rachael & Vilray spoke to Fresh Air and played songs from their self-titled debut album, which drew on the music of the '30s and '40s.