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FA | Race

Law professor unearths cases of racial violence from the Jim Crow era

September 27, 2022

In her new book, By Hands Now Known, Margaret Burnham reports on little-known cases of racial violence in the Jim Crow era, including crimes that went unreported and murderers who were never punished.

FA | TV Reviews

Las Vegas mass shooting survivors tell their own story in '11 minutes' documentary

September 27, 2022

The new four-hour Paramount+ documentary is told mostly through cellphone videos and police body cams. It is surprisingly not gruesome — the visuals are selected and edited very judiciously.

FA | Author Interviews

A novelist's time in the MMA cage informed his book on memory loss and identity

September 26, 2022

John Vercher trained in mixed martial arts as a young man. His novel, After the Lights Go Out, is about a veteran MMA fighter struggling to remember everyday things. Originally broadcast June 2022.

FA | Book Reviews

'Less' offers more in Andrew Sean Greer's follow-up to his Pulitzer-winning novel

September 26, 2022

Greer's new comic novel, Less is Lost, is as funny and poignant as its predecessor. But comedy also arises out of pain and Greer smoothly transitions into the profound.

FA | Fresh Air Weekend

Fresh Air Weekend: 'Reservation Dogs' co-creator Sterlin Harjo; Author Buzz Bissinger

September 24, 2022

Harjo says his show, which is set on on Indian reservation, gives audiences permission to laugh. Ken Tucker reviews Lou Reeds' Words & Music. Bissinger's new book is about a WWII football match-up.

FA | Animals

Monkey thieves, drunk elephants — Mary Roach reveals a weird world of animal 'crime'

September 23, 2022

Roach researched animal misbehaviors for her book, Fuzz. She says animals tend to ignore the rules we try to impose on them — and they often have the last laugh. Originally broadcast Sept. 14, 2021.

FA | Movie Reviews

'Blonde,' the new Marilyn Monroe biopic, is an exercise in exploitation, not empathy

September 23, 2022

The Netflix film turns Monroe into an avatar of suffering, brought low by a miserable childhood, a father she never knew and an industry full of men who abused and exploited her until her death.

FA | Weather

Extreme heat, flooding and wildfires: How climate change supercharged the weather

September 22, 2022

Washington Post reporter Brady Dennis warns our aging infrastructure systems weren't built to withstand the stresses of climate change: "There is a certain amount of suffering that we can't avoid."

FA | TV Reviews

You won't want to miss this funny and surprising 'Reboot'

September 21, 2022

Hulu's new comedy series is about the rebirth of an old comedy series — one that never existed. Reboot is the funniest sitcom about making a sitcom since the Showtime series Episodes.