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Fresh Air Weekend: Actor Benicio Del Toro; Writer Molly Jong-Fast
Del Toro talks about his role in Wes Anderson's new film, The Phoenician Scheme. Justin Chang reviews Materialists. In How to Lose Your Mother, author Jong-Fast reflects on life with mom Erica Jong.
'Landman' drills into the wild West workings of today's oil industry
by John Powers
This Paramount+ series, featuring Billy Bob Thornton as a savvy veteran of the oil business, is an old-fashioned soap opera and a breezy portrait of one of the world's most influential industries.
Country songs by Dwight Yoakam, Maren Morris and Shawna Thompson blend old and new
by Ken Tucker
Yoakam has recorded a harmonious new duet with Post Malone. Morris is stretching beyond country's borders. And Thompson — half of the duo Thompson Square — looks back to the roots of honky-tonk.
From high tariffs to isolation, what a 2nd Trump term might mean for foreign policy
by Dave Davies
With wars raging around the world and high tariffs looming, Economist editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes says Trump's agenda may be chaotic — but she remains optimistic about possible good elements.