Fresh Air Weekend: America's 'pronatalist' movement; Daria Burke on overcoming trauma
NPR reporter Lisa Hagen and sociologist Karen Guzzo discuss the movement to boost the birth rate. Justin Chang reviews The Shrouds. Burke looks back on a difficult childhood in Of My Own Making.
Celebrating movie icons: Jodie Foster
As a kid, Foster appeared in both the Disney film Freaky Friday and as a child prostitute in Taxi Driver. She later won an Oscar for The Silence of the Lambs. Originally broadcast June 17, 2002.
Celebrating movie icons: Michael Caine
Over the course of his decades-long career, Caine has appeared in well over 100 films, including Alfie, The Ipcress File and The Dark Knight Batman films. Originally broadcast in 1992.
Celebrating movie icons: Robert Duvall
Duvall has starred in epic movies and intimate dramas. In 1996, he reflected on playing the Corleone family lawyer in The Godfather films, and about delivering the most famous line in Apocalypse Now.
Remembering pioneering film star Gena Rowlands
Rowlands, who died Aug. 14, was known for the raw and improvised independent films she made in the 1970s and 1980s with her husband, John Cassavetes. Originally broadcast in 1996.
Remembering Phil Donahue, the pioneering king of daytime talk shows
Donahue, who died Aug. 18, hosted an issue-oriented, afternoon talk show that paved the way for Oprah and others. David Bianculli offers an appreciation, and we listen back to a 1985 interview.
Foreign policy analyst weighs in on two critical conflict zones: Ukraine and Gaza
Georgetown professor Daniel Byman discusses Ukraine’s daring offensive into Russian territory. And he reflects on the future of Gaza, after Israel’s military operation ends.
How Trump bent the Justice Department and FBI to his will
NBC Newsinvestigative reporter David Rohde says that since 2016, Trump has used conspiracy theories, co-option and threats to undermine federal law enforcement. His new book is Where Tyranny Begins.
50 years later, Neil Young's 'On the Beach' remains bleak -- and beautiful
The recording sessions for Young's 1974 album were gloomy, drug-fueled affairs, but the end result proves that artists can make good work no matter how hemmed-in, churlish or depressed they may be.
