'The Wager' chronicles shipwreck, mutiny and murder at the tip of South America
David Grann discusses his book about an 18th-century British warship that wrecked along the coast of Patagonia. Martin Scorsese is slated to direct the film adaptation. Originally broadcast in 2023.
2 Women Share The Stress And Sleeplessness Of Motherhood In 'Tully'
An exhausted mother hires a free-spirited night nurse to tend to her baby in a Diablo Cody's latest film. Critic David Edelstein calls Tully a "strange and mythic" movie.
As New Lynching Memorial Opens, A Look Back On America's History Of Racial Terrorism
We listen back to interviews with historian Philip Dray, author of At the Hands of Persons Unknown, and James Allen, who collected postcard "souvenirs" of lynchings for Without Sanctuary.
My Great-Grandfather Narrowly Escaped A Lynch Mob — He Was 11 Years Old
The horror of lynchings has always been a part of my ancestral memory. But knowing the real story of my own family's brush with lynching? It made it real.
'Soul Of America' Makes Sense Of Nation's Present By Examining Its Past
Presidential historian Jon Meacham says looking back at times when the nation was divided by partisan fury and racial strife can help shed light on "the politics of the moment."
Ashley Monroe Embraces Countrypolitan Classicism On 'Sparrow'
Critic Ken Tucker says that Monroe's moody new album proves that the singer/songwriter is "working in a space that's almost entirely separate from anyone else in country music right now."
Remembering Abbas, A Photographer Focused On The Religions Of The World
The Iranian-born photographer told Fresh Air in 2015 that he was less interested in personal belief than in "what people do in the name of God." Abbas died in Paris on April 25.
Remembering 'Schoolhouse Rock!' Jazz Musician Bob Dorough
Dorough, who died Monday, spoke with Terry Gross in 1982 and 1996. The kids who learned from his fun, educational songs probably didn't know what a great jazz pianist, singer and songwriter he was.