A conversation with R. Crumb, the king of underground comics
Crumb's comics were staples of 1960s counterculture. He's now the subject of a new biography. Crumb spoke to Fresh Air in 2005, and again, with his wife, fellow comic Aline Kominsky Crumb, in 2007.
How school systems, educators and parents can support transgender children
Aidan Key explains why U.S. schools are seeing an increase in transgender students and how educators can respond to anti-LGBTQ curriculum measures. His book is Trans Children in Today's Schools.
'Slave Play' playwright Jeremy O. Harris is on a mission to diversify theater
The award-winning playwright helped bring Lorraine Hansberry's The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window to Broadway. He also talks about his provocative Slave Play, which earned 12 Tony nominations.
Fresh Air Weekend: Tupac Shakur's 'Amerikan Family'; birder Christian Cooper
Santi Elijah Holley's An Amerikan Family follows Shakur's family tree and their work in the Black Liberation Movement. And Central Park birder Christian Cooper explains Better Living Through Birding.
'Morimoto's Sushi Master' is as tasty as reality TV cooking can get
Eight sushi chefs compete at specific, well-designed challenges for head judge Masaharu Morimoto and celebrity chef judges in this six-part competition show on the Roku Channel.
Remembering Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers
Ellsberg died June 16 at age 92. We listen back to a 2017 interview with him, and speak with New York Times correspondent Charlie Savage about Ellsberg's most recent document leak, at age 90.
Facing book bans and restrictions on lessons, teachers are scared and self-censoring
Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson explains how new laws about teaching race, racism, gender identity and sexuality have created new fears and burdens in schools and classrooms.
Composer and saxophonist Henry Threadgill has a new album and a new book
Threadgill's autobiography, written with Brent Hayes Edwards is called Easily Slip into Another World. His album, The Other One, is a three-movement composition written for a 12-piece ensemble.
Remembering acclaimed editor Robert Gottlieb
Gottlieb, who died June 14 at 92, edited Joseph Heller, Toni Morrison, John le Carré and, for more than 50 years, Robert Caro. We listen back to an interview with Gottlieb from just a few months ago.
