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Brittney Griner reflects on 'Coming Home' after nearly 300 days in a Russian prison
by Terry Gross
The WNBA star, who is six feet, nine inches, says she felt like a zoo animal in prison. "The guards would literally come open up the little peep hole, look in, and then I would hear them laughing."
Giddy, Over-The-Top 'Blockers' Makes Parents The Butt Of Prom Night Jokes
by David Edelstein
Three teenage girls make a pact to lose their virginity after senior prom — and three parents embark on a hysterical odyssey to stop them — in Kay Cannon's raunchy new sex comedy.
Post 'Downton Abbey,' Dan Stevens Embraces His Role As A Mutant On 'Legion'
by Dave Davies
Stevens, who played Matthew Crawley on Downton Abbey, now plays a young man who's grown up thinking he has schizophrenia on Legion, an FX drama that's a spin-off of the Marvel Comics X-Men series.
Martial Solal Keeps His Mind And Fingers Nimble On 'My One And Only Love'
by Kevin Whitehead
The Algeria-born French pianist combines serious improvising with a playful attitude on his solo recital album. Critic Kevin Whitehead says Solal pulls listeners along "like a great storyteller."
Remembering Groundbreaking Television Producer Steven Bochco
Bochco, who died Sunday, created numerous series, including Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue. TV Critic David Bianculli looks back on Bochco's impact, then we listen to his 1989 Fresh Air interview.
'Inseparable' Recounts The Unusual Lives Of Conjoined Twins Chang And Eng Bunker
Yunte Huang's new book chronicles the lives of the "original Siamese twins," who were brought to America in 1829 and forced to perform in a freak show. They later married and fathered 21 children.
'I Basically Ran On Adrenaline': A Staffer Remembers Obama's White House
by Terry Gross
Alyssa Mastromonaco worked in the West Wing for six exhilarating and exhausting years, which she describes in her memoir, Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? She spoke to Fresh Air in 2017.
For Bill Hader, Sketch Comedy Sprung From A 'Need To Be Doing Something Creative'
by Terry Gross
In 2012, Saturday Night Live's Bill Hader told Fresh Air that watching old films as a child sparked his interest in Hollywood. His latest project is the HBO series Barry.
Steven Spielberg's Fantastical 'Ready Player One' Is A Fatally Overblown Juggernaut
by Justin Chang
Spielberg's new action-adventure is set in future world where people use virtual-reality goggles to escape a dreary city. Critic Justin Chang calls it both "spectacular — and spectacularly empty."