Actress Pamela Adlon Says 'Better Things' Is Dedicated To Her Daughters Adlon's FX series is based on her own experience raising three girls as a single mom. Her daughters are very much a part of the show, she says. Originally broadcast Sept. 6, 2016.
‘I wasn’t comfortable’: Being a student of color in Garfield High's advanced classes On the surface, the city of Seattle seems to celebrate diversity, but Seattle's Garfield High School tells a different story. From the effects of... Jessie Nguyen
Jerry Lewis On His Borscht Belt Childhood And The Lonely Work Of Comedy In 2005, Lewis told Fresh Air about his partnership with singer Dean Martin and how he honed his comic skills while working as a busboy. The comedian, actor and director died Sunday at the age of 91.
Garish Melodrama Becomes Universal Tragedy 'The Beguiled' Sofia Coppola has taken a 1971 Southern Gothic psychodrama directed by a man and remade it from a female perspective — and the result is powerful.
Why 'The Mummy' Is The Most Important Bad Movie Of The Year The lousiness of The Mummy isn't the stars' fault — it's the storytelling. Universal has announced plans to make more like it, which is scarier than anything in the movie itself.
Why do some locals say ‘Wershington’ instead of ‘Washington?’ We’re a quirky bunch out here in Washington state. We eat cream cheese on our hotdogs. The western part of the state freaks out when it snows. We don’t... Amy Rolph
Marysville has an opera house: Bring your kayak Seattle’s growth is transforming the cities at its edges. Residents in these growing bedroom communities want things to do when they’re home. Marysville... Carolyn Adolph
A Holiday Tradition: David Sedaris Reads 'Santaland Diaries' Writer David Sedaris is back as Crumpet the department store elf who finds little joy in the holidays. He first read from his "Santaland Diaries" on Morning Edition in 1992. David Sedaris
Fresh Air Remembers 'LA Confidential' Director Curtis Hanson Hanson also directed The River Wild, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, 8 Mile and the TV movie Too Big to Fail. He died Tuesday in Los Angeles at the age of 71. Originally broadcast in 1997.