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Fresh Air Weekend Fresh Air Weekend is everything you love about Fresh Air — tailored for Saturday and Sunday. It highlights the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends.

Ava DuVernay describes her new movie Origin, which is based on Isabel Wilkerson's book Caste, as "a film about a woman in pursuit of an idea." Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Academy Museum hide caption

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Fresh Air Weekend: Ava DuVernay on 'Origin'; Understanding social media algorithms

Sterling K. Brown, shown here in January 2020, stars in the new film American Fiction. Amy Sussman/Getty Images hide caption

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Fresh Air Weekend: Sterling K. Brown; Paul Giamatti

Bradley Cooper plays composer Leonard Bernstein in Maestro. Jason McDonald/Netflix hide caption

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Fresh Air Weekend: Bradley Cooper and Yannick Nézet-Séguin on 'Maestro'; Rose Previte

Taraji P. Henson plays singer Shug Avery in the new film The Color Purple. Warner Bros. hide caption

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Fresh Air Weekend: Actor Taraji P. Henson; Pianist Brad Mehldau

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Fresh Air weekend: David Byrne's Christmas playlist; Nicolas Cage

"The realities of my life are a lot of the things that I put into the film," Cord Jefferson says of American Fiction. Claire Folger/Orion Releasing LLC hide caption

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Fresh Air Weekend: 'Rustin' star Colman Domingo; Cord Jefferson on 'American Fiction'

Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., vice chairwoman of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack, delivers remarks during a hearing on Oct. 13, 2022. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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Fresh Air Weekend: Liz Cheney; Longtime 'Fresh Air' contributor Dave Davies

Joy Buolamwini is the founder of the Algorithmic Justice League, an organization that raises awareness about the implications of AI. Her research was also featured in the Netflix documentary Coded Bias. Naima Green/Penguin Random House hide caption

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Fresh Air Weekend: Understanding AI's biases; UFOs and conspiracy theories

Playwright Larissa FastHorse is a 2020 MacArthur Fellow and co-founder of Indigenous Direction, a consulting firm for Indigenous arts and audiences. John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation hide caption

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Fresh Air Weekend: The EarRegulars; Playwright Larissa FastHorse

Jacob Elordi, Cailee Spaeny and Sofia Coppola on the set of Priscilla. A24 hide caption

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Fresh Air Weekend: The future of Fox News; Sofia Coppola on Priscilla Presley

Barbra Streisand, photographed in 1965. Harry Benson/Express/Getty Images hide caption

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Fresh Air Weekend: Barbra Streisand; The Roots co-founder Tariq 'Black Thought' Trotter

"I really enjoy writing the songs and performing and the other things that we do," David Byrne says of his work in Talking Heads. Jordan Cronenweth/Courtesy of A24 hide caption

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Fresh Air Weekend: David Byrne; Facial recognition technology

Werner Herzog describes his dramatic narration in films as a "stylized voice." At home with his wife, he says, "I am a mild-mannered, fluffy husband." Lena Herzog hide caption

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Fresh Air Weekend: Filmmaker Werner Herzog; Actor Greta Lee

Jada Pinkett Smith is an actor, singer-songwriter, talk show host and producer. Her new memoir is called Worthy. Michael Tran/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Fresh Air Weekend: Jada Pinkett Smith; Keegan-Michael Key

Maryam Keshavarz was banned from returning to Iran in 2011 after the release of her first feature, Circumstance. Fred Hayes/Getty Images for SAGindie hide caption

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Fresh Air Weekend: 'Persian Version' filmmaker; Electronic music producer TOKiMONSTA

Allison Russell performs onstage at Carnegie Hall on March 1. Noam Galai/Getty Images for Tibet House US hide caption

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Fresh Air Weekend: Singer-songwriter Allison Russell; 'Eve' author Cat Bohannon

Leslie Jones says she was 19 when Jamie Foxx told her she needed to live life — get hired, get fired, fall in love — in order to be truly funny. Jen Rosenstein/HGBUSA hide caption

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Fresh Air Weekend: Leslie Jones; Kerry Washington

James Franco, Jason Segel, Linda Cardellini and Seth Rogen in Freaks and Geeks, left, and Issa Rae in Barbie. Getty Images / Warner Bros. Pictures hide caption

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Fresh Air Weekend: 'Barbie' casting director Allison Jones; Nazi jazz propaganda

Mark Ronson won an Oscar in 2019 for his song "Shallow" from A Star is Born. Justin Shin/Getty Images for Gucci hide caption

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Fresh Air Weekend: 'Barbie' music producer Mark Ronson; Model Bethann Hardison

"History is something we participate in together," says author Zadie Smith. "We are all involved in history, and all have something to gain from understanding what happened – exactly what happened." Her new novel, The Fraud, is based on real events. Ben Bailey-Smith/Penguin Random House hide caption

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Fresh Air Weekend: Novelist Zadie Smith; Comic Maria Bamford

In his new memoir, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson describes his life in music — and how he mimicked beats at just 10 months old. Danny Clinch/Grand Central Publishing hide caption

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'Fresh Air' celebrates 50 years of hip-hop: Questlove; Chuck D; Diddy

Megan Thee Stallion performs onstage during the 2023 LA Pride in the Park Festival. In the first episode of its second season, the Louder Than A Riot podcast examines the backlash Megan faced after being shot by rapper Tory Lanez. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images hide caption

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Fresh Air Weekend: Reckoning with hip-hop's past; Remembering Biggie Smalls

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