Terry Gross

Film critic JUSTIN CHANG reviews the new drama Filipiñana (Fi-li-pee-NYAH-nuh), which follows a teenage girl who’s just started working at an upscale resort in Manila. It’s the first feature from the Filipino writer-director Rafael Manuel.

New York Times reporter NATASHA SINGER covers the intersection of technology, business, and education. She's written a new book titled Coding Kids: Big Tech's battle to Remake Public Schools.

Journalist ANNIE LOWREY is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where she covers economic policy. Her new book is The Time Tax: How the Government Wastes Our Time, and How to Fix It. She argues that the red tape in American life isn't an accident. It's a policy choice, one that determines who gets food assistance, health care, even the ability to vote. Her previous book is Give People Money about universal basic income. (INTERVIEW BY TONYA MOSLEY) (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW).