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Actor JOSH O'CONNOR. He's one of the stars of Disclosure Day, the new Steven Spielberg film about what happens when the world learns that aliens live among us. O'Connor broke through in the British film God's Own Country and won an Emmy as Prince Charles in The Crown. (INTERVIEW BY TONYA MOSLEY) (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW).

TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews two new documentaries: Lorne, which looks at Lorne Michaels, creator of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” directed by Morgan Neville. And Marty: Life is Short, streaming on Netflix, is a biography of comedian Martin Short, directed by Lawrence Kasdan.

Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews Kacey Musgrave's new album Middle of Nowhere and Jimmy McDonough’s biography of the 1970s-era singer Gary Stewart called I Am from the Honky Tonks.

Journalist LAURA WILLIAMSON, editor in chief of The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site of the New York Times. She'll talk about the FIFAWorld Cup which opens this week, with soccer matches in the United States, Canada and Mexico. With 48 teams in 104 matches, this will be the biggest World Cup ever. FIFA’s ticketing practices and pricing have outraged many fans and prompted investigations by two state attorneys general. U.S.

Another beloved Tony winner ANGELA LANSBURY. LANSBURY delivered unforgettable performances in the Broadway musicals “Mame,” “Gypsy,” and “Sweeney Todd.” Her work on stage earned her five Tony Awards, plus a lifetime achievement Tony Award in 2022. She also starred as Jessica Fletcher on the CBS mystery series “Murder, She Wrote” for twelve years. On film, she appeared in 1944 film “Gaslight” when she was only 19, and provided the voice of Mrs. Potts, singing the title song to the 1991 animated movie “Beauty and the Beast”. She died in 2022 at 96. (THIS INTERVIEW IS A REBROADCAST.

Film critic JUSTIN CHANG reviews the horror films “Backrooms” and “Obsession”.

we revisit interviews with two dynamic Tony-winning stars from Broadway’s past, starting with ALAN CUMMING who has been acting in television, movies, and theater since the 1980s. He won a Tony for his role as the Emcee in the revival of “Cabaret” 1998, a role he also played in the 1993 London production and again in a 2014 revival. He won a second Tony in 2022 as a producer of the musical “A Strange Loop”. Most recently, he has been the host of the Emmy-winning Peacock reality competition series “The Traitors.”

Actor CLARKE PETERS is one of the stars of the new Netflix series “The Boroughs”. In HBO show “The Wire” he played police detective Lester Freamon. He also co-starred in the HBO series “Treme”. In Spike Lee’s 2020 film “Da 5 Bloods”, Peters was one of the 4 Vietnam Veterans who returned to Vietnam decades after the war. He’s also been in London stage productions of the musicals “Guys and Dolls”, “Porgy and Bess”, and “Chicago”. He co-wrote and co-starred in the original production of the musical “5 Guys Named Moe”, which was first staged in London.

DAVID BIANCULLI reviews the new Apple TV miniseries Cape Fear, based on the 1957 novel by John D. MacDonald There have already been two intense films about an ex-convict terrorizing his former attorney. The first two episodes premiere Friday, June 5, with the rest streaming weekly.

DAVID BIANCULLI reviews the new Netflix series The Boroughs. The Duffer Brothers, the team behind the Netflix series “Stranger Things,” are executive producers. The Boroughs is also a show about sinister forces, mysterious creatures, and a group of neighborhood misfits who emerge as heroes. The series was created by Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews.

Last spring, when the news broke that the newly elected pope had Creole roots in New Orleans and that his own grandparents had quietly become a white family in Chicago, journalist SUSAN SAULNY recognized the story immediately. Her family had lived a version of it. Her grandfather, George was a Black bricklayer who raised his children in New Orleans. George’s brother, Edward, was Black too, but light enough to leave for Chicago in the early 1920s and start a new life as a white man.

O'Farrell's new novel is based on the story of her own great, great-grandfather, and tells the story of a father and son mapping 19th-century Ireland after the devastation of the Great Famine

Mary Beard taught classics for most of her life at Cambridge, but her career has also included popular TV shows and books that reach a wide audience. Our book critic Maureen Corrigan says Beard's latest book, "Talking Classics," illuminates a lot about the ancient world and our own.

Alfre Woodard stars in the new Netflix sci-fi series "The Boroughs."

Ben Rhodes was a speechwriter and security adviser for President Obama. His book, All We Say, is a collection of 15 speeches — from Ben Franklin to Trump — about what it means to be American.

John Powers reviewed the new Apple TV series "Widow's Bay."

Last night, Stephen Colbert said goodbye to The Late Show after 11 years. We listen back to his '16 interview, in which he talked about embracing his "sharp and satirical and highly opinionated" side.

Frank, who died May 19, was known for being the first member of Congress to voluntarily come out as gay. He also co-authored the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act. Originally broadcast May 16, 2026.

Rose Byrne spoke with FRESH AIR producer Ann Marie Baldonado. Byrne is starring in the Broadway revival of the Noel Coward play "Fallen Angels."

Colbert has approached the last weeks of his show on his own terms, with A-list guests like Tom Hanks, David Letterman and David Byrne — but the guests for tonight's finale remain a mystery.