Children
Filmmaker Taika Waititi On Satirizing Nazis In 'Jojo Rabbit'
Jojo Rabbit centers on a 10-year-old boy who joins the Hitler Youth. Writer and director Waititi, who is from New Zealand, is half-Jewish and half-Maori. He plays the boy's imaginary friend, Hitler.
Journalist Digs Into Years Of Corruption, Dysfunction At Border Protection Agency
Trump said he would hire 5,000 new border patrol agents, but has fallen short of that promise. Garrett Graff discusses the leadership vacuum that's plagued the agency and worsened the border crisis.
Ray Romano On Fame, And Finding His Bearings After 'Raymond' Wrapped
Ray Romano's comedy special, Right Here, Around the Corner, is now streaming on Netflix. He spoke to Fresh Air in 2016 about the story behind the title of his hit sit-com Everybody Loves Raymond.
Is Your Child An Orchid Or A Dandelion? Unlocking The Science Of Sensitive Kids
Dr. Thomas Boyce, an emeritus professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, has treated children who seem to be completely unflappable and unfazed by their surroundings — as well as those who are extremely sensitive to their environments. Over the years, he began to liken these two types of children to two very different flowers: dandelions and orchids.
Try This At Home, Kids: Adam Savage On The Next Generation Of MythBusters
In his 14 years co-hosting MythBusters, Adam Savage performed experiments that fell squarely into the category of: Kids, do not try this at home! The Discovery show tested out the validity of myths, legends and movie scenes — whether that meant creating a flying guillotine, or escaping a car submerged in water. Now Savage is encouraging kids to join him in his experiments, in his new Science Channel show, MythBusters Jr.
Pediatrician Who Exposed Flint Water Crisis Shares Her 'Story Of Resistance'
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha exposed the lead high lead levels in Flint, Michigan's tap water, using the medical records of children with the levels of lead in their blood. The state tried to discredit her research. She persisted.
Comic Tig Notaro Wants You To Know She's 'Happy To Be Here'
After Tig Notaro stand-up set about having cancer went viral, she released the comedy special Boyish Girl Interrupted, and co-wrote and starred in the semi-autobiographical Amazon series One Mississippi. In 2015, she married actress Stephanie Allynne, and they now have twin boys.
Loudon Wainwright III Opens Up About The 'Exes & Excess' That Inform His Music
Wainwright details his life as a husband, father, son, philanderer and musician in the memoir Liner Notes. Originally broadcast Sept. 6, 2017.
Loudon Wainwright III Opens Up About The 'Exes & Excess' That Inform His Music
Wainwright has written remarkable songs about family, and how we hurt and heal each other. Now he details his life as a husband, father, son, philanderer and musician in the memoir Liner Notes.
Sherman Alexie Says He's Been 'Indian Du Jour' For A 'Very Long Day'
On his first day in the seventh grade, Sherman Alexie opened up his school-assigned math book and found his mother's maiden name written in it. "I was looking at a 30-year-old math book," he says — and that was the moment he knew that he needed to leave his home.