Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from the past, as well as new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors and musicians, and it often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week:
Meshell Ndegeocello reflects on her musical influences: "I'm the child of many": Often called the mother of neo-soul, Ndegeocello doesn't see herself that way. On her new album Synonym, she's turning familiar songs inside out, from the Human League to Bob Dylan.
Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life turns 50 — and gets a refresh: To mark the anniversary of his seminal album, Wonder released a four-song EP of previously unheard performances. These half-century-old songs evoke a zealous emotion all too rarely heard these days.
Betty Gilpin seeks out "anti-algorithm" projects, like The Lowdown and Widow's Bay: "There's an understandable pull in my industry to make things ... super safe, super familiar," Gilpin says. She wants to go the other way. Gilpin currently stars in the noir drama The Lowdown.
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