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John Oliver's HBO show, <em>Last Week Tonight, </em>returned for its fifth season in February.

Fresh Air Weekend: John Oliver; Transgender Activist Sarah McBride

Oliver dives into often obscure stories on Last Week Tonight. Justin Chang reviews A Wrinkle in Time. McBride is the spokesperson for the LGBTQ rights organization the Human Rights Campaign.

Cho Hyun-ah (center) leaves for a detention facility today following a court order. Cho served as head of in-flight service for Korean Airlines until earlier this month. Her conduct aboard an aircraft over a packet of improperly served macadamia nuts led to her resignation. She is accused of violating South Korea's aviation safety laws.

Ex-Korean Air Executive Arrested Over 'Nut Rage' Incident

Cho Hyun-ah's conduct aboard an aircraft over a packet of improperly served macadamia nuts led to her resignation. She was arrested today for violating South Korea's aviation safety laws.

Baby elephants are a welcome sight in Zakouma National Park in Chad. Thanks to stepped-up enforcement, the park hasn't lost an elephant to poachers since 2012. Without the stress of poaching, the elephants started breeding again and more than 40 calves have been born.

Fresh Air Weekend: Elephant Poachers; 'Mistress America'; A Teenage 'Diary'

Journalist Bryan Christy talks about using GPS trackers to follow elephant poachers. Justin Chang reviews Mistress America. Phoebe Gloeckner and Marielle Heller discuss The Diary of a Teenage Girl.

Fresh Air Weekend: Carey Mulligan, The Apple Watch, A Neurosurgeon's Memoir

English actress Carey Mulligan talks about her role in the Broadway revival of Skylight; Alexis Madrigal reviews the Apple Watch; Henry Marsh reflects on the enigmas of the brain and consciousness.

Ellar Coltrane, who plays Mason in the new movie <em>Boyhood</em>, was 6 years old when director Richard Linklater picked him for the role.

Fresh Air Weekend: Richard Linklater, Strand Of Oaks And Brian Krebs

Writer-director Richard Linklater discusses his new film Boyhood; Ken Tucker has a review of the latest Strand Of Oaks album; and blogger Brian Krebs talks about covering cybercriminals.

Jonathan Groff plays an FBI agent and criminal profiler in the Netflix series <em>Mindhunter.</em>

Fresh Air Weekend: Actor Jonathan Groff; Humorist John Hodgman

Groff, who now stars in Mindhunter, talks about his most life-altering roles. Maureen Corrigan reviews new fiction by Tom Hanks and Matthew Weiner. Hodgman reflects on his mother's death.

Ray Romano plays Zak Yankovich, a record company's head of promotions, in HBO's <em>Vinyl</em>.

Fresh Air Weekend: Ray Romano; Internet Etiquette; Baseball Injuries

The comedian tackles a dramatic role in HBO's Vinyl, author Sarah Hepola reflects on a careless Facebook post and columnist Jeff Passan explains why young pitchers are more vulnerable to injury.

Fresh Air Weekend: Autism; New Historical Fiction; The Future Of Yellowstone

John Robison, who is on the autism spectrum, talks about TMS treatment. Maureen Corrigan reviews two suspenseful new novels. David Quammen warns that Yellowstone National Park may be "loved to death."

Gloria Steinem co-founded <em>Ms.</em> magazine in 1972 and remained one of its editors for 15 years.

Fresh Air Weekend: Gloria Steinem; 'The Witches'; Carrie Brownstein

At 81, feminist Gloria Steinem says she feels free of the "demands of gender." Maureen Corrigan reviews The Witches, by Stacy Schiff. Carrie Brownstein describes finding (and hiding) herself in music.

Maj. Frank Capra sits at his War Department desk in Washington on March 6, 1942. Capra's non-War Department films include <em>It's A Wonderful Life</em> and <em>Mr. Smith Goes To Washington</em>.

Fresh Air Weekend: WWII Filmmakers, Kevin Young And Solitary Confinement

A look at how the military and Hollywood teamed up during World War II; poet Kevin Young says his new book has a blues sensibility; and how California convicts organized a statewide hunger strike.

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