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Chef Marcus Samuelsson's new book is called <em>The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food. </em>

Fresh Air Weekend: America's Militia Movement; Chef Marcus Samuelsson

Journalist Mike Giglio talks about the Oath Keepers, a pro-Trump militia group. Ken Tucker highlights three new songs from veteran acts. Samuelsson celebrates Black excellence in the culinary world.

Fresh Air Weekend: China's 'Surveillance State'; Understanding The Human Voice

Journalist Kai Strittmatter discusses China's use of cyber surveillance. Justin Chang reviews The Little Things. John Colapinto reflects on the physicality, frailty and feats of the human voice.

Twyla Tharp, shown above at Pacific Northwest Ballet in 2008, says the pandemic has impacted her body: "In terms of routine, discipline, just ordinary day-to-day activities — the body doesn't know itself at the moment."

Fresh Air Weekend: Twyla Tharp; Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Tharp talks about choreographing through lockdown. Kevin Whitehead reviews Hasaan Ibn Ali's newly unearthed 1965 album. Gates Jr. talks about his new book and PBS series, The Black Church.

Rami Malek stars as Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury in <em>Bohemian Rhapsody.</em>

Fresh Air Weekend: Actor Rami Malek; The Power Of The Immune System

Malek explains how he came to embody Queen's iconic lead singer in Bohemian Rhapsody. John Powers reviews Insurrecto, by Gina Apostol. Daniel Davis explains new developments in immunology.

When her grandmother is diagnosed with a terminal illness, Billi (played by Awkwafina, center) reluctantly agrees to go along with her family's plan to pay respects to their matriarch — without letting her know she is dying.

Fresh Air Weekend: Filmmaker Lulu Wang; The 'Secret World' Of Sleep

Wang tells the story of the real-life lie behind her film, The Farewell. Justin Chang reviews Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood. Neurologist Guy Leschziner explains the different stages of sleep.

Wilkerson won the National Book Critics Circle Award for her book about the Great Migration, <em>The Warmth of Other Suns.</em>

Fresh Air Weekend: America's 'Caste' System; The 'Freefall' Of Local Journalism

Isabel Wilkerson says the U.S. caste system that limits African Americans. Maureen Corrigan reviews a ghost story and a souped-up crime novel. Margaret Sullivan discusses the collapse of local news.

Michael Pollan gave up caffeine entirely for three months while working on his audiobook, <em>Caffeine</em>. "I recommend it," he says of his time without the drug. "I had some great sleeps." But he didn't realize that a temporary "loss of confidence" and lack of focus were withdrawal symptoms.

Fresh Air Weekend: Trump's 'Disinformation' Campaign; Michael Pollan On Caffeine

Atlantic writer McKay Coppins says the president's relection campaign is "pushing lies and distortions." Justin Chang reviews And Then We Danced. Pollan does a deep-dive on caffeine.

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has spent a total of six months in space. In his new book, he writes that getting to space took only "8 minutes and 42 seconds. Give or take a few thousand days of training."

Fresh Air Weekend: Chris Hadfield, Brandy Clark, Kennedy Conspiracies

Astronaut Chris Hadfield brings lessons from space down to Earth in his new book. Ken Tucker says Brandy Clark's 12 Stories album is "modestly amazing." And Philip Shenon's new book explores how a botched investigation fueled Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories.

A chimpanzee hugs her newborn at Burgers' Zoo in Arnhem, Netherlands, in 2010. Over the course of his long career, primatologist Frans de Waal has become convinced that primates and other animals express emotions similar to human emotions.

Fresh Air Weekend: The Emotional Lives Of Primates; Playwright Heidi Schreck

Primatologist Frans de Waal says the emotions of other primates mirror our own. Justin Chang reviews Jordan Peele's horror film, Us. Schreck talks about her play, What the Constitution Means to Me.

Larry Wilmore is the host of <em>The Nightly Show,</em> a satirical news show that airs on Comedy Central.

Fresh Air Weekend: Larry Wilmore; 'Best Of Enemies'; Lily Tomlin

The host of The Nightly Show talks about his show's first 100 episodes. Critic John Powers weighs in on the 1968 Buckley-Vidal debates. Lily Tomlin discusses great roles, old cars and coming out.

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