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Astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. walks near the lunar module during the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20, 1969.

Fresh Air Weekend: The Ordinary People Behind The Moon Landing; Damian Lewis

Charles Fishman says 410,000 people helped make the Apollo 11 moon landing a success. Ken Tucker reviews Bruce Springsteen's Western Stars. Lewis plays a ruthless hedge-fund manger on Billions.

"Queer people love country music," singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile says. "... We just don't think that it's going to open its doors to us. And when it does, it's wildly satisfying."

Fresh Air Weekend: Singer Brandi Carlile; Cookbook Author Reem Kassis

Carlile reflects on about her early life and the family she's built. Maureen Corrigan reviews Libertie, by Kaitlyn Greenidge. Kassis began gathering family recipes after the birth of her first child.

Natasha Trethewey served as U.S. poet laureate in 2012 and 2013. She won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for her 2006 collection <em>Native Guard.</em>

Fresh Air Weekend: Poet Natasha Trethewey; Mike Birbiglia And Jen Stein

Trethewey revisits her mother's murder in a new memoir. Kevin Whitehead reviews a newly unearthed album from drummer Art Blakey. Comic Mike Birbiglia and poet Jen Stein share parenting truths.

When she was growing up, <em>New Yorker</em> culture writer Jia Tolentino attended a Houston megachurch with her family. "The population was extremely white and wealthy, which my family was not," Tolentino says. Her new book is called <em>Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion.</em>

Fresh Air Weekend: Rodney Evans; Jia Tolentino; Gender Neutral Pronouns

Evans' film Vision Portraits explores the work of visually impaired artists. Tolentino worries we're fooling ourselves in the web's Trick Mirror. Geoff Nunberg says we'll get used to singular "they."

"There's not a lot of heroic acts in middle school ..." says <em>PEN15</em> creator and star Maya Erskine (left, shown here with co-creator and co-star Anna Konkle). "It's all about survival and being accepted."

Fresh Air Weekend: How Oligarchs Stash Fortunes; 'PEN15' Creators

Journalist Oliver Bullough describes a secret transnational economy in Moneyland. Ken Tucker reviews Lizzo's new album. Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle return to middle school in the Hulu series PEN15.

<em>Fresh Air</em>'s Terry Gross interviewed conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin before a live audience at WHYY on April 2, 2019.

Fresh Air Weekend: Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin; A Therapist Goes To Therapy

Nézet-Séguin conducts at New York's Metropolitan Opera and the Philadelphia Orchestra. John Powers revisits the 1970 film Wanda. Psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb talks about her experiences in therapy.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta is CNN's chief medical correspondent.

Fresh Air Weekend: Neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta; Philippine Journalist Maria Ressa

CNN's chief medical correspondent says it's never too late to develop new brain pathways. Maureen Corrigan reviews Outlawed, by Anna North. Ressa discusses Rodrigo Duterte's authoritarian presidency.

Fresh Air Weekend: Fran Lebowitz; The Legacy Of Activist William Monroe Trotter

Lebowitz's Pretend It's A City is the NYC trip you can't take right now. Kevin Whitehead reviews Joshua Abrams' Cloud Script. Historian Kerri Greenidge tells Trotter's story in Black Activist.

Chinese workers at Fuyao Glass America attend training to learn about American culture.

Fresh Air Weekend: 'American Factory' Filmmakers; An Ex-Husband's Secret Addiction

Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert's documentary centers on a Chinese-run factory in Ohio. Justin Chang reviews Beanpole. Eilene Zimmerman writes about her ex-husband's drug-related death in Smacked.

She's Having Nun Of It: Regina King as Sister Night in HBO's <em>Watchmen.</em>

Fresh Air Weekend: 'Watchmen' Writer; Stephen Miller And The White Nationalist Agenda

Cord Jefferson examines American racism on HBO's Watchmen. Critic Kevin Whitehead remembers Charlie Parker, born 100 years ago. Jean Guerrero writes about Trump advisor Stephen Miller in Hatemonger.

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