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Fresh Air Weekend: Norman Lear, A Review Of Basement Tapes, Jon Stewart

Lear, co-creator of All In The Family, talks about his new memoir; Ken Tucker reviews an album of musicians using Bob Dylan's lyrics; Stewart talks about his future hosting the Daily Show.

People at a viewing deck of the Rockefeller Center gaze at the Manhattan skyline on Friday during heavy smog brought by wildfire smoke from Canada.

Canada's record wildfire season continues to hammer U.S. air quality

Several hundred wildfires are continuing to burn across Canada this weekend, with an ongoing impact on impact air quality for vast swaths of the North American continent.

The author's grandparents, Russell and Mary Shorto, socialize at Club Harlem in Atlantic City, N.J., in the mid-1950s.

Fresh Air Weekend: Ellen And Ben Harper; Inside A 'Smalltime' Mob Operation

Ellen and Ben Harper reflect on a lifetime immersed in a folk music "wonderland." John Powers reviews a memoir by poet Tove Ditlevsen. Author Russell Shorto discusses his family's mob connections,

Margo Price's new album, <em>All American Made</em>, is out now.

Fresh Air Weekend: Margo Price; The Best Books Of 2017; 'Rethinking Infidelity'

Price sings about the heartache and beauty of small-town America. Critic Maureen Corrigan shares her favorite books of the year. Therapist Esther Perel says marriage standards are changing.

Louis C.K. remembers getting "really big laughs" during his third try at stand-up. "I was so excited that I had a little foot in the door," C.K. says. He's pictured above in his FX series <em>Louie.</em>

Fresh Air Weekend: Louis C.K, A Memoirist's 'Struggle', Pokey LaFarge

Comic C.K. talks about the pain of his first-ever open mic experience; John Powers reviews Karl Ove Knausgaard's 'My Struggle'; LeFarge performs new songs and some favorites from the 1920s and '30s.

David also co-created the NBC series <em>Seinfeld.</em> That show's character George Costanza is loosely based on David.

Fresh Air Weekend: Larry David, 'High Maintenance' Creators And Chris Offutt

Larry David wrote and stars in the Broadway play Fish in the Dark; Katja Blichfeld and Ben Sinclair discuss their Web series about a pot dealer; Chris Offutt discusses his new memoir.

Denzel Washington plays Walter Lee, the role played by Sidney Poitier in the 1959 Broadway production of<em> A Raisin in the Sun</em>. Sophie Okonedo, known for her Academy Award nomination for <em>Hotel Rwanda,</em> plays Ruth Younger in her New York stage debut.

Fresh Air Weekend: 'Raisin In The Sun,' 'Orange Is The New Black,' China's 'Ambition'

A Raisin in the Sun returns to Broadway, Orange Is the New Black begins season two, and writer Evan Osnos talks about about China's economic expansion.

In <em>Louie</em>, Louis C.K. plays a comic who finds comedy in uncomfortable, touchy topics.

Fresh Air Weekend: Louis C.K., Miles Davis And A Military Dog

The comic's show, Louie, is now in its fourth season; Davis' performances at New York's Fillmore East are now out in full; and a Marine dog adjusts to civilian life.

Paul Greenberg says the decline of local fish markets, and the resulting sequestration of seafood to a corner of our supermarkets, has contributed to "the facelessness and comodification of seafood."

Fresh Air Weekend: Joel McHale, 'Friendship,' And 'The Great Fish Swap'

Comedian Joel McHale talks bad TV and filming a thriller; Maureen Corrigan says Friendship is a startlingly nice novel; and author Paul Greenberg discusses why most of the fish we eat is imported.

'Death In The Air' Revisits 5 Days When London Was Choked By Poisonous Smog

Kate Winkler Dawson's new book chronicles The Great Smog of 1952, when moist air from the Gulf Stream stalled for days over London, mixing with poisonous gases and causing more than 12,000 deaths.

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