James Gray, Siddhartha Mukherjee and the best books of 2022 : NPR
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on December 3, 2022
Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week:
'Armageddon Time' director explores how the world is ruined by 'well-meaning people': James Gray's new film was inspired by his childhood in Queens in the 1980s. Though his grandparents had fled antisemitism in Ukraine, his family didn't recognize their own biases against Black people.
