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For her latest film, Stories We Tell, Sarah Polley turns her camera on her o...
Fresh Air Weekend: Gerwig, Baumbach, Dawes And Polley
In Frances Ha, a 27-year-old (Greta Gerwig) navigates New York City — and the transition from prolonged adolescence to proper adulthood. Gerwig and director Noah Baumbach co-wrote the script. Dawes has a new album, Stories Don't End. In a documentary, Sarah Polley turns the camera on her own family.
Prediction
Our panelists predict what failed-spy Ryan Fogle will do next.
Alice Cooper...
Not My Job: Three Headless Chicken Questions For Alice Cooper
We've invited the heavy metal rocker to answer three questions about Mike, a chicken in the 1940s who lost his head and still went on to achieve fame and fortune.
Panel Round Two
More questions for the panel: Fowl Play, Oozy Couture, Up a Tree Without a Paddle.
Panel Round One
Our panelists answer questions about the week's news: Bet You Can Eat Just One, A Bit of a Stretch.
Prime Challenge Sends Mathematicians On Infinite Search
University of New Hampshire professor Yitang Zhang announced this week that he has come close to solving a centuries-old problem: proving the twin prime conjecture. Host Scott Simon gets an explanation from Weekend Edition Math Guy Keith Devlin of Stanford University.