On the next Fresh Air, repairing the human wreckage of World War II. Historian David Nasaw tells the story of more than a million people stranded in defeated Nazi Germany - some felt they couldn’t return to home countries now under Soviet control. Others were Jewish survivors who had no homes to return to. Nasaw’s book is The Last Million. I hope you’ll join us.

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(Photo: The Last Million, by David Nasaw – Book cover)

On the next Fresh Air, Terry talks with Yaa Gyasi, whose first novel Homegoing, about the legacy of slavery, won a National Book Critics Circle Award. Her new novel Transcendent Kingdom is about science, religion, depression, addiction and race in America. Gyasi was born in Ghana, and was raised in the US, mostly in Huntsville Alabama. Join us.

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(Photo: Novelist Yaa Gyasi - Michael Lionstar/Courtesy of Knopf)

On the next Fresh Air, Dave talks with former FBI Special Agent Ali Soufan, who investigated international terrorism cases, including the 9/11 attacks. He opposed the CIA’s use of waterboarding, and other forms of torture on high-level Al Qaeda detainees. The CIA redacted his 2011 memoir The Black Banners. But now it’s being published in an unredacted edition.  Join us.

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(Photo: The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda, by Ali Soufan – Book cover)

On the next Fresh Air, Terry pays tribute to saxophonist Sonny Rollins, on the occasion of his 90th birthday. We feature her interview with him, and jazz critic Kevin Whitehead highlights Rollins’ career.  And you’ll hear from actress Octavia Spencer. Join us.

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(Photo: Sonny Rollins - Yves Moch / CC BY-SA 3.0)