On the next Fresh Air, Stephen King talks about living in a world that feels like a Stephen King novel.  Decades ago, he wrote about a viral pandemic in his novel The Stand.  His novel The Outsider has been adapted into a new HBO series, and he has a new collection of short stories, titled If It Bleeds. Join us.

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(Photo: If It Bleeds by Stephen King, cover)

On the next Fresh Air, hear all about cooking during a time of social isolation with Sam Sifton of the New York Times. He’s been the paper’s restaurant critic, its food editor, and he’s writing now about how to make interesting dishes with whatever you find in your kitchen. He has a new cookbook called See You on Sunday. Join us.

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(Photo: Courtesy of the author – via WHYY)

Kerry Washington stars with Reese Witherspoon in Little Fires Everywhere, which is one of the new streaming series that many people isolating at home are watching. Washington also starred in the hit ABC series Scandal as a political fixer. She served on President Obama’s Council on the Arts and Humanities. Join us.

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(Photo: Kerry Washington plays Mia in Little Fires Everywhere – Hulu/via NPR)

On the next Fresh Air, our interview with singer-songwriter Adam Schlesinger who died of COVID-19 at age 52. He co-founded the band Fountains of Wayne, wrote songs for the films  That Thing You Do, and the TV series Crazy ex-Girlfriend.  And we’ll remember jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli who died this week at 94.  We’ll hear his Fresh air interview and performance with his son John Pizzarelli, Join us.

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(Photo: Adam Schlesinger in Tinted Windows – Claire Powers/CC BY 2.0)