Live Radio
Photo Credit: Dan BurkeFresh Air can be heard weekdays at 4:00 pm on KRCB-FM (and again at 12:00 am Tuesday through Friday)! / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the FREE KRCB Mobile App which you can download from the App Store & Google Play.
Count Laura Lippman among those who take issue with President Trump's recent tweets characterizing Baltimore as a "disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess." The crime novelist, who lives in Baltimore, says the president's comments represent a "basic disrespect" for city residents.
Read more: 'Cities Are Resilient,' Says Baltimore Crime Novelist Laura Lippman
TERRY GROSS, HOST:
This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. The Netflix animated series "Tuca & Bertie" has a look that's similar to another Netflix animated series, "BoJack Horseman." That's because Lisa Hanawalt, the creator of "Tuca & Bertie," is also the creative designer of "BoJack.
Read more: Lisa Hanawalt On 'Tuca & Bertie,' 'BoJack Horseman' And Channeling Anxiety Into Art
There are quadrillions of insects on earth. Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson, a professor of conservation biology at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, estimates they outnumber human beings by a factor of 200 million to one.
Read more: Bugged By Insects? 'Buzz, Sting, Bite' Makes The Case For 6-Legged Friends
On the next Fresh Air: We look at the bizarre world of insects, and why we can’t live without them. Terry talks with the author of "Buzz, Sting, Bite" about why fruit flies are more useful than we think, and how experiments reveal that cockroaches might soon be heroes. Her book is called Buzz, Sting, Bite. Join us.
Fresh Air can be heard weekdays at 4:00 pm on KRCB-FM (and again at 12:00 am Tuesday through Friday)! / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the FREE KRCB Mobile App which you can download from the App Store & Google Play.
- Fresh Air Weekend: Filmmaker Lulu Wang; The 'Secret World' Of Sleep
- Three Members of the Band Ranky Tanky on Fresh Air – Friday at 4pm
- 'Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood' Is Tarantino's Most Personal Film In Years
- How Credible Were the Accusations Against Al Franken That Led Him to Resign From the Senate? Fresh Air Begins Thursday at 4pm
- Journalist Jane Mayer On The 'Many Mysteries' In The Accusations Against Al Franken
- Lulu Wang, Who Wrote and Directed the New Film The Farewell on Fresh Air – Wednesday at 4pm
