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Fresh Air for July 27, 2024: 'Wicked' director Jon M. Chu; 'The Fall Guy' filmmaker David Leitch

Jon M. Chu directs Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande on the set of Wicked.

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Fresh Air Weekend: 'Wicked' director Jon M. Chu; 'The Fall Guy' filmmaker David Leitch

Fresh Air Weekend: 'Wicked' director Jon M. Chu; 'The Fall Guy' filmmaker David Leitch

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Fresh Air for July 26, 2024: Remembering Bob Newhart

Ryan Reynolds is Deadpool and Hugh Jackman is Wolverine.

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'Deadpool & Wolverine' is a self-cannibalizing slog

'Deadpool & Wolverine' is a self-cannibalizing slog

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Fresh Air for July 24, 2024: 'Wicked' director Jon M. Chu

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'Wicked' director Jon M. Chu says creativity isn't magic — it's hard work

'Wicked' director Jon M. Chu says creativity isn't magic — it's hard work

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Fresh Air for July 23, 2024: The dictator playbook

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during a meeting in Beijing on Oct. 18, 2023.

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Expert on dictators warns: Don't lose hope -- that's what they want

Autocracy, Inc

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Fresh Air

The Peabody Award-winning weekday arts and issues magazine.