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Journalist Jonathan Swan's book, ‘Regime Change,' co-written with fellow ‘New York Times' reporter Maggie Haberman, is a portrait of President

Journalist Jonathan Swan's book, ‘Regime Change,' co-written with fellow ‘New York Times' reporter Maggie Haberman, is a portrait of President Trump's second term – which Swan calls "unrecognizable" from term one. The reporting duo interviewed over 1,000 sources for the book, including the president himself. Their work adds rich detail to developments that were generally known, and explores stories that had somehow slipped under the radar. Swan spoke with Fresh Air contributor and former politics reporter Dave Davies.

Christopher Nolan 's new film The Odyssey is a box-office hit. But University of Pennsylvania classics scholar Emily Wilson, who published her own

The renowned classics scholar caused a stir when her critical review of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey went viral. Wilson explains her reaction to the film and why she's translating the poem again.

Classicist and translator Emily Wilson published a critical review of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey in the London Review of Books. Wilson has loved Greek myths since childhood and has translated both the Iliad and Odyssey. She has tattoos of a spear on one leg and a bow on the other — she says they represent Achilles and Odysseus.

Renowned classics scholar Emily Wilson caused a stir when her critical review of Christopher Nolan's ‘The Odyssey' went viral.

Transcript DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies. Christopher Nolan's new film "The Odyssey" has earned critical praise and big box office returns.

Christopher Nolan's new film ‘The Odyssey' is a box-office hit, but classics scholar Emily Wilson, who translated Homer's poem from the original

With “Tony,” a new biopic about chef and TV personality Anthony Bourdain, coming out in theaters this week, we’re looking back to Bourdain’s only Fresh Air interview from 2016. Bourdain spoke to Dave Davies about how he fell in love with working in restaurants, about eating experiences in Borneo and Vietnam that really stuck with him, and why chefs really hate brunch.