David Bianculli

He reviewed Hamnet.

On Monday's show, actor Brendan Fraser tells us about his new film, Rental Family.

He plays a struggling American actor in Tokyo who works for a service that provides stand-in family members for rent.

We'll also trace Fraser's remarkable resurgence from The Whale to Killers of the Flower Moon and beyond.

I hope you can join us.

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Veterans Day has us thinking about our interview from last year about some brave and obsessive scientists.

Before and during World War II, they did underwater research, which was essential to the success of D-Day.