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From WHYY in Philadelphia, I'm Sam Brigger with Fresh Air Weekend. Today, musician Jason Isbell. The songs on his new album are about... Old relationships, new relationships, gratitude, fear, loss, grief, joy. Several songs allude to the fracturing of his marriage to musician Amanda Shires. Terry asked if they could find a way to talk about these songs without being invasive.
We need an audio intimacy coordinator.
I love that idea.
Also, we hear from Scottish actor David Tennant. When he was three, he told his parents he wanted to grow up to play Doctor Who on TV. As a teen, he held on to that dream.
You know, I was sort of quite weedy and I wore glasses and I had a terrible haircut. So all those things still felt possible in the world of the doctor. There was something about that character that I could be. Tennant was Doctor Who for five years.
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This is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Sam Brigger. Terry has our first interview. I'll let her introduce it.
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