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As NPR's Southwest correspondent based in Austin, Texas, John Burnett covers immigration, border affairs, Texas news and other national assignments. In 2018, 2019 and again in 2020, he won national Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio-Television News Directors Association for continuing coverage of the immigration beat. In 2020, Burnett along with other NPR journalists, were finalists for a duPont-Columbia Award for their coverage of the Trump Administration's Remain in Mexico program. In December 2018, Burnett was invited to participate in a workshop on Refugees, Immigration and Border Security in Western Europe, sponsored by the RIAS Berlin Commission.

WYPR's Baltimore County Reporter John Lee joins Midday to discuss the newly appointed County Executive Kathy Klausmeier.

WYPR reporter John Lee joins Midday to discuss the latest developments in this story and how county officials are attempting to address overburdened schools.

WYPR's Baltimore County reporter John Lee joins Midday to explain the planning process for the next county executive and the addition of two members to council.

Actor, writer, and Monthy Python member JOHN CLEESE. Post-Python, CLEESE is best known for "Fawlty Towers," and a number of movies, including his 1988 comedy, "A Fish Called Wanda." He's also written a book called "Families and How to Survive Them" with therapist Robyn Skinner. He co-wrote and stars in the new film "Fierce Creatures" which teams up the same cast from "Wanda." (REBROADCAST FROM 6/22/90)Comic GRAHMAN CHAPMAN. He was the straight man in the Monty Python troupe who would come in and break up the skits. A physician by training, he was a writer and activist for gay rights. He died in 1989. (REBROADCAST FROM 7/2/87)Film critic JOHN POWERS reviews Woody Allen's new MUSICAL, "Everyone Says I Love You."12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPY On the next archive edition of Fresh Air. . .interviews with John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, and the Graham Chapman. . . four of "Monty Python's Flying Circus." Next week the film "Fierce Creatures" opens, which was co-written by John Cleese, and stars Cleese, Palin, Kevin Kline and Jamie Lee Curtis. . . the same team that made "A Fish Called Wanda." . . . And film critic JOHN POWERS reviews Woody's Allen's new musical, "Everyone says I Love You." That and more coming up on today's Fresh Air.

Tom speaks with WYPR's Baltimore County reporter John Lee about the latest issues including mixed-use legislation and the size of the council itself.

When it comes to problems of violence in Chicago, does Lee's latest help, or hurt? We rounded up some smart takes on the film.

Democrats worry the Trump administration will roll back efforts to limit climate change.

Host Robin Young remembers her neighbor and friend Priscilla McMillan, who authored what's considered one of the best books on the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy.

The prolific actor has turned to the director's chair for Fading Gigolo, but we couldn't resist asking him to perform some of his most iconic lines, from The Big Lebowski to Transformers, for a game.

Writer Casey Cep's book delivers a gripping, incredibly well-written portrait not only of Harper Lee, but also of mid-20th century Alabama — and a still-unanswered set of crimes.

Linda talks to Carl Newton, a retired Los Alamos National Laboratory nuclear scientist, who is also a friend and neighbor of Wen Ho Lee. Newton helped organize a homecoming party for Lee.

WYPR's John Lee reports on how members of MD's congressional delegation are reflecting on the January 6th insurrection. Plus, listener comments.

Growing up, Lee recognized herself in the "really big, muscular performances" of Kilmer and Nicolas Cage. In Past Lives, she plays an immigrant torn between two men she loves.

A deadline set in Wen Ho Lee's plea agreement for the government to question Lee is about to expire. The former Los Alamos National Laboratory nuclear scientist agreed to be questioned for ten days, for six hours a day. Now the government is asking to extend the deadline. The government has more than 12 hours of testimony still to hear from Lee. Noah talks with Leslie Hoffman, Courts and Legal Affairs Reporter for the Albuquerque Tribune.

Film director Ang Lee. His film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is up for ten Academy Awards. The film stars Chow Yun-Fat and Michelle Yeow. Lee is best known for English-language dramas such as Sense and Sensibility, the Chinese-American themed Eat Drink Man Woman and The Wedding Banquet. In Crouching Tiger, Lee brings an art-house sensibility to the Hong Kong martial arts genre.

Greta Lee stars in the new movie Past Lives. She talks with NPR's Ailsa Chang about the film and the ways language and identity are intertwined.

Just weeks after officials in Richmond, Va., took down the nation's largest statue of Robert E. Lee, a new monument is going up — the Emancipation and Freedom Monument to mark the end of slavery.

St. John's College in Annapolis is a liberal arts college where students focus on collaborative inquiry and the study of original texts to examine the…

Film director Ang Lee. His new movie is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, starring Chow Yun-Fat and Michelle Yeoh. He also co-produced the film. Lee is best known for his English-language dramas such as Sense and Sensibility, the Jane Austen novel adaptation, as well as the Chinese-American themed Eat Drink Man Woman and The Wedding Banquet. In Crouching Tiger, Lee brings an art-house sensibility to the Hong Kong martial arts genre.