Best Of: Life in the Mojave Desert / Director of ‘The Uprising’
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Best Of: Life in the Mojave Desert / Director of ‘The Uprising’

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 12, 202649 min
  • Interview
  • Arts & culture

Author Claire Vaye Watkins lives in the Mojave Desert, just like the protagonist in her new novel, Yellow Pine. In the book, it’s an area being developed by an energy company, wreaking havoc on the environment. The locals protest, but the novel explores whether they actually have the power to defeat a corporate project already underway. Watkins spoke with Terry Gross. Director Paul Greengrass’s new film, The Uprising, examines what happens when people reach their breaking point. It takes us to 1381 when the peasants of England revolted against the king. Greengrass spoke with Tonya Mosley about...

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From WHYY in Philadelphia, this is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Tanya Moseley in Los Angeles. Today, two storytellers take on tales of resistance and rebellion.

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Author Claire Vey Watkins lives in the Mojave Desert, just like the protagonist in her new novel, in an area being developed by an energy company wreaking havoc on the environment.

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The locals protest, but the novel explores whether they actually have the power to defeat a corporate project already underway. And director Paul Greengrass's new film,

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