Politics is a lot these days.

I'm Sarah McCammon, a co-host of the NPR Politics Podcast, and I'll be the first to tell you what happens in Washington definitely demands some decoding.

That's why our show makes politics as easy as possible to wrap your head around.

Join us as we make politics, makes sense, on the NPR Politics Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.

From W.H.Y.Y. in Philadelphia, this is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Sam Brigger. Today, comic, actor, and writer Sarah Silverman talks about her new Netflix comedy special post-mortem, which is funny and emotional.

It's about the death of her father and stepmother nine days apart.

Also, we'll hear from Coloscola, creator of the Broadway comedy O'Mary.

It's an intentionally ridiculous reimagining of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln.

It betrays her as having become addicted to alcohol, not because

of the Civil War, but because she's desperately yearning for her only true love. You are not going back

to that. It has a name. It doesn't deserve one. Say it. The thing I love more than anything on earth

is cabaret! That's it!

Plus, Ken Tucker reviews new albums by Willie Nelson and Ken Pomeroy.

That's coming up on Fresh Air Weekend.

I'm Tanya Mosley, co-host of Fresh Air.

At a time of sound bites and short attention spans, our show is all about the deep dive.

We do long-form interviews with people behind the best in film, books, TV, music, and journalism.

Here our guests open up about their process and their lives in ways you've never heard before.

Listen to the Fresh Air podcast from NPR and W. HYY.

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