Best Of: 'Armageddon Time' Director / A Revolution In Cell Biology
Best Of: 'Armageddon Time' Director / A Revolution In Cell Biology  
Podcast: Fresh Air
Published On: Sat Dec 03 2022
Description: James Gray's new film, Armageddon Time, was inspired by his childhood in Queens in the 1980s. Though his grandparents had fled antisemitism in Ukraine, his family didn't recognize their own biases against Black people. He talks about his life and the film.Book critic Maureen Corrigan shares her list for the best books of the year. Physician Siddhartha Mukherjee writes about cellular science could lead to breakthroughs in the treatment of cancer, HIV, Type 1 diabetes and sickle cell anemia. His new book is The Song of the Cell.