Fresh Air Weekend: WWI, Tom Perrotta, Rock Music

Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors, and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week:

The Human Toll Of The War 'To End All Wars': Historian Adam Hochschild traces the patriotic fervor that catapulted Great Britain into war during the summer of 1914 — as well as the small, but determined British pacifist movement — in his historical narrativeTo End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918.

After The Rapture, Who Are 'The Leftovers': What if the rapture actually occurred? That's the plot of Tom Perrotta's new novel The Leftovers, which examines the aftermath of an unexplained rapturelike event in which millions of people around the globe inexplicably disappear into thin air.

Two Experimental Rock Bands Stay True To Their Roots: The New York trio Battles and the Chicago-based experimental rock band Cheer-Accident come from very different directions. But critic Milo Miles says that both groups have recently put out their most appealing records, without losing their cerebral side.

You can find all of the original broadcasts here:

• The Human Toll Of The War 'To End All Wars'
• After The Rapture, Who Are 'The Leftovers?'
• Two Experimental Rock Bands Stay True To Their Roots

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