Fresh Air with Terry Gross, December 5, 2022: Interview with Mike White; Review of three new romance songs

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(1.) Creator, writer and director MIKE WHITE of the HBO comedy drama The White Lotus, which is about to wrap up season two. The first season was nominated for 20 Emmys and won 10. White won Emmys for both writing and directing the show. WHITE also created the HBO series Enlightened. He wrote the hit film School of Rock, wrote and directed the films Year of the Dog and early in his career wrote several episodes of the TV series Freaks and Geeks and Dawson's Creek. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW). (2.) Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews three new singles by: Caitlin Rose, who's just released her first new album in almost a decade; Natalie Mering, who records under the name Weyes Blood; and Carly Rae Jepsen, who sings a duet with Rufus Wainwright on her new single.