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DAVID BIANCULLI, HOST:

This is FRESH AIR. In July 1963, jazz saxophonist, flutist and bass clarinetist Eric Dolphy recorded a pair of sessions for record producer Alan Douglas, who later would produce Jimi Hendrix.

DAVE DAVIES, HOST:

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies, in for Terry Gross, who's off this week. Today, we'll listen to the interview I recorded last year with cartoonist and essayist Tim Kreider.

Change is happening in Ethiopia. What was once one of the most authoritarian countries in the world is opening up and people there are trying to navigate their new freedom.

Letter-for-letter, no part of speech gets people more worked up than pronouns do. Linguistic history is dotted with eruptions of pronoun rage. Right now, the provocation is the gender-neutral pronouns that some nonbinary people have asked to be called by, so that they won't have to be identified as "he" or "she.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Diplomats are gathering here for the annual meeting of the United Nations this week. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is attending, backed up by senior staff at the State Department in New York and around the world.

City on a Hillis a period cop series about trying to change the system from within, and encountering resistance — sometimes deadly resistance — everywhere you turn. It's a bit like the 1973 biographical crime film Serpico, except set in '90s Boston instead of '70s New York, and starring Kevin Bacon in the Al Pacino role.

Facebook's new chief lawyer is tasked with guiding the firm through increasingly treacherous legal woes. Jennifer Gillian was one of the lawyers who crafted the controversial Patriot Act.

TERRY GROSS, HOST:

This is FRESH AIR. Tomorrow, Netflix presents "Maniac," a new 10-part series starring Emma Stone and Jonah Hill.

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

There is a new accusation of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. It's being reported in The New Yorker magazine.

There's no doubt that surgically implanted medical devices can improve lives.

Hip and knee replacements can help people regain their mobility. Drug pumps can deliver doses of pain-relieving medicine on demand. And metal rods can stabilize spines and broken bones.

On the next Fresh Air -- fear and hope about climate change.