Best Of: Harrison Ford / Novelist Francis Spufford

From WHYY in Philadelphia, this is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Sam Brigger. Today, Harrison Ford, the star of Star Wars and Indiana Jones, is now in his 80s and starring in the series Shrinking as a therapist who has Parkinson's. So far the show's writers haven't shared with him the progression of his character's disease. So like a true Parkinson's patient, I don't really know what's coming.

Also, we'll hear from British novelist Francis Spufford. His new novel follows a young woman in World War II London, trying to survive the blitz, navigate romance, and fight time traveling fascists. I knew that I wanted to write a fantasy which very deliberately had as its protagonist for somebody who is really strongly in favour of nylons, lipsticks, and invitations. And David Biancoli reviews the new film Peaky Blinders, which is a follow-up to the hit British TV show of the same name.

That's coming up on Fresh Air Weekend. This week on Shortwave. El Nino. This year we're really seeing an El Nino for the record books. Raising risks of more intense floods, droughts, temperature changes.

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