Best Of: Tennis stars Chris Evert & Martina Navratilova / American Culture Wars

Before Bernie Sanders or AOC, a man named Michael Harrington tried to market socialism to the American public. Tens of millions of Americans were poor, miserable, in body and in spirit. On NPR's Through Line, how the founder of the DSA created a modern political movement. Listen to Thru Line in the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts. From WHYY in Philadelphia, I'm Terry Gross with Fresh Air Weekend.

Today, the two most famous women's tennis champions of their generation, Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, talk about being friends and rivals. After they retired, Evert and Navratilova were each diagnosed with cancer at about the same time. They did well, but recently Evert disclosed she'd just been diagnosed with a recurrence. Also, we talk about religious and political attacks on the arts, with Isaac Butler, author of The Perfect Moment, God, Sex, Art, and the Birth of America's Culture Wars. Even breakfast cereals or whatever have become part of the culture wars now.

And critic John Powers reviews Alice and Steve, a British comedy series about a man in his fifties, who starts dating his best friend's much younger daughter. That's coming up on Fresh Air Weekend. This election season you can streamline your news intake with up first. Our team of reporters and editors works overnight so you can start every morning.

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