Best Of: Jill Scott / Riz Ahmed

From WHYY in Philadelphia, this is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Tanya Mosley. Today, musician Jill Scott. She shares some of the lessons she learned from the legends who came before her, including the moment she first met Aretha Franklin and what the Queen of Seoul asked her to do. Go to the corner and get me two hot dogs with cooked onions and mustard.

And I went. Yes. Also, actor Riz Ahmed talks about his new series Bait. He plays a British Pakistani actor, auditioning to be the next James Bond. When writing the script, he drew from moments in his own life, like the time he got kicked out of a supermarket, the same week it was revealed he was in Star Wars.

And we get into a back and forth and I'm so frustrated at one point I go, dude, I'm not shoplifting, I'm Star Wars, man. And they go, okay, this person's definitely crazy. And uh you're bad. You're never coming back here. That's coming up on Fresh Air Weekend.

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