Best Of: Judd Apatow / Misty Copeland

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, what a supercharged El Nino means for you, and how climate change is making things worse. This week on Shortwave, the science podcast from NPR. From WHYY in Philadelphia, this is Fresh Air Weekend.

I'm Tanya Mosley. Today, Judd Apatau. Before he was directing box office hits or launching the careers of comedy superstars, he was a kid writing fan letters to his heroes, collecting autographs and obsessively documenting everything. He's now opened his personal archives for a new book of photographs, letters, scripts, and journals that shaped movies like The 40-year-old. Virgin, knocked up in train wreck.

Also, we hear from Misty Copeland, who captivated audiences as the first black woman to become a principal dancer with the American ballet theater. She also performed with Prince, who helped change her perception of herself. He was my biggest supporter. He showed me what it was to be One of a kind to be unique and to use that as a power.

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