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'It's just so fun to make people laugh,' says 'Hacks' star Jean Smart

Fresh Air | By Aarti Shahani

Published August 4, 2026 at 1:03 PM CDT

The fifth and final season of the HBO Max series Hacks is nominated for 24 Emmys, including one for Smart as best actress in a comedy series. The writers "raised the bar every single season," Smart says.

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The soaring demand for Patriot missiles, from the Middle East to Ukraine

Greg Myre, Tom Bowman

The U.S. and its partners depend on Patriot interceptors to shoot down incoming ballistic missiles. But Russia and Iran are firing their weapons at rates far higher than Patriots can be produced.
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Senate Democrats say banks turned blind eye to suspicious moves by Jeffrey Epstein

Scott Horsley

A report from Senate Democrats accuses big banks of failing to report suspicious money transfers made by Jeffrey Epstein until after his arrest in 2019.
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Robbie Griffiths

Europe's heat wave exposes buried history and new threats — Nazi-era wrecks emerge from the Danube, nuclear reactors face cooling risks, and Greece battles deadly wildfires.
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'Country People' is a silly, satisfying midsummer romp

Maureen Corrigan

Daniel Mason's new novel is a spin on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, in which academics collide with locals — and a few seductive fairies — in the woods of Vermont.
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13 new books in August will get you through the dog days of summer

Colin Dwyer

This month brings riveting novels about dogs, Hollywood stars, small towns and characters with bigger woes than just the sweltering summer heat and humidity.