From WHYY in Philadelphia, I'm Sam Brigger with FRESH AIR Weekend.
Today, Pico Iyer talks about coming out the other side of the 1990 wildfire that burned down his Santa Barbara home and kept him trapped for three hours until he was rescued after being rendered homeless.
Sleeping on a friend's floor, he was told about a Benedictine monastery where they accept a few guests at a time.
So it was a fact of being stripped down to nothing that made a Catholic monastery seductive to me.
His new memoir is called Aflame.
Also, we hear From Roy Wood Jr.
His new comedy special, lonely Flowers looks at why people are so disconnected.
We don't even like talking on the phone.
We get mad if the phone rings.
The phone that was invented for talking, you get mad.
Oh, hell no.
You got to text me first.
Don't just be calling me.
That's coming up on FRESH AIR Weekend.
This is FRESH AIR weekend.
I'm Sam Brigger.
Terry has our first interview.
I'll let her introduce it.
When we first booked today's interview weeks ago, we had no idea how timely it would be.
And for such a tragic reason.