St. Vincent; Kids and mental health St. Vincent offers tension, release and sonic "jump scares" on All Born Screaming. Child psychiatrist Harold Koplewicz says kids are experiencing unprecedented levels of anxiety and depression.

Fresh Air Weekend: St. Vincent; Kids and mental health

Fresh Air Weekend: St. Vincent; Kids and mental health

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"Music has given me my whole life," St. Vincent says. "It was hard work, but it's worth it because every night you get to spend 90 minutes with people and go someplace completely out of this world." Alex Da Corte/Nasty Little Man hide caption

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"Music has given me my whole life," St. Vincent says. "It was hard work, but it's worth it because every night you get to spend 90 minutes with people and go someplace completely out of this world."

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Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week:

St. Vincent offers tension, release and sonic 'jump scares': "I'm not playing with persona," St. Vincent says of All Born Screaming. "It's a really a record about life and death and love. That's it. That's all we got."

'Our kids are not OK,' child psychiatrist Harold Koplewicz says: The founder of the Child Mind Institute explains why young people are experiencing unprecedented levels of anxiety and depression โ€” and what parents can do about it. His book is Scaffold Parenting.

You can listen to the original interviews and review here:

St. Vincent offers tension, release and sonic 'jump scares'

'Our kids are not OK,' child psychiatrist Harold Koplewicz says