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Fresh Air from WHYY, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs. Hosted by Terry Gross and Tonya Mosley, the show features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries. Subscribe to Fresh Air Plus! You'll enjoy bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening - all while you support NPR's mission. Learn more at plus.npr.org/freshair And subscribe to our weekly newsletter, Fresh Air Weekly, to get interview highlights, staff recommendations, gems from the archive, and the week's interviews and reviews all in one place. Sign up at www.whyy.org/freshair

Fresh Air from WHYY, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs. Hosted by Terry Gross and Tonya Mosley, the show features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries. Subscribe to Fresh Air Plus! You'll enjoy bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening - all while you support NPR's mission. Learn more at plus.npr.org/freshair And subscribe to our weekly newsletter, Fresh Air Weekly, to get interview highlights, staff recommendations, gems from the archive, and the week's interviews and reviews all in one place. Sign up at www.whyy.org/freshair

 

#299

An inside look at President Trump's campaign to acquire Greenland

New Yorker writer Ben Taub tells Dave Davies that while the idea of acquiring Greenland is... more

Yesterday

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Yesterday


#298

Remembering the nation's 'Lost Founder'

Jesse Wegman talks to Dave Davies about James Wilson. A brilliant lawyer who helped craft ... more

Yesterday

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Yesterday


#297

Scholar Eddie Glaude Jr. reflects on America at 250

Glaude's book, 'America, U.S.A.,' looks at the country through the lens of its previous an... more

15 Jun 2026

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15 Jun 2026


#296

Best Of: 'Book of Mormon' turns 15 / Actor Clarke Peters

Fifteen years after ‘The Book of Mormon’ made its Broadway debut, original cast members An... more

13 Jun 2026

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13 Jun 2026


#295

Andrew Scott/Remembering author Marjane Satrapi

In the new film 'Pressure,' Scott plays an Army meteorologist advising military officials ... more

12 Jun 2026

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46:17

12 Jun 2026


#294

'Daily Show' comic Josh Johnson

Johnson says he’s not shy about sharing his insecurities on stage. "One of the most connec... more

11 Jun 2026

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11 Jun 2026


#293

Josh O'Connor takes the lead in 'Disclosure Day'

O'Connor stars as a cybersecurity expert who decides the world deserves to know the truth ... more

11 Jun 2026

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11 Jun 2026


#292

How sky-high ticket prices, war & politics could impact the World Cup

The biggest World Cup ever starts this week. Laura Williamson, editor in chief of The Athl... more

09 Jun 2026

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45:18

09 Jun 2026


#291

Andrew Rannells & Josh Gad look back on 15 years of ‘Book of Mormon’

Fifteen years after ‘The Book of Mormon’ made its Broadway debut, original cast members An... more

08 Jun 2026

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44:52

08 Jun 2026


#290

Best Of: Novelist Maggie O’Farrell / A personal history of the N-Word

Maggie O’Farrell wrote the novel ‘Hamnet’ and co-wrote the screenplay for the film adaptat... more

06 Jun 2026

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06 Jun 2026


#289

Alan Cumming / Angela Lansbury

The Tony Awards are this Sunday. To celebrate, we’re listening back to two award-winners f... more

05 Jun 2026

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46:01

05 Jun 2026


#288

Clarke Peters: From ‘The Wire’ to ‘The Boroughs’

Peters’ credits include police Detective Lester Freamon in ‘The Wire,’ a Vietnam veteran i... more

04 Jun 2026

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44:42

04 Jun 2026


#287

How a single decision made a century ago split a family by race

Pope Leo XIV’s Creole family roots inspired New Orleanian journalist Susan Saulny to resea... more

03 Jun 2026

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44:28

03 Jun 2026


#286

'Hamnet' novelist Maggie O'Farrell maps her Irish roots in 'Land'

O’Farrell’s 2020 novel ‘Hamnet’ was adapted into an award-winning film last year. She co-w... more

02 Jun 2026

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02 Jun 2026


#285

Richard Pryor’s daughter Elizabeth is a scholar of the N-word

Historian Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor has spent her career tracing the racial slur, the N-wor... more

01 Jun 2026

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01 Jun 2026


#284

Best Of: ‘Boroughs’ Actor Alfre Woodard / Rose Byrne

Alfre Woodard stars in a new Netflix sci-fi mystery series ‘The Boroughs,’ from the creato... more

30 May 2026

48 MINS

48:55

30 May 2026


#283

Remembering jazz giant Sonny Rollins

The great jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins died Monday at the age of 95. He was known for hi... more

29 May 2026

46 MINS

46:18

29 May 2026


#282

‘Boroughs’ actor Alfre Woodard reminds us to look to our elders

Alfre Woodard stars in the new Netflix series ‘The Boroughs,’ a supernatural mystery from ... more

28 May 2026

43 MINS

43:40

28 May 2026


#281

Obama staffer Ben Rhodes on Iran negotiations and the battle for American identity

Ben Rhodes was a speechwriter and Deputy National Security Advisor to President Obama. He ... more

27 May 2026

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27 May 2026