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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

 

#298

Best Of: Boots Riley / Will Sharpe

Boots Riley talks about his new film, ‘I Love Boosters.' It stars Keke Palmer as the leade... more

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#297

Remembering Philip Caputo, who wrote an unflinching Vietnam War memoir

Philip Caputo wrote the 1977 acclaimed and unflinching memoir ‘A Rumor of War,’ about lead... more

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Yesterday


#296

How Trump increased China's global power

Former national security official Rush Doshi says President Trump’s 2025 sky-high tariffs ... more

14 May 2026

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14 May 2026


#295

Boots Riley wants to 'compel and repel' you

Boots Riley’s new film is called ‘I Love Boosters,’ and it stars Keke Palmer as the leader... more

13 May 2026

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13 May 2026


#294

Inside a journalist’s year of using AI for (almost) everything

Tech writer Joanna Stern used AI to read medical results, respond to texts and serve as he... more

12 May 2026

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45:44

12 May 2026


#293

Will Sharpe imagines Mozart's day-to-day in 'Amadeus'

Sharpe played a newly rich tech bro on vacation in Italy the second season of ‘The White L... more

11 May 2026

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11 May 2026


#292

Best Of: Novelist Douglas Stuart / ‘Half Man’ Actor Richard Gadd

Like the main character in his Booker Prize-winning novel 'Shuggie Bain,' writer Douglas S... more

09 May 2026

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47:46

09 May 2026


#291

Broadway producer Jeffrey Seller, from ‘RENT’ to ‘Hamilton’

Broadway producer Jeffrey Seller played a key role in the production of RENT, Hamilton, In... more

08 May 2026

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46:03

08 May 2026


#290

Nathan Lane is being tested (and he loves it)

Nathan Lane just received a Tony nomination for his starring role as Willy Loman in ‘Arthu... more

07 May 2026

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07 May 2026


#289

How Silicon Valley has profited by aligning with MAGA

Atlantic writer George Packer discusses how tech venture capitalists, who are heavily inve... more

06 May 2026

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44:23

06 May 2026


#288

Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw’s path from ‘Backtalker’ to legal scholar

Crenshaw named two of the most contested ideas in American politics: intersectionality and... more

05 May 2026

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05 May 2026


#287

Scottish novelist Douglas Stuart on the isolation of secret-keeping

Like a number of his characters, Booker Prize-winning novelist Douglas Stuart grew up work... more

04 May 2026

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45:37

04 May 2026


#286

Best Of: Flea / Nick Offerman

Flea co-founded the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1982. The bass/trumpet player spoke with Terr... more

02 May 2026

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48:43

02 May 2026


#285

Remembering symphony conductor Michael Tilson Thomas

We remember conductor, composer and musician Michael Tilson Thomas, who died April 22 at a... more

01 May 2026

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44:59

01 May 2026


#284

Richard Gadd is looking at the ‘dangers of repression’

‘Baby Reindeer’ was an unexpected hit on Netflix in 2024. Now its creator and star is back... more

30 Apr 2026

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30 Apr 2026


#283

How Trump's EPA head has transformed the agency — and sided with polluters

‘New Yorker’ staff writer Elizabeth Kolbert says EPA chief Lee Zeldin has rescinded regula... more

29 Apr 2026

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29 Apr 2026


#282

Flea’s wild path from childhood to Chili Peppers

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have sold tens of millions of albums and taken home multiple Gra... more

28 Apr 2026

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28 Apr 2026


#281

Nick Offerman gets an emotional arc

Best known for his role as Ron Swanson on ‘Parks and Recreation,’ Nick Offerman plays a fo... more

27 Apr 2026

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45:23

27 Apr 2026