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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

 

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Malala Yousafzai On Breaking Rules & Finding Her Way

After surviving the Taliban's 2012 attempted assassination, activist Malala Yousafzai didn... more

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Ken Burns On The American Revolution

Burns' new six-part PBS documentary series includes the perspectives of women, Native Amer... more

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Best Of: Julian Brave NoiseCat / Laufey

Julian Brave NoiseCat's Oscar-nominated documentary Sugarcane is about the mostly Catholic... more

18 Oct 2025

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A Girl Grows Up In The Epicenter Of Gay Liberation

The new movie Fairyland, produced by Sofia Coppola, is adapted from the memoir by Alysia A... more

17 Oct 2025

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A Story Of Indigenous Survival & Resurgence

Filmmaker and writer Julian Brave NoiseCat is the son of an Indigenous Canadian father and... more

16 Oct 2025

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#295

How Trump’s Transactional Nature Led To The Ceasefire

Former State Department negotiator Aaron David Miller, now a senior fellow at the Carnegie... more

15 Oct 2025

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15 Oct 2025


#294

Remembering Diane Keaton

The incomparable Diane Keaton died last week at age 79. Her career spanned more than five ... more

14 Oct 2025

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#293

Mitch Albom Is A 'Walking Example Of A Second Chance'

Albom's new novel, Twice, asks a question most of us have daydreamed about: what if you co... more

13 Oct 2025

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13 Oct 2025


#292

Best Of: Dwayne Johnson / Comic Cristela Alonzo

WWE superstar Dwayne Johnson plays MMA fighter Mark Kerr in Benny Safdie's The Smashing Ma... more

11 Oct 2025

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11 Oct 2025


#291

Jane Goodall

Today we’re remembering renowned primatologist Jane Goodall, known for her work researchin... more

10 Oct 2025

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10 Oct 2025


#290

National Guard Deployment In American Cities

President Trump has deployed National Guard troops to Portland, Chicago and D.C., and whil... more

09 Oct 2025

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#289

Laufey Is Unapologetically Herself

Icelandic jazz-pop star Laufey spoke with Terry Gross about her classical training in cell... more

08 Oct 2025

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'Dopesick' Writer Returns To Her 'Fractured' Hometown

Journalist and Dopesick author Beth Macy returned to the Ohio factory town where she grew ... more

07 Oct 2025

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Poet Ada Limón On Writing In Uncertain Times

As the nation’s 24th Poet Laureate, Ada Limón has spent her career writing about the harde... more

06 Oct 2025

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06 Oct 2025


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Best Of: Scarlett Johansson & June Squibb / Mark Ronson

Oscar-nominated actors Scarlett Johansson and June Squibb talk about their new film, Elean... more

04 Oct 2025

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Al Pacino & Sidney Lumet: 'Dog Day Afternoon' At 50

A film about a man trying to fund a gender-affirming operation by robbing a bank sounds li... more

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

The WWE superstar considered pursuing a career in mixed martial arts before realizing, "I ... more

02 Oct 2025

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02 Oct 2025


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Implications Of The DOJ Targeting The President’s Critics

President Trump is pressuring the Department of Justice to pursue his political enemies, l... more

01 Oct 2025

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01 Oct 2025


#282

Mark Ronson On DJing In The '90s

Oscar and Grammy-winning music producer Mark Ronson says nothing beats the rush of a great... more

30 Sep 2025

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30 Sep 2025


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Comic Cristela Alonzo

For the first seven years of her life, Cristela Alonzo lived in an abandoned diner in a so... more

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