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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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The Promise & Peril Of AI

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Seth Rogen Lands The 'Tragic' Job Of Studio Head

In his new Apple TV+ series The Studio, Seth Rogen plays an anxious Hollywood executive de... more

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The Red Scare & America's Conspiratorial Politics

Writer Clay Risen describes a political movement which destroyed the careers of thousands ... more

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Best Of: Comic Bill Burr / Actor Simu Liu

Bill Burr knows exactly where his sense of humor comes from. He learned at an early age th... more

15 Mar 2025

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#296

Texan-Palestinian Comic Mo Amer

Amer's Netflix comedy series about his life, Mo, is now in its second season. His family i... more

14 Mar 2025

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#295

Remembering The South African Playwright Who Defied Apartheid

Athol Fugard's plays, like Blood Knot and Master Harold and the Boys, were about the emoti... more

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#294

Comic Bill Burr [Extended Version]

Burr talks with Terry Gross about processing his abusive childhood, a therapeutic mushroom... more

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#293

The Gutting Of The Department Of Education

The Department of Education is reportedly eliminating 50% of its workforce. Washington Pos... more

12 Mar 2025

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#292

The Campaign To Silence Journalists & Undermine Free Speech

In 2019, Justice Clarence Thomas raised the prospect of overturning one of the most conseq... more

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Comic Bill Burr On Musk, Magic Mushrooms & Healing From His Childhood

Bill Burr knows exactly where his sense of humor comes from. He learned at an early age th... more

10 Mar 2025

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Best Of: Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens / 'White Lotus' Actor Natasha Rothwell

We're joined by a New Orleans institution — clarinetist and vocalist Doreen Ketchens. She'... more

08 Mar 2025

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#289

Remembering New York Dolls Frontman David Johansen

The 1970s band The New York Dolls made only two studio albums, but the group was hugely in... more

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Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

In 2012, three deep-sea divers were on a routine dive in the North Sea when one of the div... more

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#287

How Did DEI Become Part Of A Political Agenda — And A Slur?

Georgetown professor Ella Washington and Harvard professor Frank Dobbin discuss the benefi... more

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Mardi Gras With New Orleans Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens

Known as "Lady Louie," Doreen Ketchens has been a fixture of the French Quarter for nearly... more

04 Mar 2025

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#285

How A Writer's Life Changed In A Second

Hanif Kureishi began his new memoir just days after a fall left him paralyzed. He describe... more

03 Mar 2025

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Best Of: Growing Up Murdoch / DOGE's Cuts To The Federal Workforce

Atlantic staff writer McKay Coppins describes the rivalry among the children of 93 year-ol... more

01 Mar 2025

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Jeremy Strong / Sebastian Stan / Adrien Brody

The Academy Awards are this Sunday. We hear from the two stars of the film The Apprentice,... more

28 Feb 2025

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Natasha Rothwell Checks Back Into 'The White Lotus'

In the new season of The White Lotus, Natasha Rothwell reprises her role of spa manager Be... more

27 Feb 2025

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The Ripple Effect Of Musk's Government Purge

DOGE has eliminated thousands of federal jobs and canceled more than 1,000 contracts. Harv... more

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