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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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Best Of: A Writer Grapples With A Life-Changing Accident / The Post WWII 'Red Scare'

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

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After A Friend's Suicide, A Writer Inherits His Grieving Dog

Sigrid Nunez's 2018 novel The Friend won the National Book Award. It's now a film, starrin... more

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The Former Jihadist Trying To Remake Syria

Atlantic writer Robert Worth talks about Syria's transitional president, Ahmed al-Sharaa. ... more

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Amanda Knox Is 'Free,' But Is That Enough?

Amanda Knox spent nearly four years in an Italian prison for a murder she didn't commit. A... more

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#296

Inside The 'Mad House' Of Congressional Disfunction

The MAGA-controlled 118th House passed only 27 bills that became law — the lowest number s... more

25 Mar 2025

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#295

A Legal Scholar On 10 Laws 'Ruining America'

Legal scholar Elie Mystal talks about his new book, Bad Law: Ten Popular Laws That Are Rui... more

24 Mar 2025

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24 Mar 2025


#294

Best Of: Seth Rogen / Can The Dems Win Back The Bros?

Seth Rogen created a new AppleTV+ series, The Studio, which is a satirical look at how exe... more

22 Mar 2025

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22 Mar 2025


#293

50 Years Of 'Rocky Horror'

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is 50 years old, and still going strong in midnight theaters... more

21 Mar 2025

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#292

The Political Battle For The Bros

Popular podcasts in the "manosphere" helped sway young men to go MAGA in the 2024 election... more

20 Mar 2025

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20 Mar 2025


#291

The Promise & Peril Of AI

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Rivlin says regulation can help control how AI is u... more

19 Mar 2025

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19 Mar 2025


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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

18 Mar 2025

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18 Mar 2025


#289

The Red Scare & America's Conspiratorial Politics

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

17 Mar 2025

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#288

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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#287

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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14 Mar 2025


#286

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

13 Mar 2025

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13 Mar 2025


#285

Comic Bill Burr [Extended Version]

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

13 Mar 2025

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#284

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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12 Mar 2025


#283

The Campaign To Silence Journalists & Undermine Free Speech

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

11 Mar 2025

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11 Mar 2025


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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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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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