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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: Fighting for free press in Russia / ‘Fear and Fury’

Julia Loktev’s latest documentary, ‘My Undesirable Friends - Part 1: Last Air in Moscow,’ ... more

Yesterday

47 MINS

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Yesterday


#299

A 50th anniversary celebration of ‘Taxi Driver’

Martin Scorsese's masterpiece about loneliness, urban decay, and vigilantism is 50 years o... more

06 Feb 2026

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47:10

06 Feb 2026


#298

Following independent journalists fighting for free press in Russia

Julia Loktev's acclaimed documentary, ‘My Undesirable Friends,’ follows young Russian jour... more

05 Feb 2026

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43:35

05 Feb 2026


#297

Is America headed toward dictatorship?

Atlantic writer Robert Kagan says as President Trump violates norms, laws and the Constitu... more

04 Feb 2026

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44:23

04 Feb 2026


#296

How Rupert Murdoch built an empire and broke his family

We go inside the real succession story within the Murdoch family media empire. It includes... more

03 Feb 2026

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44:16

03 Feb 2026


#295

Ethan Hawke

"Every now and then you bump up against a part that presses you to the wall of your abilit... more

02 Feb 2026

44 MINS

44:12

02 Feb 2026


#294

Best Of: Novelists Liz Moore & Julian Barnes

Liz Moore’s bestselling book, ‘Long Bright River,’ was set in a troubled Philadelphia neig... more

31 Jan 2026

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48:47

31 Jan 2026


#293

Guillermo Del Toro would ‘rather die’ than use generative AI

When Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro was a kid growing up in Guadalajara, Mexic... more

30 Jan 2026

44 MINS

44:34

30 Jan 2026


#292

Former NBC producer on silence, shame and finding words after #MeToo

Brooke Nevils was a young NBC producer working the 2014 Sochi Olympics when, she says, ‘To... more

29 Jan 2026

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43:58

29 Jan 2026


#291

Inside the U.S. reversal on climate change action

President Trump calls global warming "a hoax." As the U.S. faces more severe storms and ex... more

28 Jan 2026

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44:32

28 Jan 2026


#290

How Tucker Carlson Became Right-Wing Media’s Most Significant Voice

‘New Yorker’ staff writer Jason Zengerle says after Tucker Carlson was let go from CNN and... more

27 Jan 2026

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45:07

27 Jan 2026


#289

The Rebirth Of White Rage

Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Heather Ann Thompson talks about the 1984 New York City s... more

26 Jan 2026

44 MINS

44:09

26 Jan 2026


#288

Best Of: Writers Rachel Eliza Griffiths & Quiara Alegría Hudes

When writer Rachel Eliza Griffiths married Salman Rushdie in 2021, she expected her weddin... more

24 Jan 2026

46 MINS

46:43

24 Jan 2026


#287

A Mel Brooks Appreciation!

He’s the subject of a new two-part HBO documentary by Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio ca... more

23 Jan 2026

46 MINS

46:31

23 Jan 2026


#286

Writer Quiara Alegría Hudes On ‘White Hot’ Rage

The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright has written a debut novel that asks a provocative qu... more

22 Jan 2026

43 MINS

43:51

22 Jan 2026


#285

Are ICE Agents In Minneapolis Breaking The Law?

As protestors clash with some 3,000 federal immigration agents in the Twin Cities, we look... more

21 Jan 2026

44 MINS

44:21

21 Jan 2026


#284

Poet Rachel Eliza Griffiths On Love, Tragedy & ‘Survivor Mode’

On the day Griffiths married author Salman Rushdie, her long time best friend died unexpec... more

20 Jan 2026

44 MINS

44:29

20 Jan 2026


#283

How Racism Costs Everyone

Four years ago, Heather McGhee examined a question at the heart of American life: Why do s... more

19 Jan 2026

45 MINS

45:07

19 Jan 2026


#282

Best Of: Jodie Foster / Tessa Thompson

Jodie Foster has been acting since she was 3. At 12 she was nominated for an Oscar for her... more

17 Jan 2026

48 MINS

48:56

17 Jan 2026


#281

Remembering Grateful Dead Founding Member Bob Weir

We remember Bob Weir, founding member of the Grateful Dead, who died last week at 78. The ... more

16 Jan 2026

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46:48

16 Jan 2026