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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

 

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Best Of: Actor Amanda Peet / Re-examining Toni Morrison

Amanda Peet is in the new film ‘Fantasy Life’ and the series ‘Your Friends & Neighbors.’ I... more

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John Waters, 'Pope of Trash,' turns 80!

We celebrate the 80th birthday of the filmmaker known as ‘The Pope of Trash’ and ‘The Prin... more

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Palestinian & Israeli activists share a vision of peace

Israeli Maoz Inon's parents were killed by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attacks. Palestinian Aziz A... more

16 Apr 2026

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16 Apr 2026


#295

Amanda Peet

Amanda Peet is always waiting for the other shoe to drop. Except last year there seemed to... more

15 Apr 2026

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15 Apr 2026


#294

A veteran diplomat breaks down the Iran war

The war entered a new phase when President Trump began a U.S. naval blockade of the Strait... more

14 Apr 2026

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14 Apr 2026


#293

Have we been reading Toni Morrison all wrong?

In a new book, Harvard professor Namwali Serpell makes the case that we have been reading ... more

13 Apr 2026

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13 Apr 2026


#292

Best Of: Arsenio Hall / Jeff Ross

Arsenio Hall grew up in Cleveland dreaming of being the next Johnny Carson – kind of. “I w... more

11 Apr 2026

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11 Apr 2026


#291

St. Vincent

Singer, songwriter, and guitarist St. Vincent is known for her powerful guitar riffs and d... more

10 Apr 2026

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#290

Inside a mobile OB/GYN clinic

Dr. Mary Fariba Afsari's book, ‘Labor,’ is a portrait of reproductive healthcare in post-D... more

09 Apr 2026

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09 Apr 2026


#289

Humorist Annabelle Gurwitch faces stage 4 cancer, finds ‘unexpected joys’

In 2020, writer Annabelle Gurwitch went to urgent care for a COVID-19 test and learned she... more

08 Apr 2026

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08 Apr 2026


#288

Comic Jeff Ross on roasting, loss and his epic bar mitzvah

Known for his ruthless celebrity roasts, Ross turns inward in his Netflix special, ‘Take a... more

07 Apr 2026

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07 Apr 2026


#287

Arsenio Hall

Hall grew up in Cleveland dreaming of being the next Johnny Carson. He got close – closer ... more

06 Apr 2026

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06 Apr 2026


#286

Best Of: John Lithgow / Sondheim’s tumultuous life

We talk with John Lithgow, veteran of hundreds of performances on stage, screen and televi... more

04 Apr 2026

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04 Apr 2026


#285

Julio Torres spins immigrant stress into satire

As a gay, atheist teenager in El Salvador, Julio Torres felt like an alien. He was legally... more

03 Apr 2026

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03 Apr 2026


#284

John Lithgow

Lithgow, 80, plays an intelligence agent in the FX action series 'The Old Man,' and he's c... more

02 Apr 2026

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#283

An exposé of the plastic industry

In award-winning journalist Beth Gardiner’s new book, ‘Plastic Inc.,’ she traces how plast... more

01 Apr 2026

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01 Apr 2026


#282

Inside the training camps for “alpha males”

The Trump era has brought a resurgence of the “alpha male.” ‘New Yorker’ writer Charles Be... more

31 Mar 2026

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31 Mar 2026


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Former Infowars employee on Alex Jones' conspiracy machine

Josh Owens spent four years as a video editor and field producer for Jones' Infowars media... more

30 Mar 2026

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30 Mar 2026