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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. Support public media by joining NPR+ at [plus.npr.org.] (http://plus.npr.org/) You’ll get perks for over 25 NPR podcasts, including weekly bonus episodes and curated playlists of archive interviews from Fresh Air.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: 'Spider-Man' dir. Destin Daniel Cretton / Novelist Harriet Clark

Spider-Man: Brand New Day continues to break box office records, after having the biggest ... more

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Reckoning with America’s history of slavery

Poet and writer Clint Smith says we are taught to think of slavery as something that happe... more

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Colman Domingo loves a challenge

Colman Domingo is nominated for two Emmy Awards for two very different performances — in t... more

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The race for tech supremacy: The U.S. vs. China

China produces at least 70% of the world’s drones, electric vehicles, lithium-ion batterie... more

12 Aug 2026

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12 Aug 2026


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‘Spider-Man’ director Destin Daniel Cretton

Cretton grew up in Hawaii, and says movies expanded his perspective: “That is how I travel... more

11 Aug 2026

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Silicon Valley billionaires’ war on democracy

Journalist Gil Durán argues that a small circle of Silicon Valley billionaires and venture... more

10 Aug 2026

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10 Aug 2026


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Best Of: Jia Tolentino on plastic surgery & AI / ‘Beef’ creator Lee Sun Jin

Seven years ago, New Yorker staff writer Jia Tolentino coined the term “Instagram Face.” N... more

08 Aug 2026

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08 Aug 2026


#293

Remembering ‘The Man Who Listens to Horses’

The internationally acclaimed horseman Monty Roberts defied the conventional method of bre... more

07 Aug 2026

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07 Aug 2026


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Novelist Claire Vaye Watkins on the beauty & brutality of the desert

Claire Vaye Watkins' new novel, 'Yellow Pine,' is about a group of misfits and activists i... more

06 Aug 2026

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06 Aug 2026


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How Trump made an estimated $2.2 billion last year

New York Times reporter Eric Lipton discusses his Pulitzer Prize-winning investigations in... more

05 Aug 2026

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05 Aug 2026


#290

Jean Smart bids farewell to ‘Hacks’

The fifth and final season of the HBO comedy series ‘Hacks’ is nominated for 24 Emmys, inc... more

04 Aug 2026

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04 Aug 2026


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Miss America ‘68, women’s lib, and the politics of beauty

Historian Micki McElya’s book, ‘Liberation Summer,’ revisits September 1968, when three gr... more

03 Aug 2026

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03 Aug 2026


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Best Of: ‘Odyssey’ translator Emily Wilson / Actor Jon Bernthal

Christopher Nolan’s new film ‘The Odyssey’ is a box-office hit, but classics scholar Emily... more

01 Aug 2026

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01 Aug 2026


#287

Remembering Irish singer–songwriter Glen Hansard

Irish musician Glen Hansard, best-known for his band The Frames and his part in the 2007 f... more

31 Jul 2026

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31 Jul 2026


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Actor Jon Bernthal on grit, dedication & the teacher who saved him

Bernthal often plays intense, violent, damaged characters, like Mikey from ‘The Bear’ and ... more

30 Jul 2026

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‘Odyssey’ translator Emily Wilson: Nolan should've hired a screenwriter

Renowned classics scholar Emily Wilson caused a stir when her critical review of Christoph... more

29 Jul 2026

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29 Jul 2026


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The forces that shape gun culture

Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘New York Times’ reporter Mike McIntire says gun companies and the ... more

28 Jul 2026

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28 Jul 2026


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French-Moroccan writer Leïla Slimani on feminism & freedom

Award-winning writer Leïla Slimani grew up in Morocco, where women were second-class citiz... more

27 Jul 2026

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27 Jul 2026


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Best Of: Broadway legend André De Shields / Apache Chef Nephi Craig

At the age of 80, André De Shields is now on Broadway in “CATS: The Jellicle Ball.” He won... more

25 Jul 2026

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25 Jul 2026


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A former nun on why she ran away from her 'Cloistered' life

Poverty, chastity, obedience, total devotion – and rebellion. Catherine Coldstream talks w... more

24 Jul 2026

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24 Jul 2026