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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 American Presidency, Redefined

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Best Of: Mixed Marriage Project / How Racism Costs Everyone

Dorothy Roberts’ father was a white anthropologist who studied interracial marriages and h... more

14 Feb 2026

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48:07

14 Feb 2026


#298

‘Sinners’ Songwriter Raphael Saadiq

Singer, songwriter, and producer Raphael Saadiq is known for his work as a member of Tony!... more

13 Feb 2026

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13 Feb 2026


#297

Fela Kuti and the music of political resistance

Considered the father of Afrobeat, Nigerian musician Fela Kuti used his music in the 1970s... more

12 Feb 2026

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12 Feb 2026


#296

Excavating the Epstein files

British journalist Vicky Ward first profiled sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2003 for Vani... more

11 Feb 2026

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45:16

11 Feb 2026


#295

Love, Race & the ‘Mixed Marriage Project’

Almost a decade after her father's death, legal scholar Dorothy Roberts had to confront th... more

10 Feb 2026

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10 Feb 2026


#294

The Ruby Ridge siege & conspiracy-laced politics in America

We look back at the 1992 siege at Ruby Ridge in Idaho, where gunfire left two civilians an... more

09 Feb 2026

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45:44

09 Feb 2026


#293

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

07 Feb 2026

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07 Feb 2026


#292

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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06 Feb 2026


#291

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


#290

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


#289

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


#288

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

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44:12

02 Feb 2026


#287

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

48 MINS

48:47

31 Jan 2026


#286

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

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30 Jan 2026


#285

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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29 Jan 2026


#284

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

44 MINS

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28 Jan 2026


#283

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

45 MINS

45:07

27 Jan 2026


#282

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


#281

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