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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.
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- Nov13Ethan Hawke On The Role That Pushed Him To His Limit44mins
- Nov12Who Is Laura Loomer, Trump's 'Loyalty Enforcer'?45mins
- Nov11Nutrition, SNAP & Why We Need A Food Revolution45mins
- Nov10Tim Robbins Believes In The Power Of Theater45mins
- Nov8Best Of: Judd Apatow / Misty Copeland46mins
- Nov7Patti Smith’s ‘Horses’ Turns 5046mins
- Nov6Trump's Options To Subvert The 2026 Midterms44mins
- Nov5Misty Copeland Begins A New Chapter45mins
- Nov4The Undoing Of The Department Of Justice43mins
- Nov3Richard Linklater: 'Filmmaking Is Problem Solving'43mins
- Nov1Best Of: Guillermo Del Toro / Cameron Crowe48mins
- Oct31The Making Of ‘Young Frankenstein’47mins
- Oct30The ‘Shadow President’ Dismantling The Government43mins
- Oct29Filmmaker Nia DaCosta Defies Categorization44mins
- Oct28Judd Apatow Unpacks His Comedy Memorabilia44mins
- Oct27For Cameron Crowe, Being 'Uncool' Is A Badge Of Honor46mins
- Oct25Best Of: Malala Yousafzai / Ken Burns On The Revolutionary War47mins
- Oct24Remembering NPR 'Founding Mother' Susan Stamberg46mins
- Oct23Guillermo Del Toro Finally Makes His Own 'Frankenstein'45mins
- Oct22Confused By The U.S. Economy? You're Not Alone46mins
- Oct21Malala Yousafzai On Breaking Rules & Finding Her Way44mins
- Oct20Ken Burns On The American Revolution45mins
- Oct18Best Of: Julian Brave NoiseCat / Laufey47mins
- Oct17A Girl Grows Up In The Epicenter Of Gay Liberation44mins
- Oct16A Story Of Indigenous Survival & Resurgence43mins
- Oct15How Trump’s Transactional Nature Led To The Ceasefire45mins
- Oct14Remembering Diane Keaton45mins
- Oct13Mitch Albom Is A 'Walking Example Of A Second Chance'43mins
- Oct11Best Of: Dwayne Johnson / Comic Cristela Alonzo48mins
- Oct10Jane Goodall45mins
- Oct9National Guard Deployment In American Cities45mins
- Oct8Laufey Is Unapologetically Herself46mins
- Oct7'Dopesick' Writer Returns To Her 'Fractured' Hometown45mins
- Oct6Poet Ada Limón On Writing In Uncertain Times45mins
- Oct4Best Of: Scarlett Johansson & June Squibb / Mark Ronson47mins
- Oct3Al Pacino & Sidney Lumet: 'Dog Day Afternoon' At 5046mins
- Oct2Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson45mins
- Oct1Implications Of The DOJ Targeting The President’s Critics45mins
- Sep30Mark Ronson On DJing In The '90s44mins
- Sep29Comic Cristela Alonzo44mins
- Sep27Best Of: Samin Nosrat / Elizabeth Gilbert48mins
- Sep26Jimmy Kimmel's Path To Late Night44mins
- Sep25Scarlett Johansson & June Squibb On 'Eleanor The Great'43mins
- Sep23Samin Nosrat Is Embracing 'Good Things'45mins
- Sep22Elizabeth Gilbert On Love, Loss, And Liberation44mins
- Sep20Best Of: Jude Law / Pedro Pascal47mins
- Sep19Robert Redford, Over The Years45mins
- Sep18Jude Law43mins
- Sep17How Charlie Kirk Became A Voice Of Conservative Youth44mins
- Sep16Mary Roach On Our Remarkable, Replaceable Bodies46mins
- Sep15The Cost Of Gun Violence On Black Life45mins
Sep14Terry Gross On 50 Years Of Fresh Air (Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso)100mins- Sep14Best Of: Rob Reiner On 'Spinal Tap II' / Billy Strings48mins
- Sep12Inside Netflix's 'Adolescence'44mins
- Sep11NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner44mins
- Sep10The Future Of Free And Fair Elections45mins
- Sep9Rob Reiner's 'Spinal Tap' Still Goes To 1145mins
- Sep8Bluegrass Star Billy Strings44mins
- Sep6Best Of : Jane Fonda / Spike Lee48mins
- Sep5Noah Wyle, Star Of 'The Pitt'44mins
- Sep4How Does Pain Work? Dr. Sanjay Gupta Explains45mins
- Sep3RFK Jr.'s Impact On Americans' Health45mins
- Sep2Jane Fonda Is Not Backing Down45mins
- Sep1Roots of Rock and R&B: Dion and Allen Toussaint46mins
- Aug30Roots of R&B: Charles Brown & Ray Charles49mins
- Aug29Roots of R&B: 'Stand By Me'46mins
- Aug27Roots of R&B: Johnny Otis & Etta James46mins
- Aug26Roots of Rock: Sun Records & Johnny Cash46mins
- Aug25Roots Of Rock: "Blue Suede Shoes"45mins
- Aug22Remembering Actor Terence Stamp45mins
- Aug21Robert Reich: The Baby Boomers Fell Short43mins
- Aug20The Dramatic Overhaul Of The Justice Dept.45mins
- Aug19Spike Lee On Dynamic Duos & Reimagining Kurosawa44mins
- Aug18Bowen Yang's 'Wicked' White Lie45mins
- Aug15Thomas Mallon44mins
- Aug15Best Of: AI's Writing Critique / The Rise And Fall Of Condé Nast48mins
- Aug14Pedro Pascal Got Fired A Lot43mins
- Aug13Musician Charley Crockett's Road From Busking To The Grammys45mins
- Aug12Jeff Hiller's Big Break Came In His 40s43mins
- Aug11Daniel Dae Kim Fakes His Own Death In 'Butterfly'46mins
- Aug9Best Of: Making 'Born To Run' / Why We Can't Sleep48mins
- Aug8Remembering Eddie Palmieri / Funk Innovator George Clinton46mins
- Aug7The Making Of Springsteen's 'Born To Run'46mins
- Aug6The Nihilistic War In Sudan45mins
- Aug5Sarah Silverman Gets the Last Laugh in 'PostMortem'44mins
- Aug4How The 1979 Revolution Transformed Iran44mins
- Aug2Best Of: Mariska Hargitay / Marc Maron43mins
- Jul31Correcting The Record On Elvis's Manager43mins
- Jul30Has NASA Ceded Its Mission To Elon Musk?44mins
- Jul29Comic Marc Maron On Grief, Cats, And Being Openhearted44mins
- Jul28Mariska Hargitay On Freeing Herself From Generational Trauma44mins
- Jul26Best Of: Actor Leslie Uggams / Martha's Vineyard's Indigenous Past & Present48mins
- Jul25Remembering Lyricist Alan Bergman / The 'Outrageous' Jessica Mitford46mins
- Jul24The Shifting Landscape Of Higher Education44mins
- Jul23A Chatbot Reacts To A Book About Tech45mins
- Jul22Leslie Uggams Looks Back On Her Decades In Show Business46mins
- Jul21Martha's Vineyard's Indigenous Past & Present44mins
- Jul19Best Of: Stacey Abrams / Raphael Saadiq46mins
- Jul18In The Dugout With Baseball All Stars47mins
- Jul18Congress has voted to eliminate government funding for public media2mins
- Jul17The Dominance & Decline Of The Condé Nast Magazine Empire43mins
- Jul16Rising Floods, Cuts To FEMA And Future Chaos44mins
- Jul15Stacey Abrams On American Autocracy & Her New Chapter44mins
- Jul14The 'Jailhouse Lawyer' Who Freed Innocent People — Including Himself44mins
- Jul12Best Of: A 'Failed' Child Star / A Novel About Pregnancy Post-Roe48mins
- Jul11Danzy Senna Writes Herself (& Other Mixed-Race People) Into Existence44mins
- Jul10SCOTUS & The Reconception Of American Constitutional Order44mins
- Jul9Doula & Novelist Leila Mottley On The Nuance Of Young Parenthood44mins
- Jul8Raphael Saadiq's Secret To Creative Success: 'Dare To Suck'45mins
- Jul7Can't Sleep? You're Not Alone45mins
- Jul5Best Of: 'Hamilton' Producer Jeffrey Seller / Ebon Moss-Bachrach On 'The Bear'47mins
- Jul4How Louis Armstrong Became The First Black Pop Star45mins
- Jul3A 'Failed Child Star' Looks Back On Her Unconventional Childhood43mins
- Jul2How Communities, Families & The Economy Are Impacted By ICE45mins
- Jul1Remembering Renowned Broadcaster Bill Moyers45mins
- Jun30A Theater Kid's Path To Broadway Producer46mins
- Jun28Best Of: 'Hysterical' Podcaster / 'Seinfeld' Writer48mins
- Jun27Remembering War Correspondent Rod Nordland45mins
- Jun26Virgil Abloh's Unconventional Path To Luxury Fashion46mins
- Jun25Ebon Moss-Bachrach Takes Us Inside 'The Bear' Kitchen46mins
- Jun24Will Israel And The U.S. Attacks On Iran Affect Tehran's Regime?45mins
- Jun23Gen Z Is Having Less Sex. Why?46mins
- Jun21Best Of: Benicio del Toro / Molly Jong-Fast48mins
- Jun20Remembering Pioneer Of Gay Lit, Edmund White46mins
- Jun19Painter Titus Kaphar On 'Exhibiting Forgiveness'43mins
- Jun18Podcaster Dan Taberski's Investigation Into An Outbreak Of A Mysterious Illness43mins
- Jun17'Seinfeld' Writer & 'Borat' Director Larry Charles45mins
- Jun16Witnessing Executions In America's Prisons44mins
- Jun14Best Of: Writer Ocean Vuong / Comic Atsuko Okatsuka47mins
- Jun13Remembering Brian Wilson, Leader Of The Beach Boys46mins
- Jun13Benicio del Toro On Living In Wes Anderson's World43mins
- Jun11Inside DOGE, Post Elon Musk45mins
- Jun10Molly Jong-Fast Grew Up With A Mother Addicted To Fame44mins
- Jun9Comic Atsuko Okatsuka Is Owning Her 'Freak'44mins
- Jun7Best Of: The Innovation Of 'I Love Lucy' / Mark Hamill49mins
- Jun6Why We Remember / 'Simpsons' Composer Alf Clausen46mins
- Jun6Ocean Vuong Sees Himself More As A Teacher Than A Writer44mins
- Jun4The Face-Off Between Harvard & The Trump Administration45mins
- Jun3To Shed Luke Skywalker, Mark Hamill Turned To Voiceover Work46mins
- Jun2With 'I Love Lucy,' Desi Arnaz Changed TV Forever45mins
- May31Best Of: Sarah Silverman / Cole Escola48mins
- May30A Veteran Stunt Performer Shares Tricks Of The Trade45mins
- May29Sarah Silverman Finds The Funny In Grief44mins
- May28The Talented Mr. Vance45mins
- May27Author James Patterson On The Art Of Collaboration46mins
- May26Questlove On Sly Stone And The Burden Of Black Genius45mins
- May24Best Of: Education & A.I. / Having A Child In The Digital Age48mins
- May23Remembering Broadway Composer Charles Strouse46mins
- May22Walton Goggins Was Raised By A Village45mins
- May21Professors Are Using A.I., Too. Now What?44mins
- May20Inside The "Cover-Up" Of President Biden's Decline44mins
- May19Cole Escola's 'Stupid' Dream Came True With 'Oh, Mary!'45mins
- May17Best Of: Ramy Youssef / Danny McBride48mins
- May16Zombies Frontman Colin Blunstone46mins
- May15Navigating The 'Wellness' Epidemic45mins
- May14His Cancer Meds Were Nearly $1K A Pill. How Did That Happen?46mins
- May13Ramy Youssef Animates A Muslim Family's Post-9/11 Life45mins
- May12'Righteous Gemstones' Creator Danny McBride's Love Letter To The South44mins
- May10Best Of: Michelle Williams / Sarah Snook48mins
- May9R. Crumb, King Of Underground Comics46mins
- May8Having A Child In The Digital Age45mins
- May7President Trump's Conflicts Of Interest46mins
- May6Michelle Williams Insists On Finding Pleasure & Humor Alongside Pain44mins
- May5Sarah Snook Almost Didn't Audition For 'Succession'44mins
- May3Best Of: Inside The Pronatalist Movement / Making Sense Of Trauma47mins
- May2A Story Of Shipwreck, Mutiny And Murder45mins
- May1Terry Gross Remembers Her Late Husband, Francis Davis45mins
- Apr30Baby Bonuses, Trad Wives & The Pronatalist Movement44mins
- Apr29How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America44mins
- Apr28How Trauma Shapes Us45mins
- Apr26Best Of: 'The Pitt' Star Noah Wyle / 'Sinners' Director Ryan Coogler48mins
- Apr25Merle Haggard On Hopping Trains And Doing Time45mins
- Apr24Are Kids With ADHD Being Treated Effectively?45mins
- Apr23Ryan Coogler Paid A Steep Price For The Films He Made43mins
- Apr22America's Path To 'Competitive Authoritarianism'45mins
- Apr21Noah Wyle Is At Home In 'The Pitt'45mins
- Apr19Best Of: Richard Kind / Melinda French Gates48mins
- Apr18A Love Story At The Center Of The Civil Rights Movement45mins
- Apr17Starvation In American Jail Cells44mins
- Apr16The Real-Life Russian Spies Who Inspired 'The Americans'45mins
- Apr15Melinda French Gates On Giving Away Her 'Absurd' Wealth45mins
- Apr14Richard Kind Is Glad He's Not That Famous46mins
- Apr12Best Of: Jason Isbell / David Tennant48mins
- Apr11'Hacks' Returns! With Jean Smart, Hannah Einbinder, Paul W. Downs46mins
- Apr10The Dark Secrets Of Johnson & Johnson44mins
- Apr9Trump's Tariffs & The Radical Remaking Of The Global Economy44mins
- Apr8The 'Fog Of Delusion' In Biden's Inner Circle44mins
- Apr7At 3 Years Old, David Tennant Knew He Wanted To Be Doctor Who45mins
- Apr5Best Of: Amanda Knox / 'Adolescence' Co-Creator & Actor Stephen Graham48mins
- Apr4Celebrating 20 Years Of 'The Office'47mins
- Apr3Jason Isbell On Love, Heartbreak & Songwriting44mins
- Apr2ICE Campus Arrests & The 'Struggle For The Soul' Of America44mins
- Apr1Writer, Critic & Curator Hilton Als Looks For The Silences44mins
- Mar31'Adolescence' Co-Creator/Actor Asks Not Whodunnit, But Why44mins
- Mar29Best Of: A Writer Grapples With A Life-Changing Accident / The Post WWII 'Red Scare'48mins
- Mar28After A Friend's Suicide, A Writer Inherits His Grieving Dog45mins
- Mar27The Former Jihadist Trying To Remake Syria43mins
- Mar26Amanda Knox Is 'Free,' But Is That Enough?44mins
- Mar25Inside The 'Mad House' Of Congressional Disfunction45mins
- Mar24A Legal Scholar On 10 Laws 'Ruining America'44mins
- Mar22Best Of: Seth Rogen / Can The Dems Win Back The Bros?48mins
- Mar2150 Years Of 'Rocky Horror'46mins
- Mar20The Political Battle For The Bros45mins
- Mar19The Promise & Peril Of AI45mins
- Mar18Seth Rogen Lands The 'Tragic' Job Of Studio Head45mins
- Mar17The Red Scare & America's Conspiratorial Politics44mins
- Mar15Best Of: Comic Bill Burr / Actor Simu Liu48mins
- Mar14Texan-Palestinian Comic Mo Amer46mins
- Mar13Remembering The South African Playwright Who Defied Apartheid45mins
- Mar13Comic Bill Burr [Extended Version]58mins
- Mar12The Gutting Of The Department Of Education44mins
- Mar11The Campaign To Silence Journalists & Undermine Free Speech44mins
- Mar10Comic Bill Burr On Musk, Magic Mushrooms & Healing From His Childhood45mins
- Mar8Best Of: Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens / 'White Lotus' Actor Natasha Rothwell48mins
- Mar7Remembering New York Dolls Frontman David Johansen45mins
- Mar6Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark44mins
- Mar5How Did DEI Become Part Of A Political Agenda — And A Slur?42mins
- Mar4Mardi Gras With New Orleans Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens44mins
- Mar3How A Writer's Life Changed In A Second44mins
- Mar1Best Of: Growing Up Murdoch / DOGE's Cuts To The Federal Workforce48mins
- Feb28Jeremy Strong / Sebastian Stan / Adrien Brody47mins
- Feb27Natasha Rothwell Checks Back Into 'The White Lotus'43mins
- Feb26The Ripple Effect Of Musk's Government Purge45mins
- Feb25The Murdoch Family's Real-Life 'Succession' Rivalry43mins
- Feb24The Battle For The Soul Of The Catholic Church45mins
- Feb22Best Of: Louis Armstrong's Early Years / Our Anti-Social Century48mins
- Feb21Andrew Scott Doesn't See Ripley As A Monster44mins
- Feb20A Family Forged By Haiti's Coup44mins
- Feb19How Regime Change Happens In America45mins
- Feb18What Measles Outbreaks Tell Us About Public Health In America44mins
- Feb17Are Trump's Executive Orders Legal?44mins
- Feb15Best Of: Sebastian Stan / Questlove On The Genius Of Sly Stone48mins
- Feb14'SNL' Turns 50: Aykroyd, Franken, Zweibel & Lovitz46mins
- Feb13'Nickel Boys' Director RaMell Ross Makes The Camera 'An Organ'45mins
- Feb12How Did Elon Musk Become So Powerful In The Trump Administration?45mins
- Feb11For Sebastian Stan, 'The Apprentice' Playing In Theaters Was The Win43mins
- Feb10Questlove On Sly Stone & The Burden Of Black Genius46mins
- Feb8Best Of: Ariana Grande / Inside A Dominatrix's Dungeon48mins
- Feb7Remembering British Singer Marianne Faithfull46mins
- Feb6A Dominatrix/Writer Takes Readers Into A Dungeon43mins
- Feb5Trump's Plan For Gaza / The U.S. Military's Recruiting Crisis45mins
- Feb4Ariana Grande Loves Being In A 'Beautiful Coven'44mins
- Feb3Parenting A Child With Terminal Cancer44mins
- Feb1Best Of: 50 Years Of SNL Musical Guests / Black History Through Blues48mins
- Jan31For 'Severance' Star Adam Scott, Work & Life Can't Be Separated43mins
- Jan30How Louis Armstrong Became The First Black Pop Star45mins
- Jan29This Anti-Social American Life44mins
- Jan28What The Color Blue Tells About Black History44mins
- Jan27Questlove Digs Into 50 years Of 'SNL' Musical Hits (And Misses)45mins
- Jan25Best Of: Jesse Eisenberg / Pamela Anderson48mins
- Jan24Remembering David Lynch46mins
- Jan23Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency44mins
- Jan22Pamela Anderson Is Still Reinventing Herself44mins
- Jan21Jesse Eisenberg Hated Bar Mitzvahs As A Kid44mins
- Jan20MLK, The Organizer & Radical Thinker45mins
- Jan18Best Of: Learning From Silence / Comic Roy Wood Jr.47mins
- Jan17The True Story Of Abuse And Injustice Behind 'Nickel Boys'44mins
- Jan16The Secret History Of The Rape Kit44mins
- Jan15How Losing Everything In A Wildfire Led Pico Iyer To Seek Silence44mins
- Jan14Can The U.S. Aquire Greenland? & Other Q's About Trump Foreign Policy44mins
- Jan13Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism45mins
- Jan11Best Of: Tilda Swinton / Adrien Brody48mins
- Jan10Joan Baez / Suze Rotolo / Al Kooper On Dylan46mins
- Jan9Remembering Jimmy Carter (Part II)44mins
- Jan8Tilda Swinton Thinks About Her Death44mins
- Jan7Adrien Brody Was Made For 'The Brutalist'44mins
- Jan6Getting In Sync With Your Inner Clock45mins
- Jan4Best Of: Comic Ronny Chieng / Writer Miranda July48mins
- Jan3Comic Nikki Glaser On Roasts & Hurt Feelings46mins
- Jan2Alex Van Halen / Selena Gomez48mins
- Jan1Sterling K. Brown Was Told By Hollywood To Lose The "Smart-Guy Thing"45mins
- Dec31Mark Ruffalo Hates The Hulk Suit47mins
- Dec30Remembering President Jimmy Carter (Part I)46mins
- Dec28Maggie Rogers / Kathleen Hanna48mins
- Dec27Connie Chung Regrets Being A Good Girl48mins
- Dec26Jeremy Strong Sees Acting As An Escape From Self46mins
- Dec25Pete Seeger / Bruce Springsteen47mins
- Dec24David Byrne's Christmas Playlist49mins
- Dec23Jon Batiste, Holiday Edition / Questlove Christmas48mins
- Dec21Best Of: Billie Eilish & Finneas / The Colbert Cookbook48mins
- Dec20Bonnie Raitt / Francis Ford Coppola48mins
- Dec19Miranda July Wants Women To Read Their Inner Lives In 'All Fours'47mins
- Dec18The Looming TikTok Ban46mins
- Dec17Billie Eilish & Finneas47mins
- Dec16Comedian Ronny Chieng Didn't Tell His Parents He Got A 'Daily Show' Job47mins
- Dec15Someone Once Told Elton John He Would Never Be A Pop Star21mins
- Dec14Best Of: Jon Batiste's 'Beethoven Blues' / Visual Artist Mickalene Thomas47mins
- Dec13Cynthia Erivo Sings With 'A Bit Of A Smile'45mins
- Dec12Stephen & Evie Colbert Share The Taste Of Home44mins
- Dec11The Housing Shortage, Explained44mins
- Dec10Actor Danielle Deadwyler 'Overprepared' For 'The Piano Lesson'44mins
- Dec9Jon Batiste Almost Got Kicked Out Of Juilliard44mins
- Dec6Werner Herzog Isn't The 'Wild Guy' You Think He Is44mins
- Dec6Best Of: Folk Musician Jerron Paxton / Lyricist Ira Gershwin's Legacy48mins
- Dec5A Cultural History Of Hypochondria44mins
- Dec4Trump's 2nd Term & The Economy45mins
- Dec3Artist Mickalene Thomas Gives Black Women Their Flowers45mins
- Dec2Folk Musician Jerron Paxton Transports Us To the '20s46mins
- Nov30Best Of: Making 'The Piano Lesson' / Selena Gomez50mins
- Nov29Pharrell Thinks He Sounds Like Mickey Mouse47mins