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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, the show features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries.
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- Sep14Best Of: Inside Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover / Comic Taylor Tomlinson48mins
- Sep13Remembering Actor James Earl Jones46mins
- Sep12Gearing Up For A Post-Election Legal Fight44mins
- Sep11How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter43mins
- Sep10The Unchecked Power Of Sheriffs43mins
- Sep9Taylor Tomlinson Is Ready To Joke About Her Bipolar II. Mostly.44mins
- Sep7Best Of: SCOTUS Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson / Novelist Danzy Senna48mins
- Sep6Inside The Making Of 'The Sopranos'46mins
- Sep5The Anti-Fascist Vigilantes Infiltrating White Nationalist Groups44mins
- Sep4SCOTUS Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Gets Personal44mins
- Sep3Danzy Senna Writes Herself (And Other Mixed-Race People) Into Existence44mins
- Sep2Film Icons: Spike Lee / Samuel L. Jackson46mins
- Aug31Film Icons: Steven Spielberg / Carrie Fisher48mins
- Aug30Film Icons: Clint Eastwood / Eli Wallach & More47mins
- Aug29Film Icons: Dennis Hopper / Isabella Rossellini46mins
- Aug28Film Icons: Meryl Streep / Sidney Poitier47mins
- Aug27Film Icons: Molly Ringwald / Jodie Foster / Anthony Hopkins45mins
- Aug26Film Icons: Michael Caine / Robert Duvall44mins
- Aug24Film Icons: Elia Kazan / Eva Marie Saint48mins
- Aug23Remembering 'King Of Daytime TV' Phil Donahue46mins
- Aug22Reflecting On 2 Critical Conflict Zones: Ukraine And Gaza44mins
- Aug21How Donald Trump Changed Federal Law Enforcement44mins
- Aug20How Stadiums Became The American Public Square44mins
- Aug19Actor Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor On The Complexity & Heartbreak Of Female Friendships45mins
- Aug17Best Of: Black Doctors Consortium Founder / The Life Of A Brain Surgeon48mins
- Aug16Police Procedural 'Homicide' (Finally) Comes To Streaming46mins
- Aug15On The Road With Harris/Walz46mins
- Aug14How American Lobbyists Threaten Democracy44mins
- Aug13Safiya Sinclair On Cutting Herself Free From Rastafari Roots43mins
- Aug12An Informant Exposes The Inner Workings Of The Ku Klux Klan43mins
- Aug10Best Of: How 1982 Sci-Fi Changed The Game / Singer Brittany Howard48mins
- Aug10Revisiting The Final Months Of WWII45mins
- Aug8'Sing Sing' Offers a Glimpse of Life Behind Bars43mins
- Aug7Black Doctors Consortium Founder Serves Vulnerable Communities43mins
- Aug6Migrants Risk It All On The Treacherous Darién Gap44mins
- Aug5A Brain Surgeon Opens Up About Life In The O.R.44mins
- Aug3Best Of: Comic Nikki Glaser / 'Hacks' Co-Creator Paul W. Downs49mins
- Aug2Remembering Freedom Singer Bernice Johnson Reagon46mins
- Aug1Brittany Howard On Prince, Break-Up Songs, And Her Haunted House43mins
- Jul31The 8 Sci-Fi Movies Of 1982 That Changed Everything43mins
- Jul30How 'Hacks' Comes Together — Over Email45mins
- Jul29Comic Nikki Glaser Doesn't Know Why Anyone Would Want To Be Roasted45mins
- Jul27Best Of: 'Wicked' Director Jon M. Chu / Stunt Performer-Turned-Filmmaker David Leitch48mins
- Jul26Remembering Comic Bob Newhart45mins
- Jul25Will Hezbollah And Israel Go To War?44mins
- Jul24'Wicked' Director Jon M. Chu On The Hard Work Of Creativity45mins
- Jul23The Dictator Playbook44mins
- Jul22A Former Stunt Performer Shares Tricks Of The Trade46mins
- Jul20Best Of: A Life Of Self-Contempt / Character Actor Julianne Nicholson48mins
- Jul19Remembering Shelley Duvall / Sex Guru Dr. Ruth46mins
- Jul18Waking Up And Feeling 'Yuck'44mins
- Jul17The Impossible American Dream44mins
- Jul16Julianne Nicholson Likes Being A Character Actor47mins
- Jul15Why The Weapon Choice In The Attempted Assassination Matters46mins
- Jul13Best Of: A Novel Of Kidnapping & Family Trauma / Rethinking An Age-Gap Relationship48mins
- Jul12Remembering Actor Martin Mull And Screenwriter Robert Towne47mins
- Jul11Understanding The Resurgence of Jobs In America's 'Left Behind' Counties44mins
- Jul10Inside The Biggest Ponzi Scheme In American History46mins
- Jul9She Was 17, He Was 47: How #MeToo Changed A Marriage46mins
- Jul8Taffy Brodesser-Akner Writes Real People — Not Likable Ones45mins
- Jul6Best Of: Comic Michelle Buteau / Emily Nussbaum On Reality TV47mins
- Jul5David Byrne on 40 Years of 'Stop Making Sense'44mins
- Jul4How Bon Jovi Lost His Voice — And Got It Back45mins
- Jul3A Former Federal Judge Fears For Democracy45mins
- Jul2Reflections on Being Fat in a Thin World45mins
- Jul2What Do The 'Love is Blind' Lawsuits Mean For Reality TV?45mins
- Jun29Best Of: Dr. Fauci's Talks With Trump / 'Hacks' Star Hannah Einbinder48mins
- Jun28Fairport Convention Founding Member Richard Thompson46mins
- Jun27Election 2024: Where Does The Money Come From?45mins
- Jun26Michelle Buteau Finds A Lifeline In Humor44mins
- Jun25Ghanaian Artist Blitz Bazawule Is Breaking Down Doors45mins
- Jun24Inside The Breakdown Of The Global Supply Chain46mins
- Jun22Best Of: Questlove's Hip-Hop History / 'Always Sunny' Actor Rob McElhenney48mins
- Jun21'Slave Play' Playwright Jeremy O. Harris Works To Diversity Theater45mins
- Jun20The Story Behind Diane Von Furstenberg's Iconic Wrap Dress44mins
- Jun19Actor David Oyelowo On 'Lawmen: Bass Reeves'45mins
- Jun18Dr. Anthony Fauci Looks Back On The COVID-19 Pandemic44mins
- Jun17'Hacks' Star Hannah Einbinder45mins
- Jun15Best Of: Yo-Yo Ma; Actor Griffin Dunne47mins
- Jun14How Satchel Paige Helped Integrate MLB45mins
- Jun13How Formerly Enslaved People Were Stripped Of Land43mins
- Jun12Rob McElhenney On 'Welcome To Wrexham'44mins
- Jun11Questlove On Hip-Hop And History46mins
- Jun10Actor Griffin Dunne Revisits His Hollywood Childhood44mins
- Jun8Best Of: 'Merrily We Roll Along'; MSNBC Host Ali Velshi48mins
- Jun7Julio Torres Spins Immigration Stress into Satire44mins
- Jun6Ronan Farrow on the link between #MeToo, Weinstein and Trump43mins
- Jun5Colson Whitehead returns to 1970s NYC in 'Crook Manifesto'46mins
- Jun4MSNBC Host Ali Velshi Traces His Ancestors' Migration45mins
- Jun3'Merrily We Roll Along' Revival Is A Love Letter To Sondheim45mins
- Jun1Best Of: Maggie Rogers / Kristen Wiig48mins
- May31Carrying On After A Life-Changing Accident45mins
- May30Revisiting A Chicago Hate Crime And Its Aftermath43mins
- May29Yo-Yo Ma Says He's Living His Best Childhood Now45mins
- May28The Untold Story Of The C-Section44mins
- May27The Stax Records Soul Sound46mins
- May25Best Of: Michael McDonald / The American 'Food Cartel'48mins
- May24'Mad Max' Director George Miller46mins
- May23The Corruption Scandal That Rocked The Navy43mins
- May22Maggie Rogers (Extended Version)55mins
- May21Kristen Wiig45mins
- May20Michael McDonald45mins
- May18Best Of: Kathleen Hanna / Tyler James Williams48mins
- May17Remembering Filmmaker Roger Corman46mins
- May16Writer Carvell Wallace On Pain, Processing & Letting Go43mins
- May15Regional Complexities Of The Israel/Hamas War45mins
- May14'Abbott Elementary' Actor Tyler James Williams45mins
- May13Kathleen Hanna's 'Rebel Girl' Life45mins
- May11Best Of: Brittney Griner / Discovering Plant Intelligence48mins
- May10'The Sympathizer' Author Viet Thanh Nguyen45mins
- May9Remembering Minimalist Painter Frank Stella44mins
- May8A People's History Of Black Twitter42mins
- May7WNBA Star Brittney Griner Imprisonment & Release44mins
- May6The Hidden World Of Plant Intelligence45mins
- May4Best Of: Jon Bon Jovi / Fantasy Writer Leigh Bardugo49mins
- May3Remembering Writer Paul Auster45mins
- May2What Will Happen With The TikTok Ban?43mins
- May2Erik Larson On The Dawn Of The Civil War45mins
- Apr30Fantasy Writer Leigh Bardugo On Magic & Miracles46mins
- Apr29Jon Bon Jovi45mins
- Apr27Best Of: St. Vincent / Kids In An Age Of Anxiety48mins
- Apr26Novelist John Green On The 'Invasive Weed' Of OCD44mins
- Apr25Why Writers Are Losing Out In Hollywood44mins
- Apr24The Life & Legacy Of 'Rulebreaker' Barbara Walters45mins
- Apr23St. Vincent43mins
- Apr22How Minority Rule Threatens Democracy45mins
- Apr20Best Of: Salman Rushdie's Survival / A New Kind Of Whodunit48mins
- Apr19Remembering PBS Anchor Robert MacNeil46mins
- Apr18Our Fragile Food System44mins
- Apr17A Death Doula Says 'Get Real' About The End45mins
- Apr16Salman Rushdie On Surviving Attempted Murder45mins
- Apr15A First Date Turns Into A Whodunit In 'Diarra From Detroit'44mins
- Apr13Best Of: Andrew Scott / Women Behind The Wheel45mins
- Apr12The History Of King Kong & Godzilla46mins
- Apr11The 'Land Grab' Displacing The Maasai People43mins
- Apr10The High Pressure Experiments That Made D-Day44mins
- Apr9Internet Brain & The Age Of Overthinking45mins
- Apr8Andrew Scott On 'Ripley,' 'Fleabag' & More44mins
- Apr6Best Of: Sue Bird / Sleater-Kinney48mins
- Apr5A 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Appreciation46mins
- Apr4Abortion Rights & The Fetal Personhood Movement45mins
- Apr3Capt. Cook's Final Voyage46mins
- Apr2'Kids Are Not OK' Says Mental Health Expert46mins
- Apr1WNBA Star Sue Bird45mins
- Mar30Best Of: Stories From A Hollywood Insider / Eugene Levy47mins
- Mar29Celebrating Country Music's Black Roots46mins
- Mar28How Cars Became A Gendered Technology45mins
- Mar27Oregon's Drug Decriminalization Experiment45mins
- Mar26Climate-Driven Migration In America45mins
- Mar25Sleater-Kinney47mins
- Mar23Best Of: The Life Of A Nun / A Foster Parent On Loving & Letting Go48mins
- Mar22'Tokyo Vice' Journalist On Japan's Criminal Underworld45mins
- Mar21The Chinese Mafia & The Illicit Marijuana Trade44mins
- Mar20A Former Nun On Why She 'Cloistered' And Later Ran Away45mins
- Mar19Christine Blasey Ford On Life Before And Since Testifying45mins
- Mar18An 'Exvangelical' On Loving & Leaving The Church44mins
- Mar16Best Of: Jenny Slate / Julio Torres48mins
- Mar15A Maître D' Dishes On The Restaurant Industry45mins
- Mar14What Makes Propaganda Effective?44mins
- Mar13Eugene Levy Is A 'Reluctant Traveler'46mins
- Mar12Jenny Slate46mins
- Mar11Julio Torres Spins Immigration Stress Into Satire46mins
- Mar9Best Of: Biden's Last Campaign / Trans Writer Lucy Sante48mins
- Mar8Emma Stone / Mark Ruffalo46mins
- Mar7A Veteran Filmmaker Shares Secrets From The Set44mins
- Mar6Biden's Last Campaign45mins
- Mar5A War Reporter Reckons With A Deadly Cancer Diagnosis45mins
- Mar4RuPaul's House Of Hidden Meanings44mins
- Mar2Best Of: The Making Of 'Dune' / Why We Remember48mins
- Mar1Paul Giamatti / Remembering Comic Richard Lewis46mins
- Feb29The Impact Of Christian Nationalism On American Democracy45mins
- Feb28'Dune' Director Denis Villeneuve46mins
- Feb27Busy Philipps45mins
- Feb26Why We Remember (And Forget)45mins
- Feb24Best Of: Mark Ruffalo / Jeffrey Wright48mins
- Feb23Bradley Cooper & Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin46mins
- Feb22Trump's Legal Challenges, Explained45mins
- Feb21Writer Lucy Sante On Transitioning In Her Late 60s45mins
- Feb20Jeffrey Wright, From 'Basquiat' To 'American Fiction'44mins
- Feb19The History Of The Oscars44mins
- Feb17Best Of: Molly Ringwald / Busy Philipps48mins
- Feb16Sterling K. Brown / Colman Domingo46mins
- Feb15The Migrant Crisis In NYC45mins
- Feb14Remembering Longtime NPR Host Bob Edwards46mins
- Feb13Mark Ruffalo45mins
- Feb12Molly Ringwald45mins
- Feb10Best Of: The Race Card Project / The Early AIDS Crisis48mins
- Feb9Remembering MC5 Guitarist Wayne Kramer / Carl Weathers46mins
- Feb8The Surprisingly Lax Regulation Of Our Railroads45mins
- Feb7The Life and Legacy Of Medgar & Myrlie Evers46mins
- Feb6A Foster Parent On Loving & Letting Go46mins
- Feb5What Americans Really Think About Race45mins
- Feb3Best Of: Emma Stone / The Birth Of Psychedelic Science47mins
- Feb2'Oppenheimer' Dir. Christopher Nolan / Mark Ronson On The 'Barbie' Soundtrack46mins
- Feb1The Forgotten Heroes Of The AIDS Crisis44mins
- Jan31Emma Stone44mins
- Jan30Unpacking The Immigration Crisis46mins
- Jan29Inside A Jim Crow-Era Asylum45mins
- Jan27Best Of: Tracee Ellis Ross / Racism In Medicine48mins
- Jan26Remembering Composer Peter Shickeley / Shangri-Las Lead Mary Weiss46mins
- Jan25How The War Between Israel And Hamas Is Widening45mins
- Jan24Tracee Ellis Ross45mins
- Jan23How War Changed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy46mins
- Jan22Reckoning With Racism In Medicine45mins
- Jan20Best Of: 'Origin' Dir. Ava DuVernay / How Algorithms 'Flatten' Culture48mins
- Jan19A 'Succession' Appreciation46mins
- Jan18The Home Schooling Surge46mins
- Jan17How Algorithms 'Flatten' Culture45mins
- Jan16The Birth Of Psychedelic Science46mins
- Jan15Ava DuVernay Illuminates America's Caste System with 'Origin'45mins
- Jan13Best Of: Sterling K. Brown / Paul Giamatti48mins
- Jan12Josh Groban's Sweeney Todd46mins
- Jan11The Movement To Dismantle Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Initiatives45mins
- Jan10Paul Giamatti On 'The Holdovers'45mins
- Jan9The Long Recovery Back From Traumatic Brain Injury46mins
- Jan8Sterling K. Brown45mins
- Jan6Best Of: Making 'Maestro' / A Restaurateur's Journey48mins
- Jan5Remembering The Smothers Brothers, Who Changed TV47mins
- Jan4The Ozempic Revolution44mins
- Jan3Restaurateur Rose Previte's Lessons Learned From Around The World46mins
- Jan2Bradley Cooper & Yannick Nézet-Séguin On 'Maestro'44mins
- Jan1Barbra Streisand47mins
- Dec30Taraji P. Henson / Pianist Brad Mehldau48mins
- Dec29Jazz With The EarRegulars47mins
- Dec28Roots Co-Founder, Black Thought (Tariq Trotter)46mins
- Dec27Brooke Shields45mins
- Dec26Allison Russell's Road To Self-Love47mins
- Dec25Merry Questlove Christmas47mins
- Dec23Best Of: David Byrne's Xmas Playlist / Nicolas Cage48mins
- Dec22Timothy Olyphant On 'Justified'45mins
- Dec21Nicolas Cage46mins
- Dec20A David Byrne Christmas Special47mins
- Dec19Remembering Actor Andre Braugher46mins
- Dec18Taraji P. Henson On 'The Color Purple'46mins
- Dec17David Sedaris Can't Wait To Watch You Panic Shop This Week7mins
- Dec16Best Of: Colman Domingo On 'Rustin' / Cord Jefferson On 'American Fiction'46mins
- Dec15Remembering Norman Lear47mins
- Dec14Why A Second Trump Term May Be More Radical44mins
- Dec13Facing Death, A Poet Searches For Meaning45mins
- Dec12Cord Jefferson Finds Catharsis With 'American Fiction'44mins
- Dec11Actor Colman Domingo46mins
- Dec9Best Of: Liz Cheney / Dave Davies48mins
- Dec8Barry Manilow45mins
- Dec7SNL's Kenan Thompson44mins
- Dec6Breaking The Menstruation Taboo46mins
- Dec5Liz Cheney's Mission To Stop Trump45mins
- Dec4Dave Davies Reflects On His Career In Radio & Reporting46mins
- Dec2Best Of: AI's Prejudices / UFOs & Gov't Conspiracies47mins
- Dec1America's WWII-Era Fight Against Fascism45mins
- Nov30The Gutting Of The Voting Rights Act45mins
- Nov29How Trump Is Dividing The Evangelical Church45mins
- Nov28Unmasking AI's Racism And Sexism47mins
- Nov27UFOs: Conspiracy Theories, Secrets & Mysteries44mins
- Nov25Best Of: The EarRegulars / Playwright Larissa FastHorse48mins
- Nov24Comic Leslie Jones44mins
- Nov23Revisiting The Music Of The Harlem Hellfighters' Regimental Band44mins
- Nov22Traditional Jazz With The EarRegulars47mins
- Nov21Lakota Playwright Larissa FastHorse44mins
- Nov20'Maid' Author Stephanie Land On 'Class'45mins
- Nov18Best Of: What's Next For Fox News? / Sofia Coppola47mins
- Nov17Filmmaker Albert Brooks46mins
- Nov16What Does China's Inner Turmoil Mean For The World?45mins
- Nov15The Mental Health Crisis Affecting Black Men & Boys45mins
- Nov14What's Changing At Fox News?44mins
- Nov13Life & Death In A Ukrainian War Zone44mins
- Nov11Best Of: Barbra Streisand / Tariq Trotter (Black Thought)48mins
- Nov10A Marine Reflects On War & Finding Purpose / The Black Experience Of WWII46mins
- Nov9Examining The Divisions Within Israel45mins
- Nov8Barbra Streisand46mins
- Nov7Tariq Trotter (Black Thought), Co-Founder Of The Roots46mins
- Nov6Sofia Coppola On 'Priscilla'46mins
- Nov4Best Of: David Byrne / Inside The AI Company That Knows Your Face48mins
- Nov3Matthew Perry / Lisa Kudrow47mins
- Nov2How Did Israel Fail To Detect Hamas' Invasion?46mins
- Nov1David Byrne On 'Stop Making Sense'47mins
- Oct31Rep. Adam Kinzinger On The GOP & The Jan. 6th Committee46mins
- Oct30How A Black Socialite Raised Millions For Civil Rights45mins
- Oct28Best Of: Werner Herzog / Greta Lee49mins
- Oct27Spy Novelist (And Former Spy) John Le Carré46mins
- Oct26What Do We Know About House Speaker Rep. Mike Johnson?45mins
- Oct25Werner Herzog46mins
- Oct24The Accusations That Sent Charlie Chaplin Into Exile47mins
- Oct23Mitt Romney's Reckoning45mins
- Oct21Best Of: Jada Pinkett Smith / Keegan-Michael Key48mins
- Oct20'Killers Of The Flower Moon' Author David Grann46mins
- Oct19Greta Lee On 'Past Lives'44mins
- Oct18What's Next For The Group That Overturned 'Roe'?45mins
- Oct17Jada Pinkett Smith45mins
- Oct16Lawrence Wright On 'Mr. Texas'46mins
- Oct14Best Of: Filmmaker Maryam Keshavarz / TOKiMONSTA49mins
- Oct13Actor Patrick Stewart46mins
- Oct12Marty Baron, Former 'Post' Exec. Editor44mins
- Oct11How Was Hamas Able To Launch Such A Devastating Attack On Israel?46mins
- Oct10Keegan-Michael Key On The History Of Sketch Comedy45mins
- Oct9Iranian American Filmmaker Maryam Keshavarz46mins
- Oct7Best Of: Allison Russell / The Evolution Of Female Bodies49mins
- Oct6Cold Case Investigator Paul Holes46mins
- Oct5The Big Shift To Clean Energy44mins
- Oct4Poet Safiya Sinclair On Her Rastafari Roots45mins
- Oct3Putting Female Bodies At The Center Of Evolution45mins