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Fresh Air

Fresh Air

Terry Gross · Arts · EN

Fresh Air is a weekday magazine program featuring in-depth interviews with prominent figures in arts and contemporary issues. Hosted by Terry Gross and Tonya Mosley, the show offers intimate conversations with influential artists, writers, and thinkers. This Peabody Award-winning program is...

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Nov 17, 2025 · 45m
Cynthia Erivo discusses parallels between her life and character Elphaba in Wicked, exploring personal connection to role
Cynthia Erivo
45m
Nov 15, 2025 · 48m
Ethan Hawke stars in 'Blue Moon,' playing lyricist Lorenz Hart in his ninth collaboration with director Richard Linklater, calling the role challenging and emotionally demanding
Ethan Hawke Tim Robbins
48m
Nov 14, 2025 · 45m
Scientist and author Rachel Lance discusses dangerous military hyperbaric chamber experiments researching deep-sea pressure effects on the human body
Rachel Lance
45m
Nov 13, 2025 · 44m
Ethan Hawke discusses playing lyricist Lorenz Hart in 'Blue Moon,' describing it as a role that 'presses you to the wall of your ability'
Ethan Hawke
44m
Nov 12, 2025 · 45m
New Yorker staff writer Antonia Hitchens profiles Laura Loomer, who has evolved from conspiracy theorist to Trump ally with significant political influence
Antonia Hitchens
45m
Nov 11, 2025 · 45m
Food policy expert Marion Nestle returns with 'What to Eat Now,' an updated guide to navigating 2025's supermarket landscape, 20 years after her original bestselling consumer guide
Marion Nestle
45m
Nov 10, 2025 · 45m
Actor-director Tim Robbins discusses his new play 'Topsy Turvy,' about a chorus struggling to sing together after COVID isolation disrupted their unity
Tim Robbins
45m
Nov 8, 2025 · 46m
Judd Apatow opens his personal archive
Judd Apatow Misty Copeland
46m
Nov 7, 2025 · 46m
Patti Smith reflects on her 1975 debut album 'Horses' turning 50, discussing her early days as a poet and performer in New York City before becoming a rock innovator
Patti Smith
46m
Nov 6, 2025 · 44m
Atlantic journalist David Graham outlines potential methods Trump could use to subvert the 2026 midterms, including stationing troops at polling places, pressuring election workers, and seizing vot...
44m
Nov 5, 2025 · 45m
Misty Copeland discusses her final performance with American Ballet Theatre as a thank-you to supporting communities, emphasizing how her career represented something larger than herself
Misty Copeland
45m
Nov 4, 2025 · 43m
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Carol Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis reveal why Trump's alleged election interference and document retention cases never reached trial, detailing FBI and prosecutor r...
Aaron C. Davis Carol Leonnig
43m
Nov 3, 2025 · 43m
Director Richard Linklater discusses directing 'Nouvelle Vague,' a French-language film about the French New Wave and Jean-Luc Godard's 1960 film 'Breathless,' despite not speaking French
Richard Linklater
43m
Nov 1, 2025 · 48m
Director Guillermo Del Toro discusses his new 'Frankenstein' adaptation, revealing how the 1931 film shaped his spiritual understanding at age 7 more than religious instruction, becoming his person...
Cameron Crowe Guillermo Del Toro
48m
Oct 31, 2025 · 47m
Mel Brooks's 1974 film 'Young Frankenstein' parodies the iconic 1930s Frankenstein movies with interviews from director Brooks and stars Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Teri Garr, and Cloris Leachman
Cloris Leachman Gene Wilder Mel Brooks Peter Boyle Teri Garr
47m
Oct 30, 2025 · 43m
Reporter Andy Kroll describes Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, as a 'shadow president' with outsized influence over the administration
43m
Oct 29, 2025 · 44m
Filmmaker Nia DaCosta, director of horror hit 'Candyman' and 'The Marvels,' discusses her adaptation of Ibsen's 'Hedda Gabler' reimagined with Tessa Thompson as a queer, mixed-race Black woman
Nia DaCosta
44m
Oct 28, 2025 · 44m
Judd Apatow discusses his new book 'Comedy Nerd,' revealing how his childhood obsession with comedy heroes and memorabilia inspired his major film successes like '40-Year-Old Virgin' and 'Knocked Up'
Judd Apatow
44m
Oct 27, 2025 · 46m
Cameron Crowe discusses his memoir 'The Uncool' about his teen years as a Rolling Stone rock journalist in the '70s, which inspired the film 'Almost Famous'
Cameron Crowe
46m
Oct 25, 2025 · 47m
Malala Yousafzai discusses her new book 'Finding My Way,' exploring her experiences as the youngest Nobel Prize laureate and navigating adulthood while carrying the weight of her activism
Ken Burns Malala Yousafzai
47m

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