Fresh Air

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.

'Adolescence' Co-Creator/Actor Asks Not Whodunnit, But Why

The Netflix miniseries follows a 13-year-old accused of murdering a girl from his school. Co-creator...

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Best Of: A Writer Grapples With A Life-Changing Accident / The Post WWII 'Red Scare'

Hanif Kureishi began his new memoir just days after a fall left him paralyzed. He describes being completely...

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After A Friend's Suicide, A Writer Inherits His Grieving Dog

Sigrid Nunez's 2018 novel The Friend won the National Book Award. It's now a film, starring Naomi Watts...

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The Former Jihadist Trying To Remake Syria

Atlantic writer Robert Worth talks about Syria's transitional president, Ahmed al-Sharaa. He was the...

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Amanda Knox Is 'Free,' But Is That Enough?

Amanda Knox spent nearly four years in an Italian prison for a murder she didn't commit. After her exoneration,...

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Inside The 'Mad House' Of Congressional Disfunction

The MAGA-controlled 118th House passed only 27 bills that became law — the lowest number since the...

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A Legal Scholar On 10 Laws 'Ruining America'

Legal scholar Elie Mystal talks about his new book, Bad Law: Ten Popular Laws That Are Ruining America....

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Best Of: Seth Rogen / Can The Dems Win Back The Bros?

Seth Rogen created a new AppleTV+ series, The Studio, which is a satirical look at how executives in...

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50 Years Of 'Rocky Horror'

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is 50 years old, and still going strong in midnight theaters. We're listening...

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The Political Battle For The Bros

Popular podcasts in the "manosphere" helped sway young men to go MAGA in the 2024 election. New Yorker...

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The Promise & Peril Of AI

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Rivlin says regulation can help control how AI is used: "AI could...

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Seth Rogen Lands The 'Tragic' Job Of Studio Head

In his new Apple TV+ series The Studio, Seth Rogen plays an anxious Hollywood executive desperate to...

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The Red Scare & America's Conspiratorial Politics

Writer Clay Risen describes a political movement which destroyed the careers of thousands of teachers,...

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Best Of: Comic Bill Burr / Actor Simu Liu

Bill Burr knows exactly where his sense of humor comes from. He learned at an early age that if he could...

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Texan-Palestinian Comic Mo Amer

Amer's Netflix comedy series about his life, Mo, is now in its second season. His family is Palestinian,...

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Remembering The South African Playwright Who Defied Apartheid

Athol Fugard's plays, like Blood Knot and Master Harold and the Boys, were about the emotional and psychological...

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Comic Bill Burr [Extended Version]

Burr talks with Terry Gross about processing his abusive childhood, a therapeutic mushroom trip, and...

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The Gutting Of The Department Of Education

The Department of Education is reportedly eliminating 50% of its workforce. Washington Post writer Laura...

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The Campaign To Silence Journalists & Undermine Free Speech

In 2019, Justice Clarence Thomas raised the prospect of overturning one of the most consequential free...

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Comic Bill Burr On Musk, Magic Mushrooms & Healing From His Childhood

Bill Burr knows exactly where his sense of humor comes from. He learned at an early age that if he could...

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Best Of: Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens / 'White Lotus' Actor Natasha Rothwell

We're joined by a New Orleans institution — clarinetist and vocalist Doreen Ketchens. She's got several...

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Remembering New York Dolls Frontman David Johansen

The 1970s band The New York Dolls made only two studio albums, but the group was hugely influential,...

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Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

In 2012, three deep-sea divers were on a routine dive in the North Sea when one of the divers became...

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How Did DEI Become Part Of A Political Agenda — And A Slur?

Georgetown professor Ella Washington and Harvard professor Frank Dobbin discuss the beneficiaries and...

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