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.

Merle Haggard On Hopping Trains And Doing Time

Before he became a musician, Merle Haggard lived the kind of life that's often mythologized in song:...

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Are Kids With ADHD Being Treated Effectively?

ADHD has been considered a medical disorder, treatable with drugs like Ritalin, but New York Times Magazine...

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Ryan Coogler Paid A Steep Price For The Films He Made

The director of Black Panther and Creed talks about his new genre-bending vampire movie that takes place...

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America's Path To 'Competitive Authoritarianism'

Harvard professor of government Steven Levitsky studies how healthy democracies can slip into authoritarianism....

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Noah Wyle Is At Home In 'The Pitt'

After 11 seasons on ER, Noah Wyle thought he was finished with medical dramas: "I spent 15 years avoiding...

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Best Of: Richard Kind / Melinda French Gates

You've seen Richard Kind on countless TV shows and films during his 40-year career — Only Murders...

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A Love Story At The Center Of The Civil Rights Movement

MSNBC host Joy-Ann Reid tells the story of Medgar Evers and his wife Myrlie. Medgar was the NAACP field...

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Starvation In American Jail Cells

New Yorker staff writer Sarah Stillman says she's discovered dozens of cases where people in county...

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The Real-Life Russian Spies Who Inspired 'The Americans'

In The Illegals: Russia's Most Audacious Spies and Their Century-Long Mission to Infiltrate the West,...

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Melinda French Gates On Giving Away Her 'Absurd' Wealth

In a new memoir, billionaire Melinda French Gates writes about the end of her marriage to Microsoft...

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Richard Kind Is Glad He's Not That Famous

Kind is the announcer and host sidekick on the Netflix show Everybody's Live with John Mulaney. "I don't...

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Best Of: Jason Isbell / David Tennant

Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Jason Isbell sings about his split from musician Amanda Shires on his...

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'Hacks' Returns! With Jean Smart, Hannah Einbinder, Paul W. Downs

The Emmy and Peabody Award-winning comedy series returns for a fourth season this week. It's about two...

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The Dark Secrets Of Johnson & Johnson

Johnson & Johnson recently lost a bid to settle lawsuits that claimed its talc powder products, including...

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Trump's Tariffs & The Radical Remaking Of The Global Economy

President Trump's sweeping tariff policy has upended the global economy. Zanny Minton Beddoes, the editor-in-chief...

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The 'Fog Of Delusion' In Biden's Inner Circle

Author Chris Whipple says Biden's family and closest advisors operated in denial regarding his ability...

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At 3 Years Old, David Tennant Knew He Wanted To Be Doctor Who

When David Tennant was three, he told his parents he wanted to grow up to play Doctor Who on TV. As...

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Best Of: Amanda Knox / 'Adolescence' Co-Creator & Actor Stephen Graham

Amanda Knox was convicted — and ultimately exonerated — for the murder of her roommate Meredith...

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Celebrating 20 Years Of 'The Office'

It's been 20 years since the debut of NBC's hit mockumentary sitcom The Office. To celebrate the anniversary,...

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Jason Isbell On Love, Heartbreak & Songwriting

Isbell sings about his split from musician Amanda Shires on his latest album, Foxes in the Snow. "What...

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ICE Campus Arrests & The 'Struggle For The Soul' Of America

As ICE agents arrest international students at campuses across the U.S., immigration law professor Daniel...

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Writer, Critic & Curator Hilton Als Looks For The Silences

As a longtime staff writer at The New Yorker, Hilton Als's essays and profiles of figures like Toni...

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'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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