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.

Jeff Hiller's Big Break Came In His 40s

Hiller spent years scraping by in Hollywood by taking on various small roles and commercials. Then he...

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Daniel Dae Kim Fakes His Own Death In 'Butterfly'

Daniel Dae Kim became the first actor of Asian descent to be nominated for a Tony, for his performance...

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Best Of: Making 'Born To Run' / Why We Can't Sleep

This month marks the 50th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen's album Born to Run. We'll talk with Peter...

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Remembering Eddie Palmieri / Funk Innovator George Clinton

We remember Eddie Palmieri, the pianist, bandleader and composer whose contributions to Afro-Caribbean...

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The Making Of Springsteen's 'Born To Run'

Bruce Springsteen's groundbreaking album, Born to Run, came out 50 years ago this month, marking a turning...

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The Nihilistic War In Sudan

Fourteen million people in Sudan have been displaced by war and famine. The Atlantic's Anne Applebaum...

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Sarah Silverman Gets the Last Laugh in 'PostMortem'

Silverman's father and stepmother are buried under one tombstone that reads: "Janice and Donald, who...

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How The 1979 Revolution Transformed Iran

For decades, Iran has been an adversary of the United States. Scott Anderson examines the Iranian revolution...

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Best Of: Mariska Hargitay / Marc Maron

Emmy-winning Law & Order: SVU actor Mariska Hargitay talks about her new documentary, My Mom Jayne,...

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Correcting The Record On Elvis's Manager

Terry Gross talks with rock historian Peter Guralnick, author of the definitive two volume biography...

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Has NASA Ceded Its Mission To Elon Musk?

The Atlantic journalist Franklin Foer explains how SpaceX and the Trump administration are changing...

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Comic Marc Maron On Grief, Cats, And Being Openhearted

As he winds down his podcast, WTF, after 16 years, Marc Maron reflects on what he'll miss: "These conversations...

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Mariska Hargitay On Freeing Herself From Generational Trauma

The Law & Order: SVU actor was just 3 years old in 1967 when her movie star mom, Jayne Mansfield, died...

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Best Of: Actor Leslie Uggams / Martha's Vineyard's Indigenous Past & Present

Actor and singer Leslie Uggams talks about her remarkable career, which started when she was 6. She...

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Remembering Lyricist Alan Bergman / The 'Outrageous' Jessica Mitford

The lyrics for the songs "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life," "The Way We Were," "Nice 'n' Easy,"...

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The Shifting Landscape Of Higher Education

The Trump administration has been pressuring elite universities, like Harvard and Columbia, with widespread...

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A Chatbot Reacts To A Book About Tech

After writing chapters of her new book about how tech companies help and exploit us, tech journalist...

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Leslie Uggams Looks Back On Her Decades In Show Business

Uggams performed in Beulah, Hallelujah Baby, Roots, Empire, American Fiction and the Deadpool films....

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Martha's Vineyard's Indigenous Past & Present

In Nothing More of This Land, Aquinnah Wampanoag writer Joseph Lee takes readers past the celebrity...

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Best Of: Stacey Abrams / Raphael Saadiq

Stacey Abrams is known as a voting rights activist, former candidate for Georgia governor, and founder...

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In The Dugout With Baseball All Stars

As Major League Baseball celebrates a memorable All Star Game, we feature some of our favorite baseball...

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Congress has voted to eliminate government funding for public media

Act now to ensure public media remains free and accessible to all. Your donation will help this essential...

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The Dominance & Decline Of The Condé Nast Magazine Empire

For decades, Condé Nast publications such as Vogue and Vanity Fair were consequential tastemakers....

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Rising Floods, Cuts To FEMA And Future Chaos

ProPublica Editor-at-Large Abrahm Lustgarten says the deadly flooding in Central Texas — which has...

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