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.
Jason Isbell On Love, Heartbreak & Songwriting
Isbell sings about his split from musician Amanda Shires on his latest album, Foxes in the Snow. "What...
EscucharICE 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...
EscucharWriter, 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...
Escuchar'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...
EscucharBest 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...
EscucharAfter 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...
EscucharThe Former Jihadist Trying To Remake Syria
Atlantic writer Robert Worth talks about Syria's transitional president, Ahmed al-Sharaa. He was the...
EscucharAmanda 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,...
EscucharInside The 'Mad House' Of Congressional Disfunction
The MAGA-controlled 118th House passed only 27 bills that became law — the lowest number since the...
EscucharA 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....
EscucharBest 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...
Escuchar50 Years Of 'Rocky Horror'
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is 50 years old, and still going strong in midnight theaters. We're listening...
EscucharThe Political Battle For The Bros
Popular podcasts in the "manosphere" helped sway young men to go MAGA in the 2024 election. New Yorker...
EscucharThe Promise & Peril Of AI
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Rivlin says regulation can help control how AI is used: "AI could...
EscucharSeth 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...
EscucharThe Red Scare & America's Conspiratorial Politics
Writer Clay Risen describes a political movement which destroyed the careers of thousands of teachers,...
EscucharBest 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...
EscucharTexan-Palestinian Comic Mo Amer
Amer's Netflix comedy series about his life, Mo, is now in its second season. His family is Palestinian,...
EscucharRemembering 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...
EscucharComic Bill Burr [Extended Version]
Burr talks with Terry Gross about processing his abusive childhood, a therapeutic mushroom trip, and...
EscucharThe Gutting Of The Department Of Education
The Department of Education is reportedly eliminating 50% of its workforce. Washington Post writer Laura...
EscucharThe Campaign To Silence Journalists & Undermine Free Speech
In 2019, Justice Clarence Thomas raised the prospect of overturning one of the most consequential free...
EscucharComic 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...
EscucharBest 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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