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Ben Stiller / Pedro Pascal

Ben Stiller talks about his new Apple TV+ documentary about his actor/comedian parents Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. In the ‘60s and ‘70s, they were famous as the comedy duo, Stiller and Meara. Ben talks about growing up in a showbiz family, where there was no separation between work and personal lives. Chilean-born actor Pedro Pascal has faced countless on-screen challenges, including cosmic battles and cartel kingpins. He spoke with Tonya Mosley about getting fired from restaurant jobs, his dance training, and his parents' exile from Chile. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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Investigating The Great Los Angeles Fires

MS NOW journalist (and Palisades native) Jacob Soboroff says covering the 2025 wildfires was the most important assignment he's ever undertaken. His new book, ‘Firestorm,’ offers a minute-by-minute account of the catastrophe. He spoke with Tonya Mosley about the systems that failed during the disaster and the effort to rebuild. Also, Maureen Corrigan reviews the roadtrip novel ‘The Rest of Our Lives,’ by Ben Markovits. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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Marjorie Taylor Greene's Puzzling Political Turn, Explained

Once a fierce advocate for Trump and his MAGA base, Marjorie Taylor Greene has broken with the president and resigned from Congress. ‘New Yorker’ staff writer Charles Bethea discusses Greene's past — and what may lie ahead. He spoke with Fresh Air contributor Dave Davies. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson

The WWE superstar considered pursuing a career in mixed martial arts before realizing, "I don't like getting punched in the face." Johnson plays MMA fighter Mark Kerr in Benny Safdie's ‘The Smashing Machine.’ He spoke with Terry Gross about his many injuries, his relationship with his late father, and his wrestling personas. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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31/12/2025

Richard Kind Is Glad He’s Not Super Famous

Kind is the announcer and host sidekick on the Netflix show ‘Everybody's Live with John Mulaney.’ "I don't know what the hell I'm doing. You must understand — it's anarchy," he says of the show. He spoke with Terry Gross about having ego but no confidence, working with Sondheim, and working in his father's jewelry store as a teen. Jazz historian Kevin Whitehead has as remembrance of musicians we lost this year. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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26/12/2025

Jane Fonda

Early this year, Fonda made headlines for delivering a fiery critique of the Trump administration during a SAG-AFTRA award acceptance speech. "This is not the time to go inward," Fonda says. She spoke with Tonya Mosley about her career onscreen and off, as an activist. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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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 landed the role of Joel on HBO's ‘Somebody Somewhere’ and everything changed. His memoir is ‘Actress of a Certain Age.’ Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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Comic Cristela Alonzo

For the first seven years of her life, Cristela Alonzo lived in an abandoned diner in a South Texas border town. She spoke with Terry Gross about ICE raids, being mentored by labor activist Dolores Huerta, and the culture shock of having money after growing up so poor. Her recent Netflix stand-up special is called ‘Upper Classy.’ Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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Malala Finds Her Way

After surviving the Taliban's 2012 attempted assassination, activist Malala Yousafzai didn't back down. She continued to advocate for girls' education across the globe. In 2014, Yousafzai became the youngest person to win a Nobel Prize, an honor that weighed on her when she went off to college. In ‘Finding My Way,’ she writes about her life at Oxford and beyond. She spoke with Tonya Mosley about reliving childhood, PTSD, and her decision to get married. Also, critic at large John Powers highlights some things he wish he had reviewed this year. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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23/12/2025

Will Arnett

Arnett stars in Bradley Cooper’s new film, ‘Is This Thing On?’ as a man who turns to the New York comedy scene as he grapples with his divorce. The ‘SmartLess’ podcast co-host talked with Terry Gross about voicework, how ‘Arrested Development’ changed his life, and being a troublemaker in school. Also, critic David Bianculli shares his picks for best TV of 2025. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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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 and Tonya Mosley, the show features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries. Subscribe to Fresh Air Plus! You'll enjoy bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening - all while you support NPR's mission. Learn more at plus.npr.org/freshair And subscribe to our weekly newsletter, Fresh Air Weekly, to get interview highlights, staff recommendations, gems from the archive, and the week's interviews and reviews all in one place. Sign up at www.whyy.org/freshair

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A little-known secret about Fresh Air's staff: they're fervent pet parents. This is a collection celebrating cats & dogs, and how (and why) they behave like they do.

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Historians and reporters take us back to pivotal moments in the U.S. that have had long lasting reverberations: from the winners and losers of the financial crisis, to presidential legacies, to the fall of the Comanche Nation.

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This collection features the creators and zany voice artists behind some of your kids' (or maybe your) favorite cartoons. We hear from the cast of "The Simpsons," the creators of "King of the Hill" and "Bojack Horseman," and even animation legend, Chuck Jones.

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Award winning authors discuss their craft and some of their classic works. From Stephen King (after his near fatal accident) to National Book Award winner Hilary Mantel, to remembrances of greats like Updike and Philip Roth.

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Hear some of our favorite performers who brought their instruments into the studio and took requests. From bandleader Jon Batiste, to Sheryl Crow, to a folkier John Mellencamp.

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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. Sign up for Fresh Air+ for bonus episodes, curated playlists by topic, and sponsor-free listening - learn more at plus.npr.org/freshair

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Ben Stiller / Pedro Pascal

Investigating The Great Los Angeles Fires

Marjorie Taylor Greene's Puzzling Political Turn, Explained

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson

Richard Kind Is Glad He’s Not Super Famous

Jane Fonda

Jeff Hiller’s Big Break Came In His 40s

Comic Cristela Alonzo

Malala Finds Her Way

Will Arnett

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