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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.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
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Colson Whitehead returns to 1970s NYC in 'Crook Manifesto'
Whitehead's sequel to Harlem Shuffle centers on crime at every level, from small-time crooks to Harlem's elite. "My early '70s New York is dingy and grimy," the Pulitzer Prize-winning author says.
Plus, Ken Tucker reviews Swamp Dogg's new album, Blackgrass.
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MSNBC Host Ali Velshi Traces His Ancestors' Migration
In his memoir, Small Acts of Courage, Velshi chronicles his family's journey, from a village in India to South Africa — where his grandfather crossed paths with Mahatma Gandhi — to Kenya, Canada and the U.S. Plus, David Bianculli reviews Hit Man.
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'Merrily We Roll Along' Revival Is A Love Letter To Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim's 1981 flop is now a Broadway hit. This revival of Merrily We Roll Along is nominated for seven Tony Awards. Two of those nominees, actor Jonathan Groff and director Maria Friedman, talk with Terry Gross about the show.
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Director Guy Maddin Adds Vintage Flair To His Modern Films (Fresh Air+)
Canadian director Guy Maddin is fresh off his splashiest film debut yet — the star-studded 'Rumours,' with a cast including Charles Dance and Cate Blanchett was one of the weirder movies at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival in France. Maddin is no stranger to our airwaves, and in honor of his big new movie, we revisit two of his earlier interviews here on the show. Hear Guy Maddin in 2003: https://n.pr/3V0HNUF | Hear Guy Maddin in 2004: https://n.pr/3V7qK38. Listen to 40+ years of Fresh Air's archives at https://FreshAirArchive.org. Not a Fresh Air+ supporter yet? Find out more, and join for yourself, at https://plus.npr.org/freshair.
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Best Of: Maggie Rogers / Kristen Wiig
In 2021, burnt out from the intensity of her early career, Maggie Rogers considered quitting music entirely. Instead, she took a detour — to Harvard Divinity School, where she earned a master's degree in religion and public life. Her new album is Don't Forget Me.
SNL alum Kristen Wiig co-stars with Carol Burnett in Palm Royale, an Apple TV+ series about a former pageant queen who wants to break into high society. Wiig talks about working with Burnett and the rush of SNL.
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Carrying On After A Life-Changing Accident
How do you get on with life after an accident that leads to disability and chronic pain? That's the central question in Andre Dubus III's novel, Such Kindness. He talks about the injuries he faced when he was a carpenter, and how his relationship changed with his father after the senior Dubus was struck by a car and never walked again. His previous books include Townie and House of Sand and Fog.
Justin Chang reviews the Western film The Dead Don't hurt.
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Customer Reviews
Still waiting for Sarah Silverman to apologize for her ch**k slur
Still waiting for Sarah Silverman to apologize for her ch**k slur she and Bill Maher threw off for laughs. Haven’t been able to stand either of them since
Less tony
Little less Tonya
Is it ok to review the low star reviews?
Longtime fan of Terry Gross and her decades long career of long-form interviews. Her work speaks for itself. For 30+ years the interview form had been twisted by tabloid tv, press junkets and pop culture trends. With the hateful contemporary comment section culture the internet brought us it’s so comforting to hear a singular engaged intellect who has decades long relationships with some of her guests, an obvious research discipline, and an uncanny ability to hold her own with seasoned experts in so many areas of culture, science and always with a deep personal ability for discovery and insight. I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard guests truly compelled and wondrous by the insightful questions and observations Terry presents.
The dismissive nature from some of the low star reviews here is childish and unbelievably narcissistic. I’m not sure why Apple seems to stick some of the worst permanently in the main page (I've seen the same ones there for months, not sure why since it’s not helpful or interesting to have these personal gripes define what this 40 year catalog of deep and detailed conversations is really about).
Ignore the foolish haters and listen for yourselves.