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4 FEB

Is America headed toward dictatorship?

Atlantic writer Robert Kagan says as President Trump violates norms, laws and the Constitution, including his call to nationalize elections, we’re on the edge of the consolidation of dictatorship. “I think we're already well into a dictatorship. It's just a question of whether [Trump] will go ahead and basically disrupt the '26 elections, which I think he's made it clear he has every intention of doing now,” Kagan tells Terry Gross. “So I think that this should be a five-alarm fire for everybody.” Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

4 Feb

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44 min
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Excavating the Epstein files

British journalist Vicky Ward first profiled sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2003 for Vanity Fair. The experience was so alarming and stressful that she went into labor with her twins at 30 weeks, two months early. More than 20 years later, Ward, still following the case, talks with Tonya Mosley about the fallout from the millions of publicly released documents, and why this story took so long to come out. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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3 FEB

How Rupert Murdoch built an empire and broke his family

We go inside the real succession story within the Murdoch family media empire. It includes Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post. In 2023 Rupert Murdoch chose his eldest son and most conservative child, Lachlan, as his successor – buying out three of his other children from the family trust and estranging them in the process. “His dream was to build a family business. And what he built was a business that destroyed his family,” journalist Gabriel Sherman says. His book, ‘Bonfire of the Murdochs,’ also examines how the Murdochs changed politics on three continents over half a century. He spoke with guest interviewer Sam Fragoso. Later, TV critic David Bianculli reviews the return of ‘The Muppets.’ Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

3 Feb

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44 min
6 DAYS AGO

A 50th anniversary celebration of ‘Taxi Driver’

Martin Scorsese's masterpiece about loneliness, urban decay, and vigilantism is 50 years old this month. We’re revisiting archival interviews about ‘Taxi Driver’ with Scorsese, screenwriter Paul Schrader and actors Harvey Keitel, Cybill Shepherd, Jodie Foster, and Al Brooks.Also, film critic Justin Chang reviews 'Pillion.' Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

6 days ago

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47 min
5 DAYS AGO

Best Of: Fighting for free press in Russia / ‘Fear and Fury’

Julia Loktev’s latest documentary, ‘My Undesirable Friends - Part 1: Last Air in Moscow,’ follows independent Russian journalists in the months leading up to, and just after, Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The film has arrived in the U.S. at a moment when questions about press freedom feel newly present. “Every day it feels like there is something to bring the story home for Americans, where it almost feels like there’s Easter eggs in the film that become more and more relevant.” she says. Also, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Heather Ann Thompson revisits a 1984 New York City subway shooting, when Bernhard Goetz, a white man, shot four Black teenagers. In the days that followed, Goetz became a hometown hero. “We are watching someone tell us exactly who they are, exactly what they did, and it will not matter. Up will become down, down will become up. And that also felt very, very familiar to where we are today.” Her book is ‘Fear and Fury.’ Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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47 min
3 DAYS AGO

The Ruby Ridge siege & conspiracy-laced politics in America

We look back at the 1992 siege at Ruby Ridge in Idaho, where gunfire left two civilians and a deputy U.S. Marshal dead. Chris Jennings’ new book explores the apocalyptic religious beliefs that led Randy Weaver and his family to move to a remote cabin, armed to resist government intrusion. He traces the impact of Ruby Ridge on the spread of conspiratorial anti-government and white-supremacist movements. His book is ‘End of Days.’Also, Maureen Corrigan reviews the memoir 'Dizzy,’ by Rachel Weaver. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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Love, Race & the ‘Mixed Marriage Project’

Almost a decade after her father's death, legal scholar Dorothy Roberts had to confront the 25 boxes of his research collecting dust in her office. Roberts' parents, a white anthropologist and a Black woman from Jamaica, spent years doing research on interracial marriage and intimacy in Chicago. Her new memoir, ‘The Mixed Marriage Project,’ draws from their records. She says the project permeated every corner of her upbringing, and now, as a scholar herself, she’s reflecting on her life and racial identity with a new lens. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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5 FEB

Following independent journalists fighting for free press in Russia

Julia Loktev's acclaimed documentary, ‘My Undesirable Friends,’ follows young Russian journalists in the months before and after Putin's invasion of Ukraine — and the impossible choices they face when dissent means prison or exile. Also, jazz historian Kevin Whitehead revisits a two-night set Miles Davis did in Chicago in 1965. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

5 Feb

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44 min
2 FEB

Ethan Hawke

"Every now and then you bump up against a part that presses you to the wall of your ability," Hawke says of playing lyricist Lorenz Hart in ‘Blue Moon.’ He’s nominated for an Oscar for his performance. Hawke spoke with Terry Gross about collaborating with Richard Linklater, losing his friend River Phoenix, and his thoughts on aging. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

2 Feb

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44 min
29 JAN

Former NBC producer on silence, shame and finding words after #MeToo

Brooke Nevils was a young NBC producer working the 2014 Sochi Olympics when, she says, ‘Today Show’ host Matt Lauer sexually assaulted her. Lauer has denied her account, calling their relationship consensual. Now, in her new memoir, ‘Unspeakable Things,’ Nevils doesn't just revisit what happened – she interrogates why it took years to understand it. She spoke with co-host Tonya Mosley. Also, book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews George Saunders’ new novel, ‘Vigil,’ and Ken Tucker reviews music from country artist Stephen Wilson Jr. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

29 Jan

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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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Hear from the cast members who've made Saturday Night Live a comedy institution for 50 years. This collection features comedy legends who regularly inspired Monday morning watercooler conversations. People like Tina Fey, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, John Mulaney, the Lonely Island, and more.

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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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Get to know the world around you, and yourself, a little better with these interviews exploring scientific questions and discoveries. We discuss how the brain fuctions, the nature of the cosmos, the nature of nature, and what lies on the horizon.

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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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Hear from the (surprisingly normal) filmmakers and writers behind the scariest and most shocking horror films of the last 50 years. From legendary horror greats like George Romero and Wes Craven to a new generation keeping the frights fresh.

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Is America headed toward dictatorship?

Excavating the Epstein files

How Rupert Murdoch built an empire and broke his family

A 50th anniversary celebration of ‘Taxi Driver’

Best Of: Fighting for free press in Russia / ‘Fear and Fury’

The Ruby Ridge siege & conspiracy-laced politics in America

Love, Race & the ‘Mixed Marriage Project’

Following independent journalists fighting for free press in Russia

Ethan Hawke

Former NBC producer on silence, shame and finding words after #MeToo

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Film Critic Pauline Kael Thought ‘Star Wars’ ‘Poisoned The Culture’ (Fresh Air+)

How Trump Created The Illusion Of Success

What Do Billionaires Like Elon Musk Want From Trump?

David Byrne's Christmas Playlist

What The Color Blue Tells About Black History

Actor Danielle Deadwyler 'Overprepared' For 'The Piano Lesson'

Inside The Breakdown Of The Global Supply Chain

'Parks And Rec'& 'Good Place' Creator Michael Schur On His New Show

Canonical Lyricist Ira Gershwin Gets His Due

Ariana Grande Loves Being In A 'Beautiful Coven'

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