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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

  1. 21 HR AGO

    Ryan Coogler Paid A Steep Price For The Films He Made

    The director of Black Panther and Creed talks about his new genre-bending vampire movie that takes place in the Jim Crow South. It's called Sinners and it stars Michael B. Jordan as twins working a juke joint in Mississippi. He spoke with Tonya Mosley about blues music, the supernatural, and why he wanted to own the movie outright after 25 years. Also, book critic Carolina Miranda reviews The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    44 min

  2. 1 DAY AGO

    America's Path To 'Competitive Authoritarianism'

    Harvard professor of government Steven Levitsky studies how healthy democracies can slip into authoritarianism. He says the Trump administration has already done grave damage: "We are no longer living in a democratic regime." David Bianculli reviews season 2 of Nathan Fielder's The Rehearsal. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    46 min

  3. 2 DAYS AGO

    Noah Wyle Is At Home In 'The Pitt'

    After 11 seasons on ER, Noah Wyle thought he was finished with medical dramas: "I spent 15 years avoiding — actively avoiding — walking down what I thought was either hallowed ground or traveled road." But then COVID happened, and he felt compelled to tell more of these stories. He spoke with Dave Davies about the making of The Pitt, the medical jargon, and his mom's feedback on the show. Also, book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Poems by Dorothy Parker and The Usual Desire to Kill by Camilla Barnes. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    45 min
  4. How The Founders Of Google And Yahoo Explained The Internet To Terry (Fresh Air+)

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    How The Founders Of Google And Yahoo Explained The Internet To Terry (Fresh Air+)

    This year marks 30 years since Newsweek deemed 1995 "The Year of the Internet." So in this archive episode, we're revisiting interviews with three people whose creations were essential to the internet becoming what it is today. First is Jerry Yang, the co-founder of Yahoo, talking to Terry at the end of 1995, the year yahoo.com was officially registered. And then an interview with Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page from 2003, back when their company was mostly focused on search, and only had 1,000 employees. | Listen to 40+ years of Fresh Air's archives at https://FreshAirArchive.org. | To access bonus episodes, sponsor-free listening and support public radio, become a Fresh Air+ supporter at https://plus.npr.org/freshair.

    40 min

  5. 5 DAYS AGO

    Best Of: Richard Kind / Melinda French Gates

    You've seen Richard Kind on countless TV shows and films during his 40-year career — Only Murders in the Building, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Spin City, and A Serious Man, just to name a few. He's now the announcer and sidekick on Everybody's Live with John Mulaney. He spoke with Terry Gross about the new gig and why he's glad he's not that famous. Melinda French Gates also joins us to talk about her new book, The Next Day, which reflects on motherhood, grief, philanthropy, and life after divorce. John Powers reviews the new Apple TV+ series Your Friends & Neighbors, starring Jon Hamm. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    48 min

  6. 5 DAYS AGO

    A Love Story At The Center Of The Civil Rights Movement

    MSNBC host Joy-Ann Reid tells the story of Medgar Evers and his wife Myrlie. Medgar was the NAACP field secretary in Mississippi, a state that lynched more Black people than any other. The risks of the job created a lot of tension in their marriage — and after Medgar's 1963 assassination, Myrlie's fury drove her to be an activist herself. And film critic Justin Chang reviews Sinners, the new supernatural thriller by director Ryan Coogler, starring Michael B. Jordan. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    45 min

  7. 6 DAYS AGO

    Starvation In American Jail Cells

    New Yorker staff writer Sarah Stillman says she's discovered dozens of cases where people in county jails across the U.S. have died of starvation, dehydration, or related medical crises. Many were people with mental health issues arrested for minor crimes who languished behind bars without treatment, unable to make bail. Also, we remember renowned jazz critic and Terry Gross' husband, Francis Davis. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    44 min

  8. 16 APR

    The Real-Life Russian Spies Who Inspired 'The Americans'

    In The Illegals: Russia's Most Audacious Spies and Their Century-Long Mission to Infiltrate the West, journalist Shaun Walker shares how agents were trained to blend into a target country and posed as citizens. Walker tells the story of Andrei Olegovich Bezrukov, aka "Donald," and Elena Vavilova, aka "Tracey," who were embedded in Cambridge, Mass. until a 2010 FBI raid. Even their two children didn't know their parents' true identities. Also, jazz historian Kevin Whitehead pays tribute to versatile tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    45 min
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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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  • Years Active
    2007 - 2025
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