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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/freshairAnd 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. 4 HR AGO

    Canonical Lyricist Ira Gershwin Gets His Due

    Ira Gershwin wrote the lyrics for some of the most enduring songs in the Great American Songbook, including "I Got Rhythm," "S'Wonderful," "Embraceable You," "Love is Here to Stay," and "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off." Biographer Michael Owen talks about Ira's collaboration with his brother George, his writing process, and the line he added to "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." Later, jazz historian Kevin Whitehead remembers drummer Roy Haynes. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    48 min

  2. 1 DAY AGO

    The Washington Family Brings 'The Piano Lesson' To Film

    August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Piano Lesson is about a conflict in a Black family over whether to keep an exquisite heirloom piano — or to sell it to buy the land their family was enslaved on. Denzel Washington's son Malcolm directed the new film adaptation for Netflix, and his brother John David stars as Boy Willie. Tonya Mosley talks with the brothers about collaborating as a family on the project. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    46 min

  3. 2 DAYS AGO

    A Marine's Portrait Of Her Body At Extremes

    During her years as a military linguist, Bailey Williams pushed her body to extremes. She later learned that eating disorders are more prevalent in the Marine Corps than in any other military branch. Her memoir is Hollow. John Powers reviews the Paramount+ series Landman. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    46 min

  4. 3 DAYS AGO • FRESH AIR+ ONLY

    Ina Garten's First Catering Job Was Nearly A Raw Disaster (Fresh Air+)

    Happy (almost) Thanksgiving to all! On this week of family, food and full scale panic, we thought it might be nice to hear a story that didn't make to our broadcast with Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa. Sure, she always makes everything look elegant and easy, but on one of her very first catering gigs after she bought the Long Island food shop that lent her its casually classy name, everything almost completely fell apart. Listen to the full broadcast interview with Ina Garten: https://n.pr/3Z611vj. 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.

    9 min

  5. 4 DAYS AGO

    Best Of: Comedy Writer Michael Schur / Actor Jimmy O. Yang

    Michael Schur wrote for the The Office, and created The Good Place, and co-created Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. His new show for Netflix, A Man on the Inside, features Ted Danson as a widowed retiree who goes undercover in a retirement community. He spoke with Terry Gross about the series. Later, comic and Silicon Valley actor Jimmy O. Yang talks about his new Hulu series, Interior Chinatown. He plays a waiter who inadvertently becomes central to a crime story. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    49 min

  6. 5 DAYS AGO

    The Exile Of Charlie Chaplin

    Author Scott Eyman explains how silent film actor Charlie Chaplin was smeared in the press, scandalized for his affairs with young women, condemned for his alleged communist ties and banned from returning to the U.S. "At one time or another he was the target of the entire security apparatus of the United States of America," Eyman says. His book is Charlie Chaplin vs. America. Also, Justin Chang reviews two highly-anticipated blockbusters, Wicked and Gladiator II. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    45 min

  7. 6 DAYS AGO

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

    Michael Schur wrote for the The Office, and created The Good Place, and co-created Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. His new show for Netflix, A Man on the Inside, features Ted Danson as a widowed retiree who goes undercover in a retirement community. He spoke with Terry Gross about the series, making fun of NPR (lovingly) on Parks, and being a life-long rule-follower. Also, our TV critic David Bianculli reviews the new series and says it's the sweetest show since Ted Lasso. Subscribe to Fresh Air's weekly newsletter for staff recommendations, gems from the archive, and a peek at what's coming next week. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    46 min

  8. 20 NOV

    Trump, Journalism & The Rough Road Ahead

    Trump has called the press the "enemy of the people" and threatened retribution, including jailing reporters, investigating NBC for treason, and suggesting CBS's broadcast license be taken away. Terry Gross talks with David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, and Marty Baron, former executive editor of The Washington Post, about the media landscape as we head into a second Trump administration. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    46 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, 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/freshairAnd 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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    2007 - 2024
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