Fresh Air: Remember the 90s

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Whether you lived through it, or only know the legend: the '90s were a time. Return to the Slacker decade, and hear it anew through these episodes of Fresh Air that capture some of the biggest cultural moments.

29/10/2025

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Whether you lived through it, or only know the legend: the '90s were a time. Return to the Slacker decade, and hear it anew through these episodes of Fresh Air that capture some of the decade's biggest cultural moments. Subscribe to Fresh Air+ to get exclusive access to this and other collections. Plus, you'll get exclusive Fresh Air+ archive episodes every Sunday, and sponsor-free listening for all available episodes. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy

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09/12/2003 • FRESH AIR+ ONLY

Playwrite Tony Kushner

Kushner had adapted his epic Tony-award winning play Angels in America into a screenplay for HBO. The play is set in New York in the mid-1980s during the midst of the AIDS epidemic. The HBO film was directed by Mike Nichols and starred Al Pacino, Meryl Streep and Emma Thompson.

32 min
23/04/1999 • FRESH AIR+ ONLY

Monica Lewinsky

In 1999, Monica Lewinsky discussed her relationship with President Clinton for her book, "Monica's Story."

17 min
15/03/1999 • FRESH AIR+ ONLY

Rapper and Actor Queen Latifa

Actress and rapper Queen Latifah discusses her 1999 memoir, "Ladies First: Revelations of a Strong Woman.” At the age of 19 she was the first female solo rapper to have a major record deal. She also had breakthrough roles in TV's "Living Single" and in Spike Lee's "Jungle Fever."

34 min
02/10/1997 • FRESH AIR+ ONLY

Comedian Whoopi Goldberg

By 1997, actress and comedian Whoopi Goldberg was on her way to EGOT status, having already won a Grammy in 1985, and an academy award in 1990. Here she discusses her book, which was a collection of life observations, insights and Whoopi-isms in 25 vignettes.

15 min
30/09/1997 • FRESH AIR+ ONLY

Anita Hill on the Hill-Thomas Hearings

In 1997, Anita Hill wrote a book reflecting on the events surrounding the Hill-Thomas hearings of the fall of 1991. Hill addressed her difficult overnight transformation into a public figure, as well as the way her case has affected women and the work world as a whole.

30 min
13/05/1997 • FRESH AIR+ ONLY

OJ Simpson Prosecutor, Marcia Clark

Clark was lead prosecutor in the O.J. Simpson criminal trial, and in 1997 wrote a memoir about the trial and her experiences called "Without a Doubt."

39 min
28/11/1995 • FRESH AIR+ ONLY

Bill Gates of Microsoft

In 1995, Bill Gates was chief executive and co-founder of Microsoft, the world's largest software company, which had just released Windows 95. Gates had just written the book The Road Ahead and in it explored the new, growing technology of the internet, and how it would affect people's lives.

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Fresh Air: Remember the 90s Trailer

Whether you lived through it, or only know the legend: the '90s were a time. Return to the Slacker decade, and hear it anew through these episodes of Fresh Air that capture some of the decade's biggest cultural moments. Subscribe to Fresh Air+ to get exclusive access to this and other collections. Plus, you'll get exclusive Fresh Air+ archive episodes every Sunday, and sponsor-free listening for all available episodes. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy

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Whether you lived through it, or only know the legend: the '90s were a time. Return to the Slacker decade, and hear it anew through these episodes of Fresh Air that capture some of the biggest cultural moments.