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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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    Jon Batiste, Holiday Edition / Questlove Christmas

    Jon Batiste joins us from the piano and plays some of his favorite Christmas songs. It's part two of our recent session with him. Batiste is the former band leader and music director for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. He's won multiple Grammys and an Oscar. Inviting musicians to perform or play recordings of their favorite Christmas songs is a new Fresh Air tradition. It started two years ago, with DJ and co-founder of the Roots, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, who put together a playlist of Christmas songs and talked us through his picks. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    49 min

  2. 1 DAY AGO • FRESH AIR+ ONLY

    A Weird, Wonderful John Waters Christmas (Fresh Air+)

    Filmmaker John Waters is the "King of Bad Taste," but that doesn't mean he doesn't enjoy a fun Christmas tune here at the tail end of the calendar year. Granted, his Christmas carol choices aren't necessarily what you might usually hear on the radio at your family holiday gathering, but in this charming conversation from 20 years ago, Waters shares his favorite Christmas traditions, tunes and more. Listen to John Waters in 2004: https://n.pr/4ivXOgj | Listen to John Waters in 1981: https://n.pr/4iGNguX | Listen to John Waters in 1983: https://n.pr/3Vyfj5M | Listen to John Waters in 1985: https://n.pr/41JtHMv | Listen to John Waters in 1986: https://n.pr/3ZpJZHr | Listen to John Waters in 1988: https://n.pr/41vTYOd | Listen to John Waters in 1988: https://n.pr/3ZreDQE | Listen to John Waters in 1990: https://n.pr/4f93qdh | Listen to John Waters in 1994: https://n.pr/4g70Ju2 | Listen to John Waters in 1998: https://n.pr/4iGOAxV | Listen to John Waters in 2000: https://n.pr/3ZujMHx | Listen to John Waters in 2003: https://n.pr/4fdPHSu | Listen to John Waters in 2007: https://n.pr/4fb1Szq | Listen to John Waters in 2009: https://n.pr/49saG2C | Listen to John Waters in 2010: https://n.pr/49srrLi | Listen to John Waters in 2014: https://n.pr/3ZI9dCd | Listen to John Waters in 2019: https://n.pr/4f9DChj | 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.

    36 min

  3. 2 DAYS AGO

    Best Of: Billie Eilish & Finneas / The Colbert Cookbook

    Award-winning sister-brother duo Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell talk about their songwriting process, her changing voice, and their new album, Hit Me Hard and Soft. Later, Stephen Colbert and his wife Evie McGee Colbert talk about their cookbook of home recipes inspired by their South Carolina roots. It's called Does This Taste Funny? Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    49 min

  4. 3 DAYS AGO

    Bonnie Raitt / Francis Ford Coppola

    This month, musician Bonnie Raitt and filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola were both honorees of the Kennedy Center for their contributions to American culture. We're revisiting interviews with both of them. First, blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Bonnie Raitt spoke with Terry Gross in 1996 about her early years, finding her blues sound. And Francis Ford Coppola told us in 2016 the story of casting Marlon Brando in The Godfather. And film critic Justin Chang reviews two new movies: The Brutalist and Nickel Boys. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    49 min

  5. 4 DAYS AGO

    Miranda July Wants Women To Read Their Inner Lives In 'All Fours'

    Filmmaker and writer Miranda July, whose novel All Fours is on many best books of the year lists, and was described in the New York Times as "the year's literary conversation piece." July spoke with Terry Gross about issues in the novel, like separating from a spouse you're growing distant from, perimenopause, and having an affair. And jazz historian Kevin Whitehead reviews a newly released recording of a concert he attended in 1978, by pianist Sun Ra and his Arkestra. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    47 min

  6. 5 DAYS AGO

    The Looming TikTok Ban

    A new law gives TikTok a January 19 deadline to sell to a non-Chinese company or face a nationwide ban. Law professor Alan Rozenshtein delves into what this means and whether President-Elect Trump could intervene. David Bianculli reflects on the year in TV. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    47 min

  7. 6 DAYS AGO

    Billie Eilish & Finneas

    The Grammy Award-winning singer says working with a vocal coach "honestly changed my life." Eilish and her brother/collaborator Finneas talk with Terry Gross about their new album, Hit Me Hard and Soft, voice lessons, and their favorite homework assignment. Also, critic-at-large John Powers shares his highlights of the year — from a documentary to an Olympic moment. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    47 min

  8. DEC 16

    Comedian Ronny Chieng Didn't Tell His Parents He Got A 'Daily Show' Job

    When Ronny Chieng got a job as a correspondent and then anchor at The Daily Show, he kept the news to himself. "I didn't want to brag," the Malaysia-born comic says. "I just wanted to do the work." Chieng now costars in the series Interior Chinatown, and has a new Netflix comedy special, Love to Hate It. Also, Ken Tucker reflects on the best pop music of 2024. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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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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  • Creator
    NPR
  • Years Active
    2007 - 2024
  • Episodes
    1K
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2015-2021 WHYY - For Personal Use Only
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