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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. How Writing Changed For Ocean Vuong After Losing His Mother (Fresh Air+)

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    How Writing Changed For Ocean Vuong After Losing His Mother (Fresh Air+)

    Poet Ocean Vuong broke out in 2019 with a novel written as a letter to his immigrant mother, whom he ended up losing later that year. In this archive interview with Tonya Mosley, Vuong discusses grieving, how his mother's death changed the way he thought about writing, and feeling seen while also holding identities that often go invisible. | 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.

    37 min

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    Best Of: Michelle Williams / Sarah Snook

    Michelle Williams talks about starring in Dying For Sex — a dark but funny TV series based on a true story about a woman with stage four cancer who, facing death, decides to take ownership of her sexual pleasure. Also, we hear from Sarah Snook. She's best known for her role on HBO's Succession as Shiv Roy. She tells us why she almost didn't audition for the part. Snook was recently nominated for a Tony for her performance on Broadway in the stage adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    48 min

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    R. Crumb, King Of Underground Comics

    R. Crumb created Zap Comix and such characters as Mr. Natural and Fritz the Cat. His comics were a staple of the 1960s counterculture, and came out of his nightmares, fantasies and fetishes. There was a time when he wanted to censor that part of himself — but then he took LSD. He told Terry Gross about that experience in a 2005 interview. We'll also hear from his wife Aline Kominsky Crumb, who is also a cartoonist. Film critic Justin Chang reviews the new Marvel film, Thunderbolts*. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    47 min

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    Having A Child In The Digital Age

    When NYT critic-at-large Amanda Hess learned her unborn child had an abnormality, she turned to the internet — but didn't find reassurance. "My relationship with technology became so much more intense," she says. She talks with Tonya Mosley about pregnancy apps, online forums, and baby gadgets. Her new book is Second Life: Having A Child In The Digital Age. Also, Maureen Corrigan reviews Daniel Kehlmann's new novel, The Director. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    46 min

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    President Trump's Conflicts Of Interest

    New York Times reporter Eric Lipton says the Trump family businesses, including their crypto company, are capitalizing on the President's position, and creating unprecedented conflicts of interest. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    46 min

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    Michelle Williams Insists On Finding Pleasure & Humor Alongside Pain

    Michelle Williams' FX/Hulu series Dying For Sex follows a woman with terminal cancer who decides to pursue her own sexual pleasure. She says the show is about sex, friendship and "being scared and brave at the same time." Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    45 min

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    Sarah Snook Almost Didn't Audition For 'Succession'

    Snook, who played Shiv Roy on Succession, was just nominated for a Tony for playing all the characters in The Picture of Dorian Gray on Broadway. "I don't know what comes after this," she says. She talks about playing 26 different parts in Dorian, why she almost didn't audition for Succession, and the word she could never quite say in an American accent. Also, Ken Tucker shares a remembrance of the leader of Pere Ubu, David Thomas. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    44 min
  8. How Ruth E. Carter Made Spike Lee's Worlds Come Alive (Fresh Air+)

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    How Ruth E. Carter Made Spike Lee's Worlds Come Alive (Fresh Air+)

    Over the past 30 years, costume designer Ruth E. Carter has produced some of the most iconic looks in the Black film canon and beyond, from "Shaft" to "Black Panther" to "Malcolm X." In this archive interview with Tonya Mosley, Carter discussed how she first linked up with Spike Lee, how she designed for "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" after the death of Chadwick Boseman, and even what it was like to work on the pilot of "Seinfeld." | 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.

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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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    NPR
  • Years Active
    2007 - 2025
  • Episodes
    1.2K
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