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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/freshair
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Fantasy Writer Leigh Bardugo On Magic & Miracles
Leigh Bardugo is best known for her YA Shadow and Bone series. Her adult novel, The Familiar, centers on a young woman in 16th century Spain who must hide her identity as a Jew who converted to Catholicism. She spoke with producer Sam Briger.
Also, jazz historian Kevin Whitehead looks at a reissue of Sonny Rollins.
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Jon Bon Jovi
A few years ago, Bon Jovi stopped performing because of a vocal cord injury. The Hulu docuseries Thank You, Goodnight offers a career retrospective, plus a view of his surgery and return to the stage. He spoke with Terry Gross about his voice, writing "Livin' on a Prayer," and his forthcoming album, Forever.
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Coming Out Opened Up A World Of Possibility For Ian McKellen (Fresh Air+)
When Ian McKellen came out of the closet in 1988, he assumed his career might take a downturn. Instead, three years later, he was knighted by the Queen. In his interview with Terry in 1994, he explained why he thought his decision to come out ultimately improved his performances on stage and screen. Listen to the full Ian McKellen interview here: https://n.pr/3vQ9IhB. Hear all 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.
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Best Of: St. Vincent / Kids In An Age Of Anxiety
Songwriter, guitarist and singer St. Vincent talks about her new album, All Born Screaming. Also, we talk with child psychiatrist Harold Koplewicz. His latest book is called Scaffold Parenting: Raising Resilient, Self-Reliant and Secure Kids in an Age of Anxiety.
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Novelist John Green On The 'Invasive Weed' Of OCD
Green's YA novel, Turtles All the Way Down, has been recently adapted to film (on MAX May 2). Green described living with OCD, and how "one little thought" could take over his mind, in this 2017 interview with Terry Gross.
Also, Justin Chang reviews Challengers, starring Zendaya and directed by Luca Guadagnino.
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Why Writers Are Losing Out In Hollywood
Nearly a year after the Hollywood writers' strike started, the entertainment industry remains in flux. Harpers journalist Daniel Bessner says TV and film writers are feeling the brunt of the changes.
Maureen Corrigan reviews a collection of Emily Dickinson letters.
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Customer Reviews
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I subscribed To Fresh Air so that I didn’t have to wait to listen to current episodes and not have listen to ads. But now ads for other NPR shows are breaking into Fresh Air’s podcast. So I unsubscribed. Ads are ads, and I’m not going to pay to have to listen to them.
Great show, but poorly edited as podcast
I was very excited to have access to Fresh Air as a podcast since I'm usually working when the show airs. The interviews are great, but the editing has been disappointing. Segment changes are choppy and episodes often end mid-sentence. The Ken Burns segment of March 15 was a particular disappointment, ending less than 10 minutes into the episode. I love the show! I just hope the editing improves.
Can you label Terry’s interviews clearly?
I only like to listen to episodes hosted by Terry Gross (or Dave Davies at one time). She does an amazing job and is so fun to listen to and learn from. If the podcasts were clearly labeled in the title as “with Terry Gross” this would help. Or maybe Tonya should be on a different podcast. tonya mosely is not a good interviewer for fresh air. She does not get to any personal connection or insight about the person, as Terry does. Sounds more like a professor or some kind of symposium leader, and it is really boring to listen to.