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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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WNBA Star Brittney Griner Imprisonment & Release
Griner spent nearly 300 days incarcerated in Russia after authorities at the Moscow airport found two nearly empty cartridges of cannabis in her luggage. The WNBA star spoke with Terry Gross about the dehumanizing prison conditions, her release, and return to the court. Griner, who is 6'9", says she felt like a zoo animal in prison. "The guards would literally come open up the little peep hole, look in, and then I would hear them laughing." Her new memoir is Coming Home.
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The Hidden World Of Plant Intelligence
Climate journalist Zoë Schlanger explains the fascinating science behind how plants learn, communicate, and adapt to survive. She says plants can store memories, trick animals into not eating them, and even send alarm calls to other plants. Her new book is called The Light Eaters.
TV critic David Bianculli reviews the new Netflix series A Man in Full, starring Jeff Daniels and Diane Lane.
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Octavia Butler Didn't See Herself In The Stories She Loved (Fresh Air+)
Novelist Octavia Butler grew up loving fantasy and science fiction stories. She never saw characters who looked like she did in those pages — so she made up her own. Her novels include "Parable of the Sower," "Kindred" and "Fledging," among many others, and she appeared on Fresh Air in 1993. Hear the full Octavia Butler interview: https://n.pr/3QbjZLY. 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.
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Best Of: Jon Bon Jovi / Fantasy Writer Leigh Bardugo
In a new Hulu docuseries, Jon Bon Jovi looks back on his career and his recovery after vocal surgery. He spoke with Terry Gross about his breakthrough hit "Runaway" and how he's evolved as a musician.
Also, we'll hear from fantasy author Leigh Bardugo. She's best known for her YA series Shadow and Bone. Her new adult novel, The Familiar, set in 16th century Spain, is about a young woman who can perform miracles.
Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews a new collection of letters by Emily Dickinson.
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Remembering Writer Paul Auster
The New York Times described Paul Auster as the "Patron Saint of Literary Brooklyn." He died Tuesday of complications of lung cancer. He was 77. We'll listen back to some of our interviews with him, including one about his early career when he was desperately trying to make a living as writer, and even tried writing porn.
Justin Chang reviews the new film The Fall Guy, starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt.
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What Will Happen With The TikTok Ban?
Congress and President Biden say TikTok must shed its financial ties to China or face a ban in the U.S. But Washington Post tech reporter Drew Harwell says selling the company is complicated.
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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.
Leigh Bardugo
Have always been curious about this author. Thank u for the lovely interview. Inspires me to read her novels