Fresh Air
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.
'The Invite' screenwriters Rashida Jones & Will McCormack
The new film, ‘The Invite,’ directed by Olivia Wilde, offers a portrait of a marriage in middle...
ListenBest Of: Record producer Peter Asher / Romance writer Kennedy Ryan
Record producer and manager Peter Asher discovered James Taylor and launched Carole King’s career....
ListenRemembering musical theater historian Robert Kimball
Kimball, who died July 2, was artistic advisor to Ira Gershwin. He wrote books about the Gershwins,...
ListenGuitarist Lenny Kaye on Patti Smith, Nuggets, and his solo debut
Kaye's collaboration with Patti Smith began in 1971 and continues to this day. He says she taught him...
ListenA look at new barriers at the ballot box
The rules of the midterms are being rewritten, from redistricting to campaign money. Mother Jones journalist...
ListenLegendary record producer & manager Peter Asher
Asher remembers when Paul McCartney and John Lennon played “I Want to Hold Your Hand” for him for...
ListenWriter Rachel Aviv explores the complexity of the mother-daughter bond
‘New Yorker’ staff writer Rachel Aviv spent years reporting stories about mothers and daughters...
ListenBest Of: Tennis stars Chris Evert & Martina Navratilova / American Culture Wars
The two most famous women’s tennis champions of their generation, Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova,...
ListenSteven Spielberg
After making ‘ET’ and ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ in the ‘70s and ‘80s, Steven...
ListenWriter Kennedy Ryan uses romance novels as a vehicle for discourse
The romance books Kennedy Ryan read growing up rarely included characters who looked like her. Now she...
ListenThe “bullies of the tick world” are on the hunt
The lone star tick seeks out its blood meal and transmits a potentially dangerous allergy to red meat....
ListenBanned books, shocking art & the birth of the culture wars
“The culture wars have completely eaten America,” says author Isaac Butler. His new book, ‘The...
ListenTennis rivals Chris Evert & Martina Navratilova team up against cancer
Once the most successful women’s tennis champions of their generation, Evert and Navratilova open...
ListenBest Of: Laverne Cox /Comic Ali Siddiq
For over a decade, Laverne Cox has been one of the most visible trans women in America. In her new memoir,...
ListenRemembering master of the TV sitcom, James Burrows
We remember one of the most sought-after directors in television, James Burrows. He died June 19 at...
ListenPlaywright Anna Deavere Smith turns to her family’s history for inspiration
For more than 50 years, Anna Deavere Smith has pioneered a type of theater built from real people's...
Listen"Masculinsim" goes mainstream: a movement to fight feminism
Masculinism is a belief that feminism emasculates men, and men should be in control while women stay...
ListenWendell Pierce is a proud journeyman actor
Wendell Pierce is working as hard as ever. He says he's motivated by the "ticking clock of mortality"...
ListenLaverne Cox
For more than a decade, actor Laverne Cox has been one of the most visible trans women in America. But...
ListenBest Of: A family split by race / Eddie Glaude Jr. on America at 250
Pope Leo XIV’s Creole family roots inspired New Orleanian journalist Susan Saulny to research her...
ListenThe collapse of Freedman’s Bank / Remembering Abdullah Ibrahim
‘In Savings and Trust,’ historian Justene Hill Edwards tells the story of the Freedman's Bank. Created...
ListenComic Ali Siddiq on fatherhood, prison, and his biggest regret
Siddiq grew up in Houston with a largely absent father. In his new stand-up special, he paints a picture...
ListenAn inside look at President Trump's campaign to acquire Greenland
New Yorker writer Ben Taub tells Dave Davies that while the idea of acquiring Greenland is out of the...
ListenRemembering the nation's 'Lost Founder'
Jesse Wegman talks to Dave Davies about James Wilson. A brilliant lawyer who helped craft the U.S. Constitution,...
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