Fresh Air

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Episodes

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Film Icons: Michael Caine / Robert Duvall
2024/8/26

From now through Labor Day we're featuring interviews from our archive with great actors and directo

Film Icons: Elia Kazan / Eva Marie Saint
2024/8/24

We begin our series celebrating classic movies with Terry Gross' 1988 interview with On the Wate

Remembering 'King Of Daytime TV' Phil Donahue
2024/8/23

We remember Phil Donahue, the daytime talk show host who pioneered thoughtful discussions on controv

Reflecting On 2 Critical Conflict Zones: Ukraine And Gaza
2024/8/22

Georgetown professor and foreign policy analyst Daniel Byman discusses Ukraine's daring offensive in

How Donald Trump Changed Federal Law Enforcement
2024/8/21

Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter David Rohde argues that since 2016, Trump has

How Stadiums Became The American Public Square
2024/8/20

As 50,000 people attend the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, we look at the history of pol

Actor Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor On The Complexity & Heartbreak Of Female Friendships
2024/8/19

In The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat, Ellis-Taylor plays the outspoken ringleader amon

Best Of: Black Doctors Consortium Founder / The Life Of A Brain Surgeon
2024/8/17

Pediatric surgeon and founder of the Black Doctors Consortium Dr. Ala Standford talks with Terry Gro

Police Procedural 'Homicide' (Finally) Comes To Streaming
2024/8/16

Homicide: Life on the Streets, the critically acclaimed police procedural set in Baltimore,

On The Road With Harris/Walz
2024/8/15

As democrats prepare for their national convention in Chicago next week, we take stock of a presiden

How American Lobbyists Threaten Democracy
2024/8/14

Casey Michel shines a light on Americans lobbying for foreign governments in Washington, in many cas

Safiya Sinclair On Cutting Herself Free From Rastafari Roots
2024/8/13

Poet and writer Safiya Sinclair grew up in a devout Rastafari family in Jamaica where women were sub

An Informant Exposes The Inner Workings Of The Ku Klux Klan
2024/8/12

Joe Moore, a former Army sniper turned FBI informant, shares how he infiltrated the KKK and helped f

Best Of: How 1982 Sci-Fi Changed The Game / Singer Brittany Howard
2024/8/10

In 1982, eight science fiction films were released within eight weeks of each other. Chris Nashawaty

Revisiting The Final Months Of WWII
2024/8/10

We commemorate the 79th anniversary of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, by revisiting a h

'Sing Sing' Offers a Glimpse of Life Behind Bars
2024/8/8

Filmmaker Greg Kwedar and formerly incarcerated actor Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin discuss their new

Black Doctors Consortium Founder Serves Vulnerable Communities
2024/8/7

When the pandemic hit, Dr. Ala Stanford set up shop in parking lots, churches and mosques where she

Migrants Risk It All On The Treacherous Darién Gap
2024/8/6

Each year, nearly half a million migrants cross the perilous stretch of jungle between South and Cen

A Brain Surgeon Opens Up About Life In The O.R.
2024/8/5
4 chapters Transcribed

Dr. Theodore Schwartz has been treating neurological illnesses for nearly 30 years. He says being a

Best Of: Comic Nikki Glaser / 'Hacks' Co-Creator Paul W. Downs
2024/8/3
7 chapters Transcribed

Comic Nikki Glaser talks with Terry Gross about finding the line between offensive and funny, hurt f