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Fresh Air
by NPR · English
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. Support public media by joining NPR+ at plus.npr.org. You’ll get perks for over 25 NPR podcasts, including weekly bonus episodes and curated playlists of archive interviews from Fresh Air. 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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Remembering 1950s singer/actress Peggy King
This Fresh Air episode is a tribute to singer/actress Peggy King, who died late October at 96.
13 Nov 2026 · 46m · 18 chaptersSteve Buscemi
Fresh Air interviews actor/writer/director Steve Buscemi about recent films and his long career, including how his working-class New York life shaped his roles.
12 Nov 2026 · 45m · 13 chaptersAmerican socialism past & present, with historian Jill Lepore
Jill Lepore traces American socialism from the Socialist Party of America (founded 1901) to today’s Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), arguing that “socialism” now spans factions and that its…
11 Nov 2026 · 45m · 13 chaptersHow much money would it take to feel financially secure?
Fresh Air with Mona Chalabi about her book 10 Lives: how money shapes identity, relationships, and “financial security.” She argues Americans are often “discreet” about finances, leading to distorted…
10 Nov 2026 · 45m · 16 chapters
‘Wild Horse Nine’ filmmaker Martin McDonagh
Fresh Air interviews filmmaker Martin McDonagh about his new comedy-drama Wild Horse Nine. The film is set in 1973, just before the CIA-assisted coup in Chile that overthrew Salvador Allende.
9 Nov 2026 · 45m · 21 chaptersBest Of: John Turturro / Jordan Firstman on ‘Club Kid’
This Fresh Air Weekend episode is a “best of” featuring two interviews. Topic 1: John Turturro discusses his film The Only Living Pickpocket in New York.
7 Nov 2026 · 49m · 11 chapters
Novelist Min Jin Lee on the promise and perils of Western education
Min Jin Lee discusses her novel American Hagwon and the “promise and perils” of Western-style education, especially for South Korean diaspora families chasing mobility through hagwons (paid learning…
5 Nov 2026 · 44m · 16 chapters
Jordan Firstman captures the highs and lows of being a ‘Club Kid’
Jordan Firstman discusses his film Club Kid and his own life—how gay club culture mixes joy and danger, and how a party-centric man confronts fatherhood and trauma.
4 Nov 2026 · 44m · 23 chaptersThe skyrocketing cost of elder care
The skyrocketing cost and growing difficulty of elder care in the U.S., and how families—especially lower-income and adult children—pay for long-term care amid Medicare gaps, nursing home staffing…
3 Nov 2026 · 45m · 14 chapters
John Turturro could pick your pocket (if he wanted to)
Fresh Air interview with actor John Turturro about his new film The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, plus discussion of his past roles and personal experiences with caregiving, violence, and…
2 Nov 2026 · 45m · 15 chaptersBest Of: Making ‘La Bola Negra’ / 'New Yorker' cartoonists lament their kitchens
Fresh Air Weekend “Best Of” episode featuring three segments: (1) Los Javis on their film La Bola Negra, based on Federico García Lorca’s unfinished play about a “black ball” that bars gay men from a…
31 Oct 2026 · 50m · 18 chapters
Kazuo Ishiguro on ‘Klara and the Sun’
Fresh Air interview with Nobel Prize–winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro about his novel Clara and the Sun and its film adaptation by Taika Waititi.
30 Oct 2026 · 46m · 19 chapters
Who benefits when massive AI data centers come to town?
The backlash to massive AI data centers—who benefits, who pays (electricity, water, land, health), and who gets to decide—has become a national, bipartisan political fight, including local ballot…
29 Oct 2026 · 44m · 18 chapters
How the killing of Jordan Neely on the NYC subway divided America
Journalist Anand Girdadas discusses his investigation and book “Man in the Mirror” about the May 2023 NYC subway killing of Jordan Neely by Daniel Penny, and how the video and trial split America…
28 Oct 2026 · 44m · 16 chapters
Los Javis filmmakers fight fascism and homophobia with ‘La Bola Negra’
Los Javis (Spanish directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrose) discuss their record-breaking film La Bola Negra, built from the surviving four pages of Federico García Lorca’s unfinished play about a…
27 Oct 2026 · 44m · 15 chapters
'New Yorker' cartoonists confess to nightmare kitchens
Roz Chast and Jason Adam Katzenstein discuss their graphic memoir The Two Saddest Kitchens, about the shame, dread, and comedy of their “nightmare kitchens” and what’s hidden behind the cheerful…
26 Oct 2026 · 45m · 14 chaptersBest Of: Meshell Ndegeocello / Betty Gilpin
This Fresh Air Weekend episode is a “best of” compilation featuring three segments: a long interview with neo-soul singer/bassist Michelle Indeggiocello about her album Synonym; a review of Stevie…
24 Oct 2026 · 47m · 15 chaptersPlatinum songwriter Jimmy Webb
Fresh Air interview with songwriter Jimmy Webb about his career and specific songs, especially “By the Time I Get to Phoenix,” “Wichita Lineman,” and “MacArthur Park,” plus his background and recent…
23 Oct 2026 · 44m · 16 chapters
Betty Gilpin is seeking anti-algorithm, weird roles – and it's working
Fresh Air interviews Emmy-winning actor Betty Gilpin about her new FX crime noir series The Lowdown (season 2) and her recent Emmy win for Apple TV’s Widow’s Bay.
22 Oct 2026 · 44m · 14 chapters
Election experts share concerns about the midterms
Fresh Air examines election experts’ concerns about potential interference in the upcoming midterms, focusing on claims about noncitizen voting, federal pressure on voter rolls, mail-ballot handling,…
21 Oct 2026 · 45m · 13 chapters
David Treuer traces America's relationship with violence back to the frontier
Writer David Treuer’s (actually David Troyer) new book argues that America’s “frontier violence” isn’t past; it’s an ongoing “original sin” embedded in institutions, stories, and behavior.
20 Oct 2026 · 45m · 12 chapters
Meshell Ndegeocello turns familiar songs inside out
Fresh Air interview with Grammy-winning musician Michelle Ndegeocello about her new album Synonym, which reimagines well-known duets and songs “inside out” through queer liberation, Black and brown…
19 Oct 2026 · 45m · 16 chaptersBest Of: Mahershala Ali / Writer Yiyun Li
This Fresh Air Weekend episode is a “best of” featuring two interviews.
17 Oct 2026 · 48m · 17 chapters
Remembering Eva Marie Saint / 'Interview with the Vampire' turns 50
This Fresh Air episode is primarily a tribute to actress Eva Marie Saint, who died last week at 102, plus a brief segment marking the 50th anniversary of Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire and a…
16 Oct 2026 · 46m · 15 chaptersWe use cookies.They keep VO running smoothly and help us improve it. Privacy policy