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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 and Tonya Mosley, the show features intimate conversations with today's…

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Best Of: Jason Segel / Lisa Kudrow 2026-08-29 · 49m
Remembering Tim Curry 2026-08-28 · 46m
Riz Ahmed takes on his inner critic 2026-08-27 · 45m
Dolly Parton 2026-08-26 · 47m Read →
The story of the world's first super-terrorist 2026-08-25 · 45m
Lisa Kudrow 2026-08-24 · 46m
Best Of: Colman Domingo / Writer Leïla Slimani 2026-08-22 · 49m
‘The Dog Stars’ novelist Peter Heller / Remembering rock critic Dave Marsh 2026-08-21 · 46m
‘Wonder Man’ star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II on cancellation and confidence 2026-08-20 · 46m
Challenges the U.S. military is facing in Iran 2026-08-19 · 46m
Jason Segel is not afraid of the ‘dirty underneath’ 2026-08-18 · 46m
What evolution reveals about eating, dieting and fat 2026-08-17 · 46m
Best Of: 'Spider-Man' dir. Destin Daniel Cretton / Novelist Harriet Clark 2026-08-15 · 49m
Reckoning with America’s history of slavery 2026-08-14 · 47m
Colman Domingo loves a challenge 2026-08-13 · 46m
The race for tech supremacy: The U.S. vs. China 2026-08-12 · 46m
‘Spider-Man’ director Destin Daniel Cretton 2026-08-11 · 46m
Silicon Valley billionaires’ war on democracy 2026-08-10 · 46m
Best Of: Jia Tolentino on plastic surgery & AI / ‘Beef’ creator Lee Sun Jin 2026-08-08 · 49m
Remembering ‘The Man Who Listens to Horses’ 2026-08-07 · 46m
Novelist Claire Vaye Watkins on the beauty & brutality of the desert 2026-08-06 · 46m
How Trump made an estimated $2.2 billion last year 2026-08-05 · 46m
Jean Smart bids farewell to ‘Hacks’ 2026-08-04 · 45m
Miss America ‘68, women’s lib, and the politics of beauty 2026-08-03 · 45m
Best Of: ‘Odyssey’ translator Emily Wilson / Actor Jon Bernthal 2026-08-01 · 48m
Remembering Irish singer–songwriter Glen Hansard 2026-07-31 · 47m
Actor Jon Bernthal on grit, dedication & the teacher who saved him 2026-07-30 · 46m
‘Odyssey’ translator Emily Wilson: Nolan should've hired a screenwriter 2026-07-29 · 46m
The forces that shape gun culture 2026-07-28 · 45m
French-Moroccan writer Leïla Slimani on feminism & freedom 2026-07-27 · 46m
Best Of: Broadway legend André De Shields / Apache Chef Nephi Craig 2026-07-25 · 49m
A former nun on why she ran away from her 'Cloistered' life 2026-07-24 · 46m
Lee Sung Jin on the breakthrough that led him to ‘BEEF’ 2026-07-23 · 46m
Jia Tolentino on ‘Our Plastic Surgery Nightmare’ 2026-07-22 · 46m
Broadway legend André De Shields doesn't walk, he floats 2026-07-21 · 46m
Harriet Clark spent 37 years visiting her mom in prison 2026-07-20 · 46m
Best Of: ‘The Invite’ screenwriters / Guitarist Lenny Kaye 2026-07-18 · 49m
Ebon Moss-Bachrach on ‘The Bear’ 2026-07-17 · 47m
Apache Chef Nephi Craig says cooking saved his life 2026-07-16 · 46m
Gold, secrets, never-ending meetings: Inside the Trump White House 2026-07-15 · 46m
Uncovering abuse inside America's largest ICE detention center 2026-07-14 · 45m
'The Invite' screenwriters Rashida Jones & Will McCormack 2026-07-13 · 46m
Best Of: Record producer Peter Asher / Romance writer Kennedy Ryan 2026-07-11 · 49m
Remembering musical theater historian Robert Kimball 2026-07-10 · 47m
Guitarist Lenny Kaye on Patti Smith, Nuggets, and his solo debut 2026-07-09 · 45m
A look at new barriers at the ballot box 2026-07-08 · 46m
Legendary record producer & manager Peter Asher 2026-07-07 · 46m
Writer Rachel Aviv explores the complexity of the mother-daughter bond 2026-07-06 · 46m
Best Of: Tennis stars Chris Evert & Martina Navratilova / American Culture Wars 2026-07-04 · 50m
Steven Spielberg 2026-07-03 · 47m
Writer Kennedy Ryan uses romance novels as a vehicle for discourse 2026-07-02 · 46m
The “bullies of the tick world” are on the hunt 2026-07-01 · 46m
Banned books, shocking art & the birth of the culture wars 2026-06-30 · 45m
Tennis rivals Chris Evert & Martina Navratilova team up against cancer 2026-06-29 · 46m
Best Of: Laverne Cox /Comic Ali Siddiq 2026-06-27 · 47m
Remembering master of the TV sitcom, James Burrows 2026-06-26 · 47m
Playwright Anna Deavere Smith turns to her family’s history for inspiration 2026-06-25 · 46m
"Masculinsim" goes mainstream: a movement to fight feminism 2026-06-24 · 45m
Wendell Pierce is a proud journeyman actor 2026-06-23 · 44m
Laverne Cox 2026-06-22 · 45m
Best Of: A family split by race / Eddie Glaude Jr. on America at 250 2026-06-20 · 48m
The collapse of Freedman’s Bank / Remembering Abdullah Ibrahim 2026-06-19 · 45m
Comic Ali Siddiq on fatherhood, prison, and his biggest regret 2026-06-18 · 45m
An inside look at President Trump's campaign to acquire Greenland 2026-06-17 · 45m
Remembering the nation's 'Lost Founder' 2026-06-16 · 45m
Scholar Eddie Glaude Jr. reflects on America at 250 2026-06-15 · 45m
Best Of: 'Book of Mormon' turns 15 / Actor Clarke Peters 2026-06-13 · 48m
Andrew Scott/Remembering author Marjane Satrapi 2026-06-12 · 46m
'Daily Show' comic Josh Johnson 2026-06-11 · 45m
Josh O'Connor takes the lead in 'Disclosure Day' 2026-06-11 · 44m
How sky-high ticket prices, war & politics could impact the World Cup 2026-06-09 · 45m
Andrew Rannells & Josh Gad look back on 15 years of ‘Book of Mormon’ 2026-06-08 · 45m
Best Of: Novelist Maggie O’Farrell / A personal history of the N-Word 2026-06-06 · 48m
Alan Cumming / Angela Lansbury 2026-06-05 · 46m
Clarke Peters: From ‘The Wire’ to ‘The Boroughs’ 2026-06-04 · 45m
How a single decision made a century ago split a family by race 2026-06-03 · 44m
'Hamnet' novelist Maggie O'Farrell maps her Irish roots in 'Land' 2026-06-02 · 46m
Richard Pryor’s daughter Elizabeth is a scholar of the N-word 2026-06-01 · 44m
Best Of: ‘Boroughs’ Actor Alfre Woodard / Rose Byrne 2026-05-30 · 49m
Remembering jazz giant Sonny Rollins 2026-05-29 · 46m
‘Boroughs’ actor Alfre Woodard reminds us to look to our elders 2026-05-28 · 44m
Obama staffer Ben Rhodes on Iran negotiations and the battle for American identity 2026-05-27 · 44m
David Sedaris wants to be better (at everything) 2026-05-26 · 46m
Billie Eilish & Finneas 2026-05-25 · 45m
Stephen Colbert / Remembering MA Rep. Barney Frank 2026-05-23 · 46m
Best Of: Zayd Ayers Dohrn’s childhood on the run / Writer Jesmyn Ward 2026-05-23 · 48m
Rose Byrne 2026-05-21 · 45m
The Justice Department gives Trump an unprecedented settlement 2026-05-20 · 44m
Through loss, Jesmyn Ward will always return to the word 2026-05-19 · 45m
Son of radicals, Zayd Ayers Dohrn grew up underground & on the run 2026-05-18 · 44m
Best Of: Boots Riley / Will Sharpe 2026-05-16 · 48m
Remembering Philip Caputo, who wrote an unflinching Vietnam War memoir 2026-05-15 · 47m
How Trump increased China's global power 2026-05-14 · 46m
Boots Riley wants to 'compel and repel' you 2026-05-13 · 46m
Inside a journalist’s year of using AI for (almost) everything 2026-05-12 · 46m
Will Sharpe imagines Mozart's day-to-day in 'Amadeus' 2026-05-11 · 46m
Best Of: Novelist Douglas Stuart / ‘Half Man’ Actor Richard Gadd 2026-05-09 · 48m
Broadway producer Jeffrey Seller, from ‘RENT’ to ‘Hamilton’ 2026-05-08 · 46m
Nathan Lane is being tested (and he loves it) 2026-05-07 · 45m
How Silicon Valley has profited by aligning with MAGA 2026-05-06 · 44m
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw’s path from ‘Backtalker’ to legal scholar 2026-05-05 · 44m
Scottish novelist Douglas Stuart on the isolation of secret-keeping 2026-05-04 · 46m
Best Of: Flea / Nick Offerman 2026-05-02 · 49m
Remembering symphony conductor Michael Tilson Thomas 2026-05-01 · 45m
Richard Gadd is looking at the ‘dangers of repression’ 2026-04-30 · 43m
How Trump's EPA head has transformed the agency — and sided with polluters 2026-04-29 · 45m
Flea’s wild path from childhood to Chili Peppers 2026-04-28 · 45m
Nick Offerman gets an emotional arc 2026-04-27 · 45m
Best Of: Malala Yousafzai / Oscar Isaac 2026-04-25 · 48m
‘Schmigadoon!’ co-creator Cinco Paul satirizes Broadway 2026-04-24 · 45m
The spy network that took on America's Nazi groups 2026-04-23 · 44m
Inside Linda McMahon's effort to dismantle the Dept. of Education 2026-04-22 · 45m
Actor Oscar Isaac is ‘a vulture’ of his own life 2026-04-21 · 44m
Malala Yousafzai 2026-04-20 · 45m
Best Of: Actor Amanda Peet / Re-examining Toni Morrison 2026-04-18 · 48m
John Waters, 'Pope of Trash,' turns 80! 2026-04-17 · 47m
Palestinian & Israeli activists share a vision of peace 2026-04-16 · 43m
Amanda Peet 2026-04-15 · 45m
A veteran diplomat breaks down the Iran war 2026-04-14 · 44m
Have we been reading Toni Morrison all wrong? 2026-04-13 · 45m
Best Of: Arsenio Hall / Jeff Ross 2026-04-11 · 48m
St. Vincent 2026-04-10 · 47m
Inside a mobile OB/GYN clinic 2026-04-09 · 44m
Humorist Annabelle Gurwitch faces stage 4 cancer, finds ‘unexpected joys’ 2026-04-08 · 45m
Comic Jeff Ross on roasting, loss and his epic bar mitzvah 2026-04-07 · 44m
Arsenio Hall 2026-04-06 · 45m
Best Of: John Lithgow / Sondheim’s tumultuous life 2026-04-04 · 49m
Julio Torres spins immigrant stress into satire 2026-04-03 · 45m
John Lithgow 2026-04-02 · 45m
An exposé of the plastic industry 2026-04-01 · 44m
Inside the training camps for “alpha males” 2026-03-31 · 46m
Former Infowars employee on Alex Jones' conspiracy machine 2026-03-30 · 45m
Best Of: Jill Scott / Riz Ahmed 2026-03-28 · 48m
Remembering Action Hero Chuck Norris 2026-03-27 · 46m
America's first AI-fueled war is unfolding. How'd we get here? 2026-03-26 · 46m
Bryan Stevenson says facing our racist past is a path, not punishment 2026-03-25 · 71m
Will President Trump act on his threat to take Cuba? 2026-03-24 · 45m
Riz Ahmed is chasing acceptance in 'Bait' 2026-03-23 · 44m
Best Of: Harrison Ford / Novelist Francis Spufford 2026-03-21 · 48m
‘Jury Duty’ star James Marden / Remembering Roy Book Binder 2026-03-20 · 46m
Jill Scott is in her ‘auntie’ era 2026-03-19 · 44m
The Blitz, romance, and time-traveling fascists 2026-03-18 · 46m
Could the Iran war lead to WWIII? 2026-03-17 · 45m
The tumultuous life of Stephen Sondheim 2026-03-16 · 46m
Best Of: Delroy Lindo / Tayari Jones on ‘Kin’ 2026-03-14 · 48m
Benicio del Toro 2026-03-13 · 46m
Inside the explosive growth of sports betting 2026-03-12 · 44m
Harrison Ford 2026-03-11 · 46m
Jamilah Lemieux on the complicated beauty of being a ‘Black. Single. Mother.’ 2026-03-10 · 45m
The hidden history of blackface in America 2026-03-09 · 45m
Best Of: ‘Hamnet’ star Jessie Buckley / Documentarian Morgan Neville 2026-03-07 · 48m
Remembering pop songwriter Neil Sedaka 2026-03-06 · 46m
Delroy Lindo is claiming victory 2026-03-05 · 45m
From Beatles break-up to John’s murder, a look at Paul’s transformation 2026-03-04 · 45m
A look at Trump's plans to restrict voting 2026-03-03 · 44m
Jessie Buckley loves the ‘shadowy bits’ of her characters 2026-03-02 · 45m
Best Of: Kate Hudson / Stellan Skarsgård 2026-02-28 · 48m
The voice of SpongeBob, Tom Kenny 2026-02-27 · 46m
Is the U.S. headed toward military conflict with Iran? 2026-02-26 · 45m
Stellan Skarsgård doesn’t believe in bad guys 2026-02-25 · 46m
Tayari Jones on friendship, writing, and choosing your ‘Kin’ 2026-02-24 · 45m
Kate Hudson 2026-02-23 · 44m
Best Of: The life and legacy of Fela Kuti / Michael Pollan on consciousness 2026-02-21 · 48m
Remembering actor Robert Duvall & filmmaker Frederick Wiseman 2026-02-20 · 46m
Michael Pollan’s journey to understand consciousness 2026-02-19 · 46m
A look at the ethical implications of AI 2026-02-18 · 45m
A daughter's rebellion against a regime and her father 2026-02-17 · 46m
The American Presidency, Redefined 2026-02-16 · 45m
Best Of: Mixed Marriage Project / How Racism Costs Everyone 2026-02-14 · 48m
‘Sinners’ Songwriter Raphael Saadiq 2026-02-13 · 46m
Fela Kuti and the music of political resistance 2026-02-12 · 45m
Excavating the Epstein files 2026-02-11 · 45m
Love, Race & the ‘Mixed Marriage Project’ 2026-02-10 · 44m
The Ruby Ridge siege & conspiracy-laced politics in America 2026-02-09 · 46m
Best Of: Fighting for free press in Russia / ‘Fear and Fury’ 2026-02-07 · 47m
A 50th anniversary celebration of ‘Taxi Driver’ 2026-02-06 · 47m
Following independent journalists fighting for free press in Russia 2026-02-05 · 44m
Is America headed toward dictatorship? 2026-02-04 · 44m
How Rupert Murdoch built an empire and broke his family 2026-02-03 · 44m
Ethan Hawke 2026-02-02 · 44m
Best Of: Novelists Liz Moore & Julian Barnes 2026-01-31 · 49m
Guillermo Del Toro would ‘rather die’ than use generative AI 2026-01-30 · 45m
Former NBC producer on silence, shame and finding words after #MeToo 2026-01-29 · 44m
Inside the U.S. reversal on climate change action 2026-01-28 · 45m
How Tucker Carlson Became Right-Wing Media’s Most Significant Voice 2026-01-27 · 45m
The Rebirth Of White Rage 2026-01-26 · 44m
Best Of: Writers Rachel Eliza Griffiths & Quiara Alegría Hudes 2026-01-24 · 47m
A Mel Brooks Appreciation! 2026-01-23 · 47m
Writer Quiara Alegría Hudes On ‘White Hot’ Rage 2026-01-22 · 44m
Are ICE Agents In Minneapolis Breaking The Law? 2026-01-21 · 44m
Poet Rachel Eliza Griffiths On Love, Tragedy & ‘Survivor Mode’ 2026-01-20 · 44m
How Racism Costs Everyone 2026-01-19 · 45m
Best Of: Jodie Foster / Tessa Thompson 2026-01-17 · 49m
Remembering Grateful Dead Founding Member Bob Weir 2026-01-16 · 47m
Novelist Julian Barnes Faces Mortality Without Fear 2026-01-15 · 44m
Marco Rubio’s Shift From Trump Critic To Champion 2026-01-14 · 45m
Jodie Foster 2026-01-13 · 44m
‘The God of the Woods’ Author Liz Moore 2026-01-12 · 45m
Best Of: Will Arnett / ‘Song Sung Blue’ Director Craig Brewer 2026-01-10 · 49m
Neil Diamond / Noah Wyle On ‘The Pitt’ 2026-01-09 · 46m
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