Fresh Air

1. Jason Isbell On Love, Heartbreak & Songwriting (2025-04-03)
2. ICE Campus Arrests & The 'Struggle For The Soul' Of America (2025-04-02)
3. Writer, Critic & Curator Hilton Als Looks For The Silences (2025-04-01)
4. 'Adolescence' Co-Creator/Actor Asks Not Whodunnit, But Why (2025-03-31)
5. Best Of: A Writer Grapples With A Life-Changing Accident / The Post WWII 'Red Scare' (2025-03-29)
6. After A Friend's Suicide, A Writer Inherits His Grieving Dog (2025-03-28)
7. The Former Jihadist Trying To Remake Syria (2025-03-27)
8. Amanda Knox Is 'Free,' But Is That Enough? (2025-03-26)
9. Inside The 'Mad House' Of Congressional Disfunction (2025-03-25)
10. A Legal Scholar On 10 Laws 'Ruining America' (2025-03-24)
11. Best Of: Seth Rogen / Can The Dems Win Back The Bros? (2025-03-22)
12. 50 Years Of 'Rocky Horror' (2025-03-21)
13. The Political Battle For The Bros (2025-03-20)
14. The Promise & Peril Of AI (2025-03-19)
15. Seth Rogen Lands The 'Tragic' Job Of Studio Head (2025-03-18)
16. The Red Scare & America's Conspiratorial Politics (2025-03-17)
17. Best Of: Comic Bill Burr / Actor Simu Liu (2025-03-15)
18. Texan-Palestinian Comic Mo Amer (2025-03-14)
19. Remembering The South African Playwright Who Defied Apartheid (2025-03-13)
20. Comic Bill Burr [Extended Version] (2025-03-13)
21. The Gutting Of The Department Of Education (2025-03-12)
22. The Campaign To Silence Journalists & Undermine Free Speech (2025-03-11)
23. Comic Bill Burr On Musk, Magic Mushrooms & Healing From His Childhood (2025-03-10)
24. Best Of: Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens / 'White Lotus' Actor Natasha Rothwell (2025-03-08)
25. Remembering New York Dolls Frontman David Johansen (2025-03-07)
26. Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark (2025-03-06)
27. How Did DEI Become Part Of A Political Agenda — And A Slur? (2025-03-05)
28. Mardi Gras With New Orleans Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens (2025-03-04)
29. How A Writer's Life Changed In A Second (2025-03-03)
30. Best Of: Growing Up Murdoch / DOGE's Cuts To The Federal Workforce (2025-03-01)
31. Jeremy Strong / Sebastian Stan / Adrien Brody (2025-02-28)
32. Natasha Rothwell Checks Back Into 'The White Lotus' (2025-02-27)
33. The Ripple Effect Of Musk's Government Purge (2025-02-26)
34. The Murdoch Family's Real-Life 'Succession' Rivalry (2025-02-25)
35. The Battle For The Soul Of The Catholic Church (2025-02-24)
36. Best Of: Louis Armstrong's Early Years / Our Anti-Social Century (2025-02-22)
37. Andrew Scott Doesn't See Ripley As A Monster (2025-02-21)
38. A Family Forged By Haiti's Coup (2025-02-20)
39. How Regime Change Happens In America (2025-02-19)
40. What Measles Outbreaks Tell Us About Public Health In America (2025-02-18)
41. Are Trump's Executive Orders Legal? (2025-02-17)
42. Best Of: Sebastian Stan / Questlove On The Genius Of Sly Stone (2025-02-15)
43. 'SNL' Turns 50: Aykroyd, Franken, Zweibel & Lovitz (2025-02-14)
44. 'Nickel Boys' Director RaMell Ross Makes The Camera 'An Organ' (2025-02-13)
45. How Did Elon Musk Become So Powerful In The Trump Administration? (2025-02-12)
46. For Sebastian Stan, 'The Apprentice' Playing In Theaters Was The Win (2025-02-11)
47. Questlove On Sly Stone & The Burden Of Black Genius (2025-02-10)
48. Best Of: Ariana Grande / Inside A Dominatrix's Dungeon (2025-02-08)
49. Remembering British Singer Marianne Faithfull (2025-02-07)
50. A Dominatrix/Writer Takes Readers Into A Dungeon (2025-02-06)
51. Trump's Plan For Gaza / The U.S. Military's Recruiting Crisis (2025-02-05)
52. Ariana Grande Loves Being In A 'Beautiful Coven' (2025-02-04)
53. Parenting A Child With Terminal Cancer (2025-02-03)
54. Best Of: 50 Years Of SNL Musical Guests / Black History Through Blues (2025-02-01)
55. For 'Severance' Star Adam Scott, Work & Life Can't Be Separated (2025-01-31)
56. How Louis Armstrong Became The First Black Pop Star (2025-01-30)
57. This Anti-Social American Life (2025-01-29)
58. What The Color Blue Tells About Black History (2025-01-28)
59. Questlove Digs Into 50 years Of 'SNL' Musical Hits (And Misses) (2025-01-27)
60. Best Of: Jesse Eisenberg / Pamela Anderson (2025-01-25)
61. Remembering David Lynch (2025-01-24)
62. Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency (2025-01-23)
63. Pamela Anderson Is Still Reinventing Herself (2025-01-22)
64. Jesse Eisenberg Hated Bar Mitzvahs As A Kid (2025-01-21)
65. MLK, The Organizer & Radical Thinker (2025-01-20)
66. Best Of: Learning From Silence / Comic Roy Wood Jr. (2025-01-18)
67. The True Story Of Abuse And Injustice Behind 'Nickel Boys' (2025-01-17)
68. The Secret History Of The Rape Kit (2025-01-16)
69. How Losing Everything In A Wildfire Led Pico Iyer To Seek Silence (2025-01-15)
70. Can The U.S. Aquire Greenland? & Other Q's About Trump Foreign Policy (2025-01-14)
71. Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism (2025-01-13)
72. Best Of: Tilda Swinton / Adrien Brody (2025-01-11)
73. Joan Baez / Suze Rotolo / Al Kooper On Dylan (2025-01-10)
74. Remembering Jimmy Carter (Part II) (2025-01-09)
75. Tilda Swinton Thinks About Her Death (2025-01-08)
76. Adrien Brody Was Made For 'The Brutalist' (2025-01-07)
77. Getting In Sync With Your Inner Clock (2025-01-06)
78. Best Of: Comic Ronny Chieng / Writer Miranda July (2025-01-04)
79. Comic Nikki Glaser On Roasts & Hurt Feelings (2025-01-03)
80. Alex Van Halen / Selena Gomez (2025-01-02)
81. Sterling K. Brown Was Told By Hollywood To Lose The "Smart-Guy Thing" (2025-01-01)
82. Mark Ruffalo Hates The Hulk Suit (2024-12-31)
83. Remembering President Jimmy Carter (Part I) (2024-12-30)
84. Maggie Rogers / Kathleen Hanna (2024-12-28)
85. Connie Chung Regrets Being A Good Girl (2024-12-27)
86. Jeremy Strong Sees Acting As An Escape From Self (2024-12-26)
87. Pete Seeger / Bruce Springsteen (2024-12-25)
88. David Byrne's Christmas Playlist (2024-12-24)
89. Jon Batiste, Holiday Edition / Questlove Christmas (2024-12-23)
90. Best Of: Billie Eilish & Finneas / The Colbert Cookbook (2024-12-21)
91. Bonnie Raitt / Francis Ford Coppola (2024-12-20)
92. Miranda July Wants Women To Read Their Inner Lives In 'All Fours' (2024-12-19)
93. The Looming TikTok Ban (2024-12-18)
94. Billie Eilish & Finneas (2024-12-17)
95. Comedian Ronny Chieng Didn't Tell His Parents He Got A 'Daily Show' Job (2024-12-16)
96. Someone Once Told Elton John He Would Never Be A Pop Star (2024-12-15)
97. Best Of: Jon Batiste's 'Beethoven Blues' / Visual Artist Mickalene Thomas (2024-12-14)
98. Cynthia Erivo Sings With 'A Bit Of A Smile' (2024-12-13)
99. Stephen & Evie Colbert Share The Taste Of Home (2024-12-12)
100. The Housing Shortage, Explained (2024-12-11)
101. Actor Danielle Deadwyler 'Overprepared' For 'The Piano Lesson' (2024-12-11)
102. Jon Batiste Almost Got Kicked Out Of Juilliard (2024-12-09)
103. Werner Herzog Isn't The 'Wild Guy' You Think He Is (2024-12-06)
104. Best Of: Folk Musician Jerron Paxton / Lyricist Ira Gershwin's Legacy (2024-12-06)
105. A Cultural History Of Hypochondria (2024-12-05)
106. Trump's 2nd Term & The Economy (2024-12-04)
107. Artist Mickalene Thomas Gives Black Women Their Flowers (2024-12-03)
108. Folk Musician Jerron Paxton Transports Us To the '20s (2024-12-02)
109. Best Of: Making 'The Piano Lesson' / Selena Gomez (2024-11-30)
110. Pharrell Thinks He Sounds Like Mickey Mouse (2024-11-29)
111. A Yo-Yo Ma Thanksgiving (2024-11-28)
112. Canonical Lyricist Ira Gershwin Gets His Due (2024-11-27)
113. The Washington Family Brings 'The Piano Lesson' To Film (2024-11-26)
114. A Marine's Portrait Of Her Body At Extremes (2024-11-25)
115. Best Of: Comedy Writer Michael Schur / Actor Jimmy O. Yang (2024-11-23)
116. The Exile Of Charlie Chaplin (2024-11-22)
117. 'Parks And Rec'& 'Good Place' Creator Michael Schur On His New Show (2024-11-21)
118. Trump, Journalism & The Rough Road Ahead (2024-11-20)
119. Selena Gomez Has Found Her Balance (2024-11-19)
120. Actor/Comic Jimmy O. Yang Breaks Out Of The Background (2024-11-18)
121. Best Of: Why Do We Itch? / Writer Richard Price (2024-11-16)
122. Kerri Russell On 'The Diplomat'/ Remembering Dorothy Allison (2024-11-15)
123. How Screenwriting Saved Novelist Richard Price (2024-11-14)
124. What Trump's Foreign Policy Could Look Like (2024-11-13)
125. Why Do We Itch? (2024-11-12)
126. Veteran Phil Klay On A 2nd Trump Administration & The Military (2024-11-11)
127. Best Of: Al Pacino / Saoirse Ronan (2024-11-09)
128. Jenny Slate Finds Strength In Sensitivity (2024-11-08)
129. Freedman's Bank & Economic Disparities Today (2024-11-07)
130. Saoirse Ronan Says Being A Child Actor Shaped Her — For The Better (2024-11-06)
131. Remembering Quincy Jones (2024-11-05)
132. Al Pacino Looks Back On A Legendary Career (2024-11-04)
133. Best Of: Alex Van Halen / Painter Titus Kaphar (2024-11-02)
134. Remembering 'Tootsie' Actor Teri Garr (2024-11-01)
135. What About Foreign Interference In The 2024 Election? (2024-10-31)
136. The Organization Ready To Help Trump Override The Federal Gov't (2024-10-30)
137. Alex Van Halen On Eddie, Fire & 'Feeling It' (2024-10-29)
138. How The Culture Wars Split A Church (2024-10-28)
139. Best Of: Bridget Everett / Nick Harkaway, John le Carré's Son (2024-10-26)
140. Singer-Songwriter Randy Newman (2024-10-25)
141. Painter Titus Kaphar On 'Exhibiting Forgiveness' (2024-10-24)
142. John le Carré's Son Revives His Late Dad's Beloved Spy (2024-10-23)
143. What Do Billionaires Like Elon Musk Want From Trump? (2024-10-22)
144. Bridget Everett On Not Fitting In, Then Finding Her People (2024-10-21)
145. Best Of: Pharrell Williams / Lisa Marie Presley's Memoir (2024-10-19)
146. Tom Petty / 'Reservation Dogs' Co-Creator Sterlin Harjo (2024-10-18)
147. The Battle For Honest And Accountable Government (2024-10-17)
148. An Unprecedented Moment For Abortion, IVF & Fetal Personhood (2024-10-16)
149. Palestinian Poet Reflects On A Life Of Loss (2024-10-15)
150. Riley Keough Helps Mom Lisa Marie Presley Emerge From Elvis' Shadow (2024-10-14)
151. Best Of: Jeremy Strong / Will & Harper's Roadtrip Across America (2024-10-12)
152. Remembering Gospel Singer Cissy Houston / MLB Legend Pete Rose (2024-10-11)
153. Israeli Writer Etgar Keret Reflects On A Year Of War (2024-10-10)
154. Jeremy Strong On Delusion, Dreams and Doing What It Takes [Extended Version] (2024-10-09)
155. Pharrell Williams Sees Colors When He Hears Music (2024-10-08)
156. Will Ferrell & Harper Steele's Roadtrip Across America (2024-10-07)
157. Best Of: Ta-Nehisi Coates / John Leguizamo (2024-10-05)
158. Remembering Maggie Smith and Kris Kristofferson (2024-10-04)
159. The Harris/Trump Economic Proposals, Explained (2024-10-03)
160. John Leguizamo Gives The Untold Story Of Latinos In America (2024-10-02)
161. Ta-Nehisi Coates Explores Oppression in 'The Message' (2024-10-01)
162. Ina Garten's Biggest Hosting Fail (2024-09-30)
163. Best Of: 'Joker' Director Todd Phillips / Actor Uzo Aduba (2024-09-28)
164. Celebrating 25 Years Of 'The West Wing' (2024-09-27)
165. Could 'Uncommitted' Voters Sway The Election? (2024-09-26)
166. Above All, Uzo Aduba Is Her Mother's Daughter (2024-09-25)
167. The Inside Story of Trump, Russia, and the Mueller Investigation (2024-09-24)
168. Why 'Joker' Director Todd Phillips Came Back For A Sequel (2024-09-23)
169. Best Of: Connie Chung / Demi Moore (2024-09-21)
170. A Satire Of the Sunshine State (2024-09-20)
171. Maggie Haberman On Trump's Turbulent 2024 Campaign (2024-09-19)
172. Connie Chung Regrets Being A Good Girl (2024-09-18)
173. How Trump Created The Illusion Of Success (2024-09-17)
174. Demi Moore's New Beginning (2024-09-16)
175. Best Of: Inside Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover / Comic Taylor Tomlinson (2024-09-14)
176. Remembering Actor James Earl Jones (2024-09-13)
177. Gearing Up For A Post-Election Legal Fight (2024-09-12)
178. How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter (2024-09-11)
179. The Unchecked Power Of Sheriffs (2024-09-10)
180. Taylor Tomlinson Is Ready To Joke About Her Bipolar II. Mostly. (2024-09-09)
181. Best Of: SCOTUS Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson / Novelist Danzy Senna (2024-09-07)
182. Inside The Making Of 'The Sopranos' (2024-09-06)
183. The Anti-Fascist Vigilantes Infiltrating White Nationalist Groups (2024-09-05)
184. SCOTUS Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Gets Personal (2024-09-04)
185. Danzy Senna Writes Herself (And Other Mixed-Race People) Into Existence (2024-09-03)
186. Film Icons: Spike Lee / Samuel L. Jackson (2024-09-02)
187. Film Icons: Steven Spielberg / Carrie Fisher (2024-08-31)
188. Film Icons: Clint Eastwood / Eli Wallach & More (2024-08-30)
189. Film Icons: Dennis Hopper / Isabella Rossellini (2024-08-29)
190. Film Icons: Meryl Streep / Sidney Poitier (2024-08-28)
191. Film Icons: Molly Ringwald / Jodie Foster / Anthony Hopkins (2024-08-27)
192. Film Icons: Michael Caine / Robert Duvall (2024-08-26)
193. Film Icons: Elia Kazan / Eva Marie Saint (2024-08-24)
194. Remembering 'King Of Daytime TV' Phil Donahue (2024-08-23)
195. Reflecting On 2 Critical Conflict Zones: Ukraine And Gaza (2024-08-22)
196. How Donald Trump Changed Federal Law Enforcement (2024-08-21)
197. How Stadiums Became The American Public Square (2024-08-20)
198. Actor Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor On The Complexity & Heartbreak Of Female Friendships (2024-08-19)
199. Best Of: Black Doctors Consortium Founder / The Life Of A Brain Surgeon (2024-08-17)
200. Police Procedural 'Homicide' (Finally) Comes To Streaming (2024-08-16)
201. On The Road With Harris/Walz (2024-08-15)
202. How American Lobbyists Threaten Democracy (2024-08-14)
203. Safiya Sinclair On Cutting Herself Free From Rastafari Roots (2024-08-13)
204. An Informant Exposes The Inner Workings Of The Ku Klux Klan (2024-08-12)
205. Best Of: How 1982 Sci-Fi Changed The Game / Singer Brittany Howard (2024-08-10)
206. Revisiting The Final Months Of WWII (2024-08-10)
207. 'Sing Sing' Offers a Glimpse of Life Behind Bars (2024-08-08)
208. Black Doctors Consortium Founder Serves Vulnerable Communities (2024-08-07)
209. Migrants Risk It All On The Treacherous Darién Gap (2024-08-06)
210. A Brain Surgeon Opens Up About Life In The O.R. (2024-08-05)
211. Best Of: Comic Nikki Glaser / 'Hacks' Co-Creator Paul W. Downs (2024-08-03)
212. Remembering Freedom Singer Bernice Johnson Reagon (2024-08-02)
213. Brittany Howard On Prince, Break-Up Songs, And Her Haunted House (2024-08-01)
214. The 8 Sci-Fi Movies Of 1982 That Changed Everything (2024-07-31)
215. How 'Hacks' Comes Together — Over Email (2024-07-30)
216. Comic Nikki Glaser Doesn't Know Why Anyone Would Want To Be Roasted (2024-07-29)
217. Best Of: 'Wicked' Director Jon M. Chu / Stunt Performer-Turned-Filmmaker David Leitch (2024-07-27)
218. Remembering Comic Bob Newhart (2024-07-26)
219. Will Hezbollah And Israel Go To War? (2024-07-25)
220. 'Wicked' Director Jon M. Chu On The Hard Work Of Creativity (2024-07-24)
221. The Dictator Playbook (2024-07-23)
222. A Former Stunt Performer Shares Tricks Of The Trade (2024-07-22)
223. Best Of: A Life Of Self-Contempt / Character Actor Julianne Nicholson (2024-07-20)
224. Remembering Shelley Duvall / Sex Guru Dr. Ruth (2024-07-19)
225. Waking Up And Feeling 'Yuck' (2024-07-18)
226. The Impossible American Dream (2024-07-17)
227. Julianne Nicholson Likes Being A Character Actor (2024-07-16)
228. Why The Weapon Choice In The Attempted Assassination Matters (2024-07-15)
229. Best Of: A Novel Of Kidnapping & Family Trauma / Rethinking An Age-Gap Relationship (2024-07-13)
230. Remembering Actor Martin Mull And Screenwriter Robert Towne (2024-07-12)
231. Understanding The Resurgence of Jobs In America's 'Left Behind' Counties (2024-07-11)
232. Inside The Biggest Ponzi Scheme In American History (2024-07-10)
233. She Was 17, He Was 47: How #MeToo Changed A Marriage (2024-07-09)
234. Taffy Brodesser-Akner Writes Real People — Not Likable Ones (2024-07-08)
235. Best Of: Comic Michelle Buteau / Emily Nussbaum On Reality TV (2024-07-06)
236. David Byrne on 40 Years of 'Stop Making Sense' (2024-07-05)
237. How Bon Jovi Lost His Voice — And Got It Back (2024-07-04)
238. A Former Federal Judge Fears For Democracy (2024-07-03)
239. Reflections on Being Fat in a Thin World (2024-07-03)
240. What Do The 'Love is Blind' Lawsuits Mean For Reality TV? (2024-07-02)
241. Best Of: Dr. Fauci's Talks With Trump / 'Hacks' Star Hannah Einbinder (2024-06-29)
242. Fairport Convention Founding Member Richard Thompson (2024-06-28)
243. Election 2024: Where Does The Money Come From? (2024-06-27)
244. Michelle Buteau Finds A Lifeline In Humor (2024-06-26)
245. Ghanaian Artist Blitz Bazawule Is Breaking Down Doors (2024-06-25)
246. Inside The Breakdown Of The Global Supply Chain (2024-06-24)
247. Best Of: Questlove's Hip-Hop History / 'Always Sunny' Actor Rob McElhenney (2024-06-22)
248. 'Slave Play' Playwright Jeremy O. Harris Works To Diversity Theater (2024-06-21)
249. The Story Behind Diane Von Furstenberg's Iconic Wrap Dress (2024-06-20)
250. Actor David Oyelowo On 'Lawmen: Bass Reeves' (2024-06-19)
251. Dr. Anthony Fauci Looks Back On The COVID-19 Pandemic (2024-06-18)
252. 'Hacks' Star Hannah Einbinder (2024-06-17)
253. Best Of: Yo-Yo Ma; Actor Griffin Dunne (2024-06-15)
254. How Satchel Paige Helped Integrate MLB (2024-06-14)
255. How Formerly Enslaved People Were Stripped Of Land (2024-06-13)
256. Rob McElhenney On 'Welcome To Wrexham' (2024-06-12)
257. Questlove On Hip-Hop And History (2024-06-11)
258. Actor Griffin Dunne Revisits His Hollywood Childhood (2024-06-10)
259. Best Of: 'Merrily We Roll Along'; MSNBC Host Ali Velshi (2024-06-08)
260. Julio Torres Spins Immigration Stress into Satire (2024-06-07)
261. Ronan Farrow on the link between #MeToo, Weinstein and Trump (2024-06-06)
262. Colson Whitehead returns to 1970s NYC in 'Crook Manifesto' (2024-06-05)
263. MSNBC Host Ali Velshi Traces His Ancestors' Migration (2024-06-04)
264. 'Merrily We Roll Along' Revival Is A Love Letter To Sondheim (2024-06-03)
265. Best Of: Maggie Rogers / Kristen Wiig (2024-06-01)
266. Carrying On After A Life-Changing Accident (2024-05-31)
267. Revisiting A Chicago Hate Crime And Its Aftermath (2024-05-30)
268. Yo-Yo Ma Says He's Living His Best Childhood Now (2024-05-29)
269. The Untold Story Of The C-Section (2024-05-28)
270. The Stax Records Soul Sound (2024-05-27)
271. Best Of: Michael McDonald / The American 'Food Cartel' (2024-05-25)
272. 'Mad Max' Director George Miller (2024-05-24)
273. The Corruption Scandal That Rocked The Navy (2024-05-23)
274. Maggie Rogers (Extended Version) (2024-05-22)
275. Kristen Wiig (2024-05-21)
276. Michael McDonald (2024-05-20)
277. Best Of: Kathleen Hanna / Tyler James Williams (2024-05-18)
278. Remembering Filmmaker Roger Corman (2024-05-17)
279. Writer Carvell Wallace On Pain, Processing & Letting Go (2024-05-16)
280. Regional Complexities Of The Israel/Hamas War (2024-05-15)
281. 'Abbott Elementary' Actor Tyler James Williams (2024-05-14)
282. Kathleen Hanna's 'Rebel Girl' Life (2024-05-13)
283. Best Of: Brittney Griner / Discovering Plant Intelligence (2024-05-11)
284. 'The Sympathizer' Author Viet Thanh Nguyen (2024-05-10)
285. Remembering Minimalist Painter Frank Stella (2024-05-09)
286. A People's History Of Black Twitter (2024-05-08)
287. WNBA Star Brittney Griner Imprisonment & Release (2024-05-07)
288. The Hidden World Of Plant Intelligence (2024-05-06)
289. Best Of: Jon Bon Jovi / Fantasy Writer Leigh Bardugo (2024-05-04)
290. Remembering Writer Paul Auster (2024-05-03)
291. What Will Happen With The TikTok Ban? (2024-05-02)
292. Erik Larson On The Dawn Of The Civil War (2024-05-02)
293. Fantasy Writer Leigh Bardugo On Magic & Miracles (2024-04-30)
294. Jon Bon Jovi (2024-04-29)
295. Best Of: St. Vincent / Kids In An Age Of Anxiety (2024-04-27)
296. Novelist John Green On The 'Invasive Weed' Of OCD (2024-04-26)
297. Why Writers Are Losing Out In Hollywood (2024-04-25)
298. The Life & Legacy Of 'Rulebreaker' Barbara Walters (2024-04-24)
299. St. Vincent (2024-04-23)
300. How Minority Rule Threatens Democracy (2024-04-22)