Fresh Air

1. Nutrition, SNAP & Why We Need A Food Revolution (2025-11-11)
2. Tim Robbins Believes In The Power Of Theater (2025-11-10)
3. Best Of: Judd Apatow / Misty Copeland (2025-11-08)
4. Patti Smith’s ‘Horses’ Turns 50 (2025-11-07)
5. Trump's Options To Subvert The 2026 Midterms (2025-11-06)
6. Misty Copeland Begins A New Chapter (2025-11-05)
7. The Undoing Of The Department Of Justice (2025-11-04)
8. Richard Linklater: 'Filmmaking Is Problem Solving' (2025-11-03)
9. Best Of: Guillermo Del Toro / Cameron Crowe (2025-11-01)
10. The Making Of ‘Young Frankenstein’ (2025-10-31)
11. The ‘Shadow President’ Dismantling The Government (2025-10-30)
12. Filmmaker Nia DaCosta Defies Categorization (2025-10-29)
13. Judd Apatow Unpacks His Comedy Memorabilia (2025-10-28)
14. For Cameron Crowe, Being 'Uncool' Is A Badge Of Honor (2025-10-27)
15. Best Of: Malala Yousafzai / Ken Burns On The Revolutionary War (2025-10-25)
16. Remembering NPR 'Founding Mother' Susan Stamberg (2025-10-24)
17. Guillermo Del Toro Finally Makes His Own 'Frankenstein' (2025-10-23)
18. Confused By The U.S. Economy? You're Not Alone (2025-10-22)
19. Malala Yousafzai On Breaking Rules & Finding Her Way (2025-10-21)
20. Ken Burns On The American Revolution (2025-10-20)
21. Best Of: Julian Brave NoiseCat / Laufey (2025-10-18)
22. A Girl Grows Up In The Epicenter Of Gay Liberation (2025-10-17)
23. A Story Of Indigenous Survival & Resurgence (2025-10-16)
24. How Trump’s Transactional Nature Led To The Ceasefire (2025-10-15)
25. Remembering Diane Keaton (2025-10-14)
26. Mitch Albom Is A 'Walking Example Of A Second Chance' (2025-10-13)
27. Best Of: Dwayne Johnson / Comic Cristela Alonzo (2025-10-11)
28. Jane Goodall (2025-10-10)
29. National Guard Deployment In American Cities (2025-10-09)
30. Laufey Is Unapologetically Herself (2025-10-08)
31. 'Dopesick' Writer Returns To Her 'Fractured' Hometown (2025-10-07)
32. Poet Ada Limón On Writing In Uncertain Times (2025-10-06)
33. Best Of: Scarlett Johansson & June Squibb / Mark Ronson (2025-10-04)
34. Al Pacino & Sidney Lumet: 'Dog Day Afternoon' At 50 (2025-10-03)
35. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (2025-10-02)
36. Implications Of The DOJ Targeting The President’s Critics (2025-10-01)
37. Mark Ronson On DJing In The '90s (2025-09-30)
38. Comic Cristela Alonzo (2025-09-29)
39. Best Of: Samin Nosrat / Elizabeth Gilbert (2025-09-27)
40. Jimmy Kimmel's Path To Late Night (2025-09-26)
41. Scarlett Johansson & June Squibb On 'Eleanor The Great' (2025-09-25)
42. Samin Nosrat Is Embracing 'Good Things' (2025-09-23)
43. Elizabeth Gilbert On Love, Loss, And Liberation (2025-09-22)
44. Best Of: Jude Law / Pedro Pascal (2025-09-20)
45. Robert Redford, Over The Years (2025-09-19)
46. Jude Law (2025-09-18)
47. How Charlie Kirk Became A Voice Of Conservative Youth (2025-09-17)
48. Mary Roach On Our Remarkable, Replaceable Bodies (2025-09-16)
49. The Cost Of Gun Violence On Black Life (2025-09-15)
50. Terry Gross On 50 Years Of Fresh Air (Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso) (2025-09-14)
51. Best Of: Rob Reiner On 'Spinal Tap II' / Billy Strings (2025-09-14)
52. Inside Netflix's 'Adolescence' (2025-09-12)
53. NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner (2025-09-11)
54. The Future Of Free And Fair Elections (2025-09-10)
55. Rob Reiner's 'Spinal Tap' Still Goes To 11 (2025-09-09)
56. Bluegrass Star Billy Strings (2025-09-08)
57. Best Of : Jane Fonda / Spike Lee (2025-09-06)
58. Noah Wyle, Star Of 'The Pitt' (2025-09-05)
59. How Does Pain Work? Dr. Sanjay Gupta Explains (2025-09-04)
60. RFK Jr.'s Impact On Americans' Health (2025-09-03)
61. Jane Fonda Is Not Backing Down (2025-09-02)
62. Roots of Rock and R&B: Dion and Allen Toussaint (2025-09-01)
63. Roots of R&B: Charles Brown & Ray Charles (2025-08-30)
64. Roots of R&B: 'Stand By Me' (2025-08-29)
65. Roots of R&B: Johnny Otis & Etta James (2025-08-27)
66. Roots of Rock: Sun Records & Johnny Cash (2025-08-26)
67. Roots Of Rock: "Blue Suede Shoes" (2025-08-25)
68. Remembering Actor Terence Stamp (2025-08-22)
69. Robert Reich: The Baby Boomers Fell Short (2025-08-21)
70. The Dramatic Overhaul Of The Justice Dept. (2025-08-20)
71. Spike Lee On Dynamic Duos & Reimagining Kurosawa (2025-08-19)
72. Bowen Yang's 'Wicked' White Lie (2025-08-18)
73. Thomas Mallon (2025-08-15)
74. Best Of: AI's Writing Critique / The Rise And Fall Of Condé Nast (2025-08-15)
75. Pedro Pascal Got Fired A Lot (2025-08-14)
76. Musician Charley Crockett's Road From Busking To The Grammys (2025-08-13)
77. Jeff Hiller's Big Break Came In His 40s (2025-08-12)
78. Daniel Dae Kim Fakes His Own Death In 'Butterfly' (2025-08-12)
79. Best Of: Making 'Born To Run' / Why We Can't Sleep (2025-08-09)
80. Remembering Eddie Palmieri / Funk Innovator George Clinton (2025-08-08)
81. The Making Of Springsteen's 'Born To Run' (2025-08-07)
82. The Nihilistic War In Sudan (2025-08-06)
83. Sarah Silverman Gets the Last Laugh in 'PostMortem' (2025-08-06)
84. How The 1979 Revolution Transformed Iran (2025-08-04)
85. Best Of: Mariska Hargitay / Marc Maron (2025-08-02)
86. Correcting The Record On Elvis's Manager (2025-07-31)
87. Has NASA Ceded Its Mission To Elon Musk? (2025-07-30)
88. Comic Marc Maron On Grief, Cats, And Being Openhearted (2025-07-29)
89. Mariska Hargitay On Freeing Herself From Generational Trauma (2025-07-28)
90. Best Of: Actor Leslie Uggams / Martha's Vineyard's Indigenous Past & Present (2025-07-26)
91. Remembering Lyricist Alan Bergman / The 'Outrageous' Jessica Mitford (2025-07-25)
92. The Shifting Landscape Of Higher Education (2025-07-24)
93. A Chatbot Reacts To A Book About Tech (2025-07-23)
94. Leslie Uggams Looks Back On Her Decades In Show Business (2025-07-22)
95. Martha's Vineyard's Indigenous Past & Present (2025-07-21)
96. Best Of: Stacey Abrams / Raphael Saadiq (2025-07-19)
97. In The Dugout With Baseball All Stars (2025-07-18)
98. Congress has voted to eliminate government funding for public media (2025-07-18)
99. The Dominance & Decline Of The Condé Nast Magazine Empire (2025-07-17)
100. Rising Floods, Cuts To FEMA And Future Chaos (2025-07-16)
101. Stacey Abrams On American Autocracy & Her New Chapter (2025-07-15)
102. The 'Jailhouse Lawyer' Who Freed Innocent People — Including Himself (2025-07-14)
103. Best Of: A 'Failed' Child Star / A Novel About Pregnancy Post-Roe (2025-07-12)
104. Danzy Senna Writes Herself (& Other Mixed-Race People) Into Existence (2025-07-11)
105. SCOTUS & The Reconception Of American Constitutional Order (2025-07-10)
106. Doula & Novelist Leila Mottley On The Nuance Of Young Parenthood (2025-07-09)
107. Raphael Saadiq's Secret To Creative Success: 'Dare To Suck' (2025-07-08)
108. Can't Sleep? You're Not Alone (2025-07-07)
109. Best Of: 'Hamilton' Producer Jeffrey Seller / Ebon Moss-Bachrach On 'The Bear' (2025-07-05)
110. How Louis Armstrong Became The First Black Pop Star (2025-07-04)
111. A 'Failed Child Star' Looks Back On Her Unconventional Childhood (2025-07-03)
112. How Communities, Families & The Economy Are Impacted By ICE (2025-07-02)
113. Remembering Renowned Broadcaster Bill Moyers (2025-07-01)
114. A Theater Kid's Path To Broadway Producer (2025-06-30)
115. Best Of: 'Hysterical' Podcaster / 'Seinfeld' Writer (2025-06-28)
116. Remembering War Correspondent Rod Nordland (2025-06-27)
117. Virgil Abloh's Unconventional Path To Luxury Fashion (2025-06-26)
118. Ebon Moss-Bachrach Takes Us Inside 'The Bear' Kitchen (2025-06-25)
119. Will Israel And The U.S. Attacks On Iran Affect Tehran's Regime? (2025-06-24)
120. Gen Z Is Having Less Sex. Why? (2025-06-23)
121. Best Of: Benicio del Toro / Molly Jong-Fast (2025-06-21)
122. Remembering Pioneer Of Gay Lit, Edmund White (2025-06-20)
123. Painter Titus Kaphar On 'Exhibiting Forgiveness' (2025-06-19)
124. Podcaster Dan Taberski's Investigation Into An Outbreak Of A Mysterious Illness (2025-06-18)
125. 'Seinfeld' Writer & 'Borat' Director Larry Charles (2025-06-17)
126. Witnessing Executions In America's Prisons (2025-06-16)
127. Best Of: Writer Ocean Vuong / Comic Atsuko Okatsuka (2025-06-14)
128. Remembering Brian Wilson, Leader Of The Beach Boys (2025-06-13)
129. Benicio del Toro On Living In Wes Anderson's World (2025-06-13)
130. Inside DOGE, Post Elon Musk (2025-06-11)
131. Molly Jong-Fast Grew Up With A Mother Addicted To Fame (2025-06-10)
132. Comic Atsuko Okatsuka Is Owning Her 'Freak' (2025-06-09)
133. Best Of: The Innovation Of 'I Love Lucy' / Mark Hamill (2025-06-07)
134. Why We Remember / 'Simpsons' Composer Alf Clausen (2025-06-06)
135. Ocean Vuong Sees Himself More As A Teacher Than A Writer (2025-06-06)
136. The Face-Off Between Harvard & The Trump Administration (2025-06-04)
137. To Shed Luke Skywalker, Mark Hamill Turned To Voiceover Work (2025-06-03)
138. With 'I Love Lucy,' Desi Arnaz Changed TV Forever (2025-06-02)
139. Best Of: Sarah Silverman / Cole Escola (2025-05-31)
140. A Veteran Stunt Performer Shares Tricks Of The Trade (2025-05-30)
141. Sarah Silverman Finds The Funny In Grief (2025-05-29)
142. The Talented Mr. Vance (2025-05-28)
143. Author James Patterson On The Art Of Collaboration (2025-05-27)
144. Questlove On Sly Stone And The Burden Of Black Genius (2025-05-26)
145. Best Of: Education & A.I. / Having A Child In The Digital Age (2025-05-24)
146. Remembering Broadway Composer Charles Strouse (2025-05-23)
147. Walton Goggins Was Raised By A Village (2025-05-22)
148. Professors Are Using A.I., Too. Now What? (2025-05-21)
149. Inside The "Cover-Up" Of President Biden's Decline (2025-05-20)
150. Cole Escola's 'Stupid' Dream Came True With 'Oh, Mary!' (2025-05-19)
151. Best Of: Ramy Youssef / Danny McBride (2025-05-17)
152. Zombies Frontman Colin Blunstone (2025-05-16)
153. Navigating The 'Wellness' Epidemic (2025-05-15)
154. His Cancer Meds Were Nearly $1K A Pill. How Did That Happen? (2025-05-14)
155. Ramy Youssef Animates A Muslim Family's Post-9/11 Life (2025-05-13)
156. 'Righteous Gemstones' Creator Danny McBride's Love Letter To The South (2025-05-12)
157. Best Of: Michelle Williams / Sarah Snook (2025-05-10)
158. R. Crumb, King Of Underground Comics (2025-05-09)
159. Having A Child In The Digital Age (2025-05-08)
160. President Trump's Conflicts Of Interest (2025-05-07)
161. Michelle Williams Insists On Finding Pleasure & Humor Alongside Pain (2025-05-06)
162. Sarah Snook Almost Didn't Audition For 'Succession' (2025-05-05)
163. Best Of: Inside The Pronatalist Movement / Making Sense Of Trauma (2025-05-03)
164. A Story Of Shipwreck, Mutiny And Murder (2025-05-02)
165. Terry Gross Remembers Her Late Husband, Francis Davis (2025-05-01)
166. Baby Bonuses, Trad Wives & The Pronatalist Movement (2025-04-30)
167. How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America (2025-04-29)
168. How Trauma Shapes Us (2025-04-28)
169. Best Of: 'The Pitt' Star Noah Wyle / 'Sinners' Director Ryan Coogler (2025-04-26)
170. Merle Haggard On Hopping Trains And Doing Time (2025-04-25)
171. Are Kids With ADHD Being Treated Effectively? (2025-04-24)
172. Ryan Coogler Paid A Steep Price For The Films He Made (2025-04-23)
173. America's Path To 'Competitive Authoritarianism' (2025-04-22)
174. Noah Wyle Is At Home In 'The Pitt' (2025-04-21)
175. Best Of: Richard Kind / Melinda French Gates (2025-04-19)
176. A Love Story At The Center Of The Civil Rights Movement (2025-04-18)
177. Starvation In American Jail Cells (2025-04-17)
178. The Real-Life Russian Spies Who Inspired 'The Americans' (2025-04-16)
179. Melinda French Gates On Giving Away Her 'Absurd' Wealth (2025-04-15)
180. Richard Kind Is Glad He's Not That Famous (2025-04-14)
181. Best Of: Jason Isbell / David Tennant (2025-04-12)
182. 'Hacks' Returns! With Jean Smart, Hannah Einbinder, Paul W. Downs (2025-04-11)
183. The Dark Secrets Of Johnson & Johnson (2025-04-10)
184. Trump's Tariffs & The Radical Remaking Of The Global Economy (2025-04-09)
185. The 'Fog Of Delusion' In Biden's Inner Circle (2025-04-08)
186. At 3 Years Old, David Tennant Knew He Wanted To Be Doctor Who (2025-04-07)
187. Best Of: Amanda Knox / 'Adolescence' Co-Creator & Actor Stephen Graham (2025-04-05)
188. Celebrating 20 Years Of 'The Office' (2025-04-04)
189. Jason Isbell On Love, Heartbreak & Songwriting (2025-04-03)
190. ICE Campus Arrests & The 'Struggle For The Soul' Of America (2025-04-02)
191. Writer, Critic & Curator Hilton Als Looks For The Silences (2025-04-01)
192. 'Adolescence' Co-Creator/Actor Asks Not Whodunnit, But Why (2025-03-31)
193. Best Of: A Writer Grapples With A Life-Changing Accident / The Post WWII 'Red Scare' (2025-03-29)
194. After A Friend's Suicide, A Writer Inherits His Grieving Dog (2025-03-28)
195. The Former Jihadist Trying To Remake Syria (2025-03-27)
196. Amanda Knox Is 'Free,' But Is That Enough? (2025-03-26)
197. Inside The 'Mad House' Of Congressional Disfunction (2025-03-25)
198. A Legal Scholar On 10 Laws 'Ruining America' (2025-03-24)
199. Best Of: Seth Rogen / Can The Dems Win Back The Bros? (2025-03-22)
200. 50 Years Of 'Rocky Horror' (2025-03-21)
201. The Political Battle For The Bros (2025-03-20)
202. The Promise & Peril Of AI (2025-03-19)
203. Seth Rogen Lands The 'Tragic' Job Of Studio Head (2025-03-18)
204. The Red Scare & America's Conspiratorial Politics (2025-03-17)
205. Best Of: Comic Bill Burr / Actor Simu Liu (2025-03-15)
206. Texan-Palestinian Comic Mo Amer (2025-03-14)
207. Remembering The South African Playwright Who Defied Apartheid (2025-03-13)
208. Comic Bill Burr [Extended Version] (2025-03-13)
209. The Gutting Of The Department Of Education (2025-03-12)
210. The Campaign To Silence Journalists & Undermine Free Speech (2025-03-11)
211. Comic Bill Burr On Musk, Magic Mushrooms & Healing From His Childhood (2025-03-10)
212. Best Of: Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens / 'White Lotus' Actor Natasha Rothwell (2025-03-08)
213. Remembering New York Dolls Frontman David Johansen (2025-03-07)
214. Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark (2025-03-06)
215. How Did DEI Become Part Of A Political Agenda — And A Slur? (2025-03-05)
216. Mardi Gras With New Orleans Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens (2025-03-04)
217. How A Writer's Life Changed In A Second (2025-03-03)
218. Best Of: Growing Up Murdoch / DOGE's Cuts To The Federal Workforce (2025-03-01)
219. Jeremy Strong / Sebastian Stan / Adrien Brody (2025-02-28)
220. Natasha Rothwell Checks Back Into 'The White Lotus' (2025-02-27)
221. The Ripple Effect Of Musk's Government Purge (2025-02-26)
222. The Murdoch Family's Real-Life 'Succession' Rivalry (2025-02-25)
223. The Battle For The Soul Of The Catholic Church (2025-02-24)
224. Best Of: Louis Armstrong's Early Years / Our Anti-Social Century (2025-02-22)
225. Andrew Scott Doesn't See Ripley As A Monster (2025-02-21)
226. A Family Forged By Haiti's Coup (2025-02-20)
227. How Regime Change Happens In America (2025-02-19)
228. What Measles Outbreaks Tell Us About Public Health In America (2025-02-18)
229. Are Trump's Executive Orders Legal? (2025-02-17)
230. Best Of: Sebastian Stan / Questlove On The Genius Of Sly Stone (2025-02-15)
231. 'SNL' Turns 50: Aykroyd, Franken, Zweibel & Lovitz (2025-02-14)
232. 'Nickel Boys' Director RaMell Ross Makes The Camera 'An Organ' (2025-02-13)
233. How Did Elon Musk Become So Powerful In The Trump Administration? (2025-02-12)
234. For Sebastian Stan, 'The Apprentice' Playing In Theaters Was The Win (2025-02-11)
235. Questlove On Sly Stone & The Burden Of Black Genius (2025-02-10)
236. Best Of: Ariana Grande / Inside A Dominatrix's Dungeon (2025-02-08)
237. Remembering British Singer Marianne Faithfull (2025-02-07)
238. A Dominatrix/Writer Takes Readers Into A Dungeon (2025-02-06)
239. Trump's Plan For Gaza / The U.S. Military's Recruiting Crisis (2025-02-05)
240. Ariana Grande Loves Being In A 'Beautiful Coven' (2025-02-04)
241. Parenting A Child With Terminal Cancer (2025-02-03)
242. Best Of: 50 Years Of SNL Musical Guests / Black History Through Blues (2025-02-01)
243. For 'Severance' Star Adam Scott, Work & Life Can't Be Separated (2025-01-31)
244. How Louis Armstrong Became The First Black Pop Star (2025-01-30)
245. This Anti-Social American Life (2025-01-29)
246. What The Color Blue Tells About Black History (2025-01-28)
247. Questlove Digs Into 50 years Of 'SNL' Musical Hits (And Misses) (2025-01-27)
248. Best Of: Jesse Eisenberg / Pamela Anderson (2025-01-25)
249. Remembering David Lynch (2025-01-24)
250. Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency (2025-01-23)
251. Pamela Anderson Is Still Reinventing Herself (2025-01-22)
252. Jesse Eisenberg Hated Bar Mitzvahs As A Kid (2025-01-21)
253. MLK, The Organizer & Radical Thinker (2025-01-20)
254. Best Of: Learning From Silence / Comic Roy Wood Jr. (2025-01-18)
255. The True Story Of Abuse And Injustice Behind 'Nickel Boys' (2025-01-17)
256. The Secret History Of The Rape Kit (2025-01-16)
257. How Losing Everything In A Wildfire Led Pico Iyer To Seek Silence (2025-01-15)
258. Can The U.S. Aquire Greenland? & Other Q's About Trump Foreign Policy (2025-01-14)
259. Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism (2025-01-13)
260. Best Of: Tilda Swinton / Adrien Brody (2025-01-11)
261. Joan Baez / Suze Rotolo / Al Kooper On Dylan (2025-01-10)
262. Remembering Jimmy Carter (Part II) (2025-01-09)
263. Tilda Swinton Thinks About Her Death (2025-01-08)
264. Adrien Brody Was Made For 'The Brutalist' (2025-01-07)
265. Getting In Sync With Your Inner Clock (2025-01-06)
266. Best Of: Comic Ronny Chieng / Writer Miranda July (2025-01-04)
267. Comic Nikki Glaser On Roasts & Hurt Feelings (2025-01-03)
268. Alex Van Halen / Selena Gomez (2025-01-02)
269. Sterling K. Brown Was Told By Hollywood To Lose The "Smart-Guy Thing" (2025-01-01)
270. Mark Ruffalo Hates The Hulk Suit (2024-12-31)
271. Remembering President Jimmy Carter (Part I) (2024-12-30)
272. Maggie Rogers / Kathleen Hanna (2024-12-28)
273. Connie Chung Regrets Being A Good Girl (2024-12-27)
274. Jeremy Strong Sees Acting As An Escape From Self (2024-12-26)
275. Pete Seeger / Bruce Springsteen (2024-12-25)
276. David Byrne's Christmas Playlist (2024-12-24)
277. Jon Batiste, Holiday Edition / Questlove Christmas (2024-12-23)
278. Best Of: Billie Eilish & Finneas / The Colbert Cookbook (2024-12-21)
279. Bonnie Raitt / Francis Ford Coppola (2024-12-20)
280. Miranda July Wants Women To Read Their Inner Lives In 'All Fours' (2024-12-19)
281. The Looming TikTok Ban (2024-12-18)
282. Billie Eilish & Finneas (2024-12-17)
283. Comedian Ronny Chieng Didn't Tell His Parents He Got A 'Daily Show' Job (2024-12-16)
284. Someone Once Told Elton John He Would Never Be A Pop Star (2024-12-15)
285. Best Of: Jon Batiste's 'Beethoven Blues' / Visual Artist Mickalene Thomas (2024-12-14)
286. Cynthia Erivo Sings With 'A Bit Of A Smile' (2024-12-13)
287. Stephen & Evie Colbert Share The Taste Of Home (2024-12-12)
288. The Housing Shortage, Explained (2024-12-11)
289. Actor Danielle Deadwyler 'Overprepared' For 'The Piano Lesson' (2024-12-11)
290. Jon Batiste Almost Got Kicked Out Of Juilliard (2024-12-09)
291. Werner Herzog Isn't The 'Wild Guy' You Think He Is (2024-12-06)
292. Best Of: Folk Musician Jerron Paxton / Lyricist Ira Gershwin's Legacy (2024-12-06)
293. A Cultural History Of Hypochondria (2024-12-05)
294. Trump's 2nd Term & The Economy (2024-12-04)
295. Artist Mickalene Thomas Gives Black Women Their Flowers (2024-12-03)
296. Folk Musician Jerron Paxton Transports Us To the '20s (2024-12-02)
297. Best Of: Making 'The Piano Lesson' / Selena Gomez (2024-11-30)
298. Pharrell Thinks He Sounds Like Mickey Mouse (2024-11-29)
299. A Yo-Yo Ma Thanksgiving (2024-11-28)
300. Canonical Lyricist Ira Gershwin Gets His Due (2024-11-27)