Fresh Air

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