Fresh Air

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