Fresh Air

1. What About Foreign Interference In The 2024 Election? (2024-10-31)
2. The Organization Ready To Help Trump Override The Federal Gov't (2024-10-30)
3. Alex Van Halen On Eddie, Fire & 'Feeling It' (2024-10-29)
4. How The Culture Wars Split A Church (2024-10-28)
5. Best Of: Bridget Everett / Nick Harkaway, John le Carré's Son (2024-10-26)
6. Singer-Songwriter Randy Newman (2024-10-25)
7. Painter Titus Kaphar On 'Exhibiting Forgiveness' (2024-10-24)
8. John le Carré's Son Revives His Late Dad's Beloved Spy (2024-10-23)
9. What Do Billionaires Like Elon Musk Want From Trump? (2024-10-22)
10. Bridget Everett On Not Fitting In, Then Finding Her People (2024-10-21)
11. Best Of: Pharrell Williams / Lisa Marie Presley's Memoir (2024-10-19)
12. Tom Petty / 'Reservation Dogs' Co-Creator Sterlin Harjo (2024-10-18)
13. The Battle For Honest And Accountable Government (2024-10-17)
14. An Unprecedented Moment For Abortion, IVF & Fetal Personhood (2024-10-16)
15. Palestinian Poet Reflects On A Life Of Loss (2024-10-15)
16. Riley Keough Helps Mom Lisa Marie Presley Emerge From Elvis' Shadow (2024-10-14)
17. Best Of: Jeremy Strong / Will & Harper's Roadtrip Across America (2024-10-12)
18. Remembering Gospel Singer Cissy Houston / MLB Legend Pete Rose (2024-10-11)
19. Israeli Writer Etgar Keret Reflects On A Year Of War (2024-10-10)
20. Jeremy Strong On Delusion, Dreams and Doing What It Takes [Extended Version] (2024-10-09)
21. Pharrell Williams Sees Colors When He Hears Music (2024-10-08)
22. Will Ferrell & Harper Steele's Roadtrip Across America (2024-10-07)
23. Best Of: Ta-Nehisi Coates / John Leguizamo (2024-10-05)
24. Remembering Maggie Smith and Kris Kristofferson (2024-10-04)
25. The Harris/Trump Economic Proposals, Explained (2024-10-03)
26. John Leguizamo Gives The Untold Story Of Latinos In America (2024-10-02)
27. Ta-Nehisi Coates Explores Oppression in 'The Message' (2024-10-01)
28. Ina Garten's Biggest Hosting Fail (2024-09-30)
29. Best Of: 'Joker' Director Todd Phillips / Actor Uzo Aduba (2024-09-28)
30. Celebrating 25 Years Of 'The West Wing' (2024-09-27)
31. Could 'Uncommitted' Voters Sway The Election? (2024-09-26)
32. Above All, Uzo Aduba Is Her Mother's Daughter (2024-09-25)
33. The Inside Story of Trump, Russia, and the Mueller Investigation (2024-09-24)
34. Why 'Joker' Director Todd Phillips Came Back For A Sequel (2024-09-23)
35. Best Of: Connie Chung / Demi Moore (2024-09-21)
36. A Satire Of the Sunshine State (2024-09-20)
37. Maggie Haberman On Trump's Turbulent 2024 Campaign (2024-09-19)
38. Connie Chung Regrets Being A Good Girl (2024-09-18)
39. How Trump Created The Illusion Of Success (2024-09-17)
40. Demi Moore's New Beginning (2024-09-16)
41. Best Of: Inside Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover / Comic Taylor Tomlinson (2024-09-14)
42. Remembering Actor James Earl Jones (2024-09-13)
43. Gearing Up For A Post-Election Legal Fight (2024-09-12)
44. How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter (2024-09-11)
45. The Unchecked Power Of Sheriffs (2024-09-10)
46. Taylor Tomlinson Is Ready To Joke About Her Bipolar II. Mostly. (2024-09-09)
47. Best Of: SCOTUS Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson / Novelist Danzy Senna (2024-09-07)
48. Inside The Making Of 'The Sopranos' (2024-09-06)
49. The Anti-Fascist Vigilantes Infiltrating White Nationalist Groups (2024-09-05)
50. SCOTUS Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Gets Personal (2024-09-04)
51. Danzy Senna Writes Herself (And Other Mixed-Race People) Into Existence (2024-09-03)
52. Film Icons: Spike Lee / Samuel L. Jackson (2024-09-02)
53. Film Icons: Steven Spielberg / Carrie Fisher (2024-08-31)
54. Film Icons: Clint Eastwood / Eli Wallach & More (2024-08-30)
55. Film Icons: Dennis Hopper / Isabella Rossellini (2024-08-29)
56. Film Icons: Meryl Streep / Sidney Poitier (2024-08-28)
57. Film Icons: Molly Ringwald / Jodie Foster / Anthony Hopkins (2024-08-27)
58. Film Icons: Michael Caine / Robert Duvall (2024-08-26)
59. Film Icons: Elia Kazan / Eva Marie Saint (2024-08-24)
60. Remembering 'King Of Daytime TV' Phil Donahue (2024-08-23)
61. Reflecting On 2 Critical Conflict Zones: Ukraine And Gaza (2024-08-22)
62. How Donald Trump Changed Federal Law Enforcement (2024-08-21)
63. How Stadiums Became The American Public Square (2024-08-20)
64. Actor Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor On The Complexity & Heartbreak Of Female Friendships (2024-08-19)
65. Best Of: Black Doctors Consortium Founder / The Life Of A Brain Surgeon (2024-08-17)
66. Police Procedural 'Homicide' (Finally) Comes To Streaming (2024-08-16)
67. On The Road With Harris/Walz (2024-08-15)
68. How American Lobbyists Threaten Democracy (2024-08-14)
69. Safiya Sinclair On Cutting Herself Free From Rastafari Roots (2024-08-13)
70. An Informant Exposes The Inner Workings Of The Ku Klux Klan (2024-08-12)
71. Best Of: How 1982 Sci-Fi Changed The Game / Singer Brittany Howard (2024-08-10)
72. Revisiting The Final Months Of WWII (2024-08-10)
73. 'Sing Sing' Offers a Glimpse of Life Behind Bars (2024-08-08)
74. Black Doctors Consortium Founder Serves Vulnerable Communities (2024-08-07)
75. Migrants Risk It All On The Treacherous Darién Gap (2024-08-06)
76. A Brain Surgeon Opens Up About Life In The O.R. (2024-08-05)
77. Best Of: Comic Nikki Glaser / 'Hacks' Co-Creator Paul W. Downs (2024-08-03)
78. Remembering Freedom Singer Bernice Johnson Reagon (2024-08-02)
79. Brittany Howard On Prince, Break-Up Songs, And Her Haunted House (2024-08-01)
80. The 8 Sci-Fi Movies Of 1982 That Changed Everything (2024-07-31)
81. How 'Hacks' Comes Together — Over Email (2024-07-30)
82. Comic Nikki Glaser Doesn't Know Why Anyone Would Want To Be Roasted (2024-07-29)
83. Best Of: 'Wicked' Director Jon M. Chu / Stunt Performer-Turned-Filmmaker David Leitch (2024-07-27)
84. Remembering Comic Bob Newhart (2024-07-26)
85. Will Hezbollah And Israel Go To War? (2024-07-25)
86. 'Wicked' Director Jon M. Chu On The Hard Work Of Creativity (2024-07-24)
87. The Dictator Playbook (2024-07-23)
88. A Former Stunt Performer Shares Tricks Of The Trade (2024-07-22)
89. Best Of: A Life Of Self-Contempt / Character Actor Julianne Nicholson (2024-07-20)
90. Remembering Shelley Duvall / Sex Guru Dr. Ruth (2024-07-19)
91. Waking Up And Feeling 'Yuck' (2024-07-18)
92. The Impossible American Dream (2024-07-17)
93. Julianne Nicholson Likes Being A Character Actor (2024-07-16)
94. Why The Weapon Choice In The Attempted Assassination Matters (2024-07-15)
95. Best Of: A Novel Of Kidnapping & Family Trauma / Rethinking An Age-Gap Relationship (2024-07-13)
96. Remembering Actor Martin Mull And Screenwriter Robert Towne (2024-07-12)
97. Understanding The Resurgence of Jobs In America's 'Left Behind' Counties (2024-07-11)
98. Inside The Biggest Ponzi Scheme In American History (2024-07-10)
99. She Was 17, He Was 47: How #MeToo Changed A Marriage (2024-07-09)
100. Taffy Brodesser-Akner Writes Real People — Not Likable Ones (2024-07-08)
101. Best Of: Comic Michelle Buteau / Emily Nussbaum On Reality TV (2024-07-06)
102. David Byrne on 40 Years of 'Stop Making Sense' (2024-07-05)
103. How Bon Jovi Lost His Voice — And Got It Back (2024-07-04)
104. A Former Federal Judge Fears For Democracy (2024-07-03)
105. Reflections on Being Fat in a Thin World (2024-07-03)
106. What Do The 'Love is Blind' Lawsuits Mean For Reality TV? (2024-07-02)
107. Best Of: Dr. Fauci's Talks With Trump / 'Hacks' Star Hannah Einbinder (2024-06-29)
108. Fairport Convention Founding Member Richard Thompson (2024-06-28)
109. Election 2024: Where Does The Money Come From? (2024-06-27)
110. Michelle Buteau Finds A Lifeline In Humor (2024-06-26)
111. Ghanaian Artist Blitz Bazawule Is Breaking Down Doors (2024-06-25)
112. Inside The Breakdown Of The Global Supply Chain (2024-06-24)
113. Best Of: Questlove's Hip-Hop History / 'Always Sunny' Actor Rob McElhenney (2024-06-22)
114. 'Slave Play' Playwright Jeremy O. Harris Works To Diversity Theater (2024-06-21)
115. The Story Behind Diane Von Furstenberg's Iconic Wrap Dress (2024-06-20)
116. Actor David Oyelowo On 'Lawmen: Bass Reeves' (2024-06-19)
117. Dr. Anthony Fauci Looks Back On The COVID-19 Pandemic (2024-06-18)
118. 'Hacks' Star Hannah Einbinder (2024-06-17)
119. Best Of: Yo-Yo Ma; Actor Griffin Dunne (2024-06-15)
120. How Satchel Paige Helped Integrate MLB (2024-06-14)
121. How Formerly Enslaved People Were Stripped Of Land (2024-06-13)
122. Rob McElhenney On 'Welcome To Wrexham' (2024-06-12)
123. Questlove On Hip-Hop And History (2024-06-11)
124. Actor Griffin Dunne Revisits His Hollywood Childhood (2024-06-10)
125. Best Of: 'Merrily We Roll Along'; MSNBC Host Ali Velshi (2024-06-08)
126. Julio Torres Spins Immigration Stress into Satire (2024-06-07)
127. Ronan Farrow on the link between #MeToo, Weinstein and Trump (2024-06-06)
128. Colson Whitehead returns to 1970s NYC in 'Crook Manifesto' (2024-06-05)
129. MSNBC Host Ali Velshi Traces His Ancestors' Migration (2024-06-04)
130. 'Merrily We Roll Along' Revival Is A Love Letter To Sondheim (2024-06-03)
131. Best Of: Maggie Rogers / Kristen Wiig (2024-06-01)
132. Carrying On After A Life-Changing Accident (2024-05-31)
133. Revisiting A Chicago Hate Crime And Its Aftermath (2024-05-30)
134. Yo-Yo Ma Says He's Living His Best Childhood Now (2024-05-29)
135. The Untold Story Of The C-Section (2024-05-28)
136. The Stax Records Soul Sound (2024-05-27)
137. Best Of: Michael McDonald / The American 'Food Cartel' (2024-05-25)
138. 'Mad Max' Director George Miller (2024-05-24)
139. The Corruption Scandal That Rocked The Navy (2024-05-23)
140. Maggie Rogers (Extended Version) (2024-05-22)
141. Kristen Wiig (2024-05-21)
142. Michael McDonald (2024-05-20)
143. Best Of: Kathleen Hanna / Tyler James Williams (2024-05-18)
144. Remembering Filmmaker Roger Corman (2024-05-17)
145. Writer Carvell Wallace On Pain, Processing & Letting Go (2024-05-16)
146. Regional Complexities Of The Israel/Hamas War (2024-05-15)
147. 'Abbott Elementary' Actor Tyler James Williams (2024-05-14)
148. Kathleen Hanna's 'Rebel Girl' Life (2024-05-13)
149. Best Of: Brittney Griner / Discovering Plant Intelligence (2024-05-11)
150. 'The Sympathizer' Author Viet Thanh Nguyen (2024-05-10)
151. Remembering Minimalist Painter Frank Stella (2024-05-09)
152. A People's History Of Black Twitter (2024-05-08)
153. WNBA Star Brittney Griner Imprisonment & Release (2024-05-07)
154. The Hidden World Of Plant Intelligence (2024-05-06)
155. Best Of: Jon Bon Jovi / Fantasy Writer Leigh Bardugo (2024-05-04)
156. Remembering Writer Paul Auster (2024-05-03)
157. What Will Happen With The TikTok Ban? (2024-05-02)
158. Erik Larson On The Dawn Of The Civil War (2024-05-02)
159. Fantasy Writer Leigh Bardugo On Magic & Miracles (2024-04-30)
160. Jon Bon Jovi (2024-04-29)
161. Best Of: St. Vincent / Kids In An Age Of Anxiety (2024-04-27)
162. Novelist John Green On The 'Invasive Weed' Of OCD (2024-04-26)
163. Why Writers Are Losing Out In Hollywood (2024-04-25)
164. The Life & Legacy Of 'Rulebreaker' Barbara Walters (2024-04-24)
165. St. Vincent (2024-04-23)
166. How Minority Rule Threatens Democracy (2024-04-22)
167. Best Of: Salman Rushdie's Survival / A New Kind Of Whodunit (2024-04-20)
168. Remembering PBS Anchor Robert MacNeil (2024-04-19)
169. Our Fragile Food System (2024-04-18)
170. A Death Doula Says 'Get Real' About The End (2024-04-17)
171. Salman Rushdie On Surviving Attempted Murder (2024-04-16)
172. A First Date Turns Into A Whodunit In 'Diarra From Detroit' (2024-04-15)
173. Best Of: Andrew Scott / Women Behind The Wheel (2024-04-13)
174. The History Of King Kong & Godzilla (2024-04-12)
175. The 'Land Grab' Displacing The Maasai People (2024-04-11)
176. The High Pressure Experiments That Made D-Day (2024-04-10)
177. Internet Brain & The Age Of Overthinking (2024-04-09)
178. Andrew Scott On 'Ripley,' 'Fleabag' & More (2024-04-08)
179. Best Of: Sue Bird / Sleater-Kinney (2024-04-06)
180. A 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Appreciation (2024-04-05)
181. Abortion Rights & The Fetal Personhood Movement (2024-04-04)
182. Capt. Cook's Final Voyage (2024-04-03)
183. 'Kids Are Not OK' Says Mental Health Expert (2024-04-02)
184. WNBA Star Sue Bird (2024-04-01)
185. Best Of: Stories From A Hollywood Insider / Eugene Levy (2024-03-30)
186. Celebrating Country Music's Black Roots (2024-03-29)
187. How Cars Became A Gendered Technology (2024-03-28)
188. Oregon's Drug Decriminalization Experiment (2024-03-27)
189. Climate-Driven Migration In America (2024-03-26)
190. Sleater-Kinney (2024-03-25)
191. Best Of: The Life Of A Nun / A Foster Parent On Loving & Letting Go (2024-03-23)
192. 'Tokyo Vice' Journalist On Japan's Criminal Underworld (2024-03-22)
193. The Chinese Mafia & The Illicit Marijuana Trade (2024-03-21)
194. A Former Nun On Why She 'Cloistered' And Later Ran Away (2024-03-20)
195. Christine Blasey Ford On Life Before And Since Testifying (2024-03-19)
196. An 'Exvangelical' On Loving & Leaving The Church (2024-03-18)
197. Best Of: Jenny Slate / Julio Torres (2024-03-16)
198. A Maître D' Dishes On The Restaurant Industry (2024-03-15)
199. What Makes Propaganda Effective? (2024-03-14)
200. Eugene Levy Is A 'Reluctant Traveler' (2024-03-13)
201. Jenny Slate (2024-03-12)
202. Julio Torres Spins Immigration Stress Into Satire (2024-03-11)
203. Best Of: Biden's Last Campaign / Trans Writer Lucy Sante (2024-03-09)
204. Emma Stone / Mark Ruffalo (2024-03-08)
205. A Veteran Filmmaker Shares Secrets From The Set (2024-03-07)
206. Biden's Last Campaign (2024-03-06)
207. A War Reporter Reckons With A Deadly Cancer Diagnosis (2024-03-05)
208. RuPaul's House Of Hidden Meanings (2024-03-04)
209. Best Of: The Making Of 'Dune' / Why We Remember (2024-03-02)
210. Paul Giamatti / Remembering Comic Richard Lewis (2024-03-01)
211. The Impact Of Christian Nationalism On American Democracy (2024-02-29)
212. 'Dune' Director Denis Villeneuve (2024-02-28)
213. Busy Philipps (2024-02-27)
214. Why We Remember (And Forget) (2024-02-26)
215. Best Of: Mark Ruffalo / Jeffrey Wright (2024-02-24)
216. Bradley Cooper & Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin (2024-02-23)
217. Trump's Legal Challenges, Explained (2024-02-22)
218. Writer Lucy Sante On Transitioning In Her Late 60s (2024-02-21)
219. Jeffrey Wright, From 'Basquiat' To 'American Fiction' (2024-02-20)
220. The History Of The Oscars (2024-02-19)
221. Best Of: Molly Ringwald / Busy Philipps (2024-02-17)
222. Sterling K. Brown / Colman Domingo (2024-02-16)
223. The Migrant Crisis In NYC (2024-02-15)
224. Remembering Longtime NPR Host Bob Edwards (2024-02-14)
225. Mark Ruffalo (2024-02-13)
226. Molly Ringwald (2024-02-12)
227. Best Of: The Race Card Project / The Early AIDS Crisis (2024-02-10)
228. Remembering MC5 Guitarist Wayne Kramer / Carl Weathers (2024-02-09)
229. The Surprisingly Lax Regulation Of Our Railroads (2024-02-08)
230. The Life and Legacy Of Medgar & Myrlie Evers (2024-02-07)
231. A Foster Parent On Loving & Letting Go (2024-02-06)
232. What Americans Really Think About Race (2024-02-05)
233. Best Of: Emma Stone / The Birth Of Psychedelic Science (2024-02-03)
234. 'Oppenheimer' Dir. Christopher Nolan / Mark Ronson On The 'Barbie' Soundtrack (2024-02-02)
235. The Forgotten Heroes Of The AIDS Crisis (2024-02-01)
236. Emma Stone (2024-01-31)
237. Unpacking The Immigration Crisis (2024-01-30)
238. Inside A Jim Crow-Era Asylum (2024-01-29)
239. Best Of: Tracee Ellis Ross / Racism In Medicine (2024-01-27)
240. Remembering Composer Peter Shickeley / Shangri-Las Lead Mary Weiss (2024-01-26)
241. How The War Between Israel And Hamas Is Widening (2024-01-25)
242. Tracee Ellis Ross (2024-01-24)
243. How War Changed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (2024-01-23)
244. Reckoning With Racism In Medicine (2024-01-22)
245. Best Of: 'Origin' Dir. Ava DuVernay / How Algorithms 'Flatten' Culture (2024-01-20)
246. A 'Succession' Appreciation (2024-01-19)
247. The Home Schooling Surge (2024-01-18)
248. How Algorithms 'Flatten' Culture (2024-01-17)
249. The Birth Of Psychedelic Science (2024-01-16)
250. Ava DuVernay Illuminates America's Caste System with 'Origin' (2024-01-15)
251. Best Of: Sterling K. Brown / Paul Giamatti (2024-01-13)
252. Josh Groban's Sweeney Todd (2024-01-12)
253. The Movement To Dismantle Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Initiatives (2024-01-11)
254. Paul Giamatti On 'The Holdovers' (2024-01-10)
255. The Long Recovery Back From Traumatic Brain Injury (2024-01-09)
256. Sterling K. Brown (2024-01-08)
257. Best Of: Making 'Maestro' / A Restaurateur's Journey (2024-01-06)
258. Remembering The Smothers Brothers, Who Changed TV (2024-01-05)
259. The Ozempic Revolution (2024-01-04)
260. Restaurateur Rose Previte's Lessons Learned From Around The World (2024-01-03)
261. Bradley Cooper & Yannick Nézet-Séguin On 'Maestro' (2024-01-02)
262. Barbra Streisand (2024-01-01)
263. Taraji P. Henson / Pianist Brad Mehldau (2023-12-30)
264. Jazz With The EarRegulars (2023-12-29)
265. Roots Co-Founder, Black Thought (Tariq Trotter) (2023-12-28)
266. Brooke Shields (2023-12-27)
267. Allison Russell's Road To Self-Love (2023-12-26)
268. Merry Questlove Christmas (2023-12-25)
269. Best Of: David Byrne's Xmas Playlist / Nicolas Cage (2023-12-23)
270. Timothy Olyphant On 'Justified' (2023-12-22)
271. Nicolas Cage (2023-12-21)
272. A David Byrne Christmas Special (2023-12-20)
273. Remembering Actor Andre Braugher (2023-12-19)
274. Taraji P. Henson On 'The Color Purple' (2023-12-18)
275. David Sedaris Can't Wait To Watch You Panic Shop This Week (2023-12-17)
276. Best Of: Colman Domingo On 'Rustin' / Cord Jefferson On 'American Fiction' (2023-12-16)
277. Remembering Norman Lear (2023-12-15)
278. Why A Second Trump Term May Be More Radical (2023-12-14)
279. Facing Death, A Poet Searches For Meaning (2023-12-13)
280. Cord Jefferson Finds Catharsis With 'American Fiction' (2023-12-12)
281. Actor Colman Domingo (2023-12-11)
282. Best Of: Liz Cheney / Dave Davies (2023-12-09)
283. Barry Manilow (2023-12-08)
284. SNL's Kenan Thompson (2023-12-07)
285. Breaking The Menstruation Taboo (2023-12-06)
286. Liz Cheney's Mission To Stop Trump (2023-12-05)
287. Dave Davies Reflects On His Career In Radio & Reporting (2023-12-04)
288. Best Of: AI's Prejudices / UFOs & Gov't Conspiracies (2023-12-02)
289. America's WWII-Era Fight Against Fascism (2023-12-01)
290. The Gutting Of The Voting Rights Act (2023-11-30)
291. How Trump Is Dividing The Evangelical Church (2023-11-29)
292. Unmasking AI's Racism And Sexism (2023-11-28)
293. UFOs: Conspiracy Theories, Secrets & Mysteries (2023-11-27)
294. Best Of: The EarRegulars / Playwright Larissa FastHorse (2023-11-25)
295. Comic Leslie Jones (2023-11-24)
296. Revisiting The Music Of The Harlem Hellfighters' Regimental Band (2023-11-23)
297. Traditional Jazz With The EarRegulars (2023-11-22)
298. Lakota Playwright Larissa FastHorse (2023-11-21)
299. 'Maid' Author Stephanie Land On 'Class' (2023-11-20)
300. Best Of: What's Next For Fox News? / Sofia Coppola (2023-11-18)