Fresh Air

1. Our Fragile Food System (2024-04-18)
2. A Death Doula Says 'Get Real' About The End (2024-04-17)
3. Salman Rushdie On Surviving Attempted Murder (2024-04-16)
4. A First Date Turns Into A Whodunit In 'Diarra From Detroit' (2024-04-15)
5. Best Of: Andrew Scott / Women Behind The Wheel (2024-04-13)
6. The History Of King Kong & Godzilla (2024-04-12)
7. The 'Land Grab' Displacing The Maasai People (2024-04-11)
8. The High Pressure Experiments That Made D-Day (2024-04-10)
9. Internet Brain & The Age Of Overthinking (2024-04-09)
10. Andrew Scott On 'Ripley,' 'Fleabag' & More (2024-04-08)
11. Best Of: Sue Bird / Sleater-Kinney (2024-04-06)
12. A 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Appreciation (2024-04-05)
13. Abortion Rights & The Fetal Personhood Movement (2024-04-04)
14. Capt. Cook's Final Voyage (2024-04-03)
15. 'Kids Are Not OK' Says Mental Health Expert (2024-04-02)
16. WNBA Star Sue Bird (2024-04-01)
17. Best Of: Stories From A Hollywood Insider / Eugene Levy (2024-03-30)
18. Celebrating Country Music's Black Roots (2024-03-29)
19. How Cars Became A Gendered Technology (2024-03-28)
20. Oregon's Drug Decriminalization Experiment (2024-03-27)
21. Climate-Driven Migration In America (2024-03-26)
22. Sleater-Kinney (2024-03-25)
23. Best Of: The Life Of A Nun / A Foster Parent On Loving & Letting Go (2024-03-23)
24. 'Tokyo Vice' Journalist On Japan's Criminal Underworld (2024-03-22)
25. The Chinese Mafia & The Illicit Marijuana Trade (2024-03-21)
26. A Former Nun On Why She 'Cloistered' And Later Ran Away (2024-03-20)
27. Christine Blasey Ford On Life Before And Since Testifying (2024-03-19)
28. An 'Exvangelical' On Loving & Leaving The Church (2024-03-18)
29. Best Of: Jenny Slate / Julio Torres (2024-03-16)
30. A Maître D' Dishes On The Restaurant Industry (2024-03-15)
31. What Makes Propaganda Effective? (2024-03-14)
32. Eugene Levy Is A 'Reluctant Traveler' (2024-03-13)
33. Jenny Slate (2024-03-12)
34. Julio Torres Spins Immigration Stress Into Satire (2024-03-11)
35. Best Of: Biden's Last Campaign / Trans Writer Lucy Sante (2024-03-09)
36. Emma Stone / Mark Ruffalo (2024-03-08)
37. A Veteran Filmmaker Shares Secrets From The Set (2024-03-07)
38. Biden's Last Campaign (2024-03-06)
39. A War Reporter Reckons With A Deadly Cancer Diagnosis (2024-03-05)
40. RuPaul's House Of Hidden Meanings (2024-03-04)
41. Best Of: The Making Of 'Dune' / Why We Remember (2024-03-02)
42. Paul Giamatti / Remembering Comic Richard Lewis (2024-03-01)
43. The Impact Of Christian Nationalism On American Democracy (2024-02-29)
44. 'Dune' Director Denis Villeneuve (2024-02-28)
45. Busy Philipps (2024-02-27)
46. Why We Remember (And Forget) (2024-02-26)
47. Best Of: Mark Ruffalo / Jeffrey Wright (2024-02-24)
48. Bradley Cooper & Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin (2024-02-23)
49. Trump's Legal Challenges, Explained (2024-02-22)
50. Writer Lucy Sante On Transitioning In Her Late 60s (2024-02-21)
51. Jeffrey Wright, From 'Basquiat' To 'American Fiction' (2024-02-20)
52. The History Of The Oscars (2024-02-19)
53. Best Of: Molly Ringwald / Busy Philipps (2024-02-17)
54. Sterling K. Brown / Colman Domingo (2024-02-16)
55. The Migrant Crisis In NYC (2024-02-15)
56. Remembering Longtime NPR Host Bob Edwards (2024-02-14)
57. Mark Ruffalo (2024-02-13)
58. Molly Ringwald (2024-02-12)
59. Best Of: The Race Card Project / The Early AIDS Crisis (2024-02-10)
60. Remembering MC5 Guitarist Wayne Kramer / Carl Weathers (2024-02-09)
61. The Surprisingly Lax Regulation Of Our Railroads (2024-02-08)
62. The Life and Legacy Of Medgar & Myrlie Evers (2024-02-07)
63. A Foster Parent On Loving & Letting Go (2024-02-06)
64. What Americans Really Think About Race (2024-02-05)
65. Best Of: Emma Stone / The Birth Of Psychedelic Science (2024-02-03)
66. 'Oppenheimer' Dir. Christopher Nolan / Mark Ronson On The 'Barbie' Soundtrack (2024-02-02)
67. The Forgotten Heroes Of The AIDS Crisis (2024-02-01)
68. Emma Stone (2024-01-31)
69. Unpacking The Immigration Crisis (2024-01-30)
70. Inside A Jim Crow-Era Asylum (2024-01-29)
71. Best Of: Tracee Ellis Ross / Racism In Medicine (2024-01-27)
72. Remembering Composer Peter Shickeley / Shangri-Las Lead Mary Weiss (2024-01-26)
73. How The War Between Israel And Hamas Is Widening (2024-01-25)
74. Tracee Ellis Ross (2024-01-24)
75. How War Changed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (2024-01-23)
76. Reckoning With Racism In Medicine (2024-01-22)
77. Best Of: 'Origin' Dir. Ava DuVernay / How Algorithms 'Flatten' Culture (2024-01-20)
78. A 'Succession' Appreciation (2024-01-19)
79. The Home Schooling Surge (2024-01-18)
80. How Algorithms 'Flatten' Culture (2024-01-17)
81. The Birth Of Psychedelic Science (2024-01-16)
82. Ava DuVernay Illuminates America's Caste System with 'Origin' (2024-01-15)
83. Best Of: Sterling K. Brown / Paul Giamatti (2024-01-13)
84. Josh Groban's Sweeney Todd (2024-01-12)
85. The Movement To Dismantle Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Initiatives (2024-01-11)
86. Paul Giamatti On 'The Holdovers' (2024-01-10)
87. The Long Recovery Back From Traumatic Brain Injury (2024-01-09)
88. Sterling K. Brown (2024-01-08)
89. Best Of: Making 'Maestro' / A Restaurateur's Journey (2024-01-06)
90. Remembering The Smothers Brothers, Who Changed TV (2024-01-05)
91. The Ozempic Revolution (2024-01-04)
92. Restaurateur Rose Previte's Lessons Learned From Around The World (2024-01-03)
93. Bradley Cooper & Yannick Nézet-Séguin On 'Maestro' (2024-01-02)
94. Barbra Streisand (2024-01-01)
95. Taraji P. Henson / Pianist Brad Mehldau (2023-12-30)
96. Jazz With The EarRegulars (2023-12-29)
97. Roots Co-Founder, Black Thought (Tariq Trotter) (2023-12-28)
98. Brooke Shields (2023-12-27)
99. Allison Russell's Road To Self-Love (2023-12-26)
100. Merry Questlove Christmas (2023-12-25)
101. Best Of: David Byrne's Xmas Playlist / Nicolas Cage (2023-12-23)
102. Timothy Olyphant On 'Justified' (2023-12-22)
103. Nicolas Cage (2023-12-21)
104. A David Byrne Christmas Special (2023-12-20)
105. Remembering Actor Andre Braugher (2023-12-19)
106. Taraji P. Henson On 'The Color Purple' (2023-12-18)
107. David Sedaris Can't Wait To Watch You Panic Shop This Week (2023-12-17)
108. Best Of: Colman Domingo On 'Rustin' / Cord Jefferson On 'American Fiction' (2023-12-16)
109. Remembering Norman Lear (2023-12-15)
110. Why A Second Trump Term May Be More Radical (2023-12-14)
111. Facing Death, A Poet Searches For Meaning (2023-12-13)
112. Cord Jefferson Finds Catharsis With 'American Fiction' (2023-12-12)
113. Actor Colman Domingo (2023-12-11)
114. Best Of: Liz Cheney / Dave Davies (2023-12-09)
115. Barry Manilow (2023-12-08)
116. SNL's Kenan Thompson (2023-12-07)
117. Breaking The Menstruation Taboo (2023-12-06)
118. Liz Cheney's Mission To Stop Trump (2023-12-05)
119. Dave Davies Reflects On His Career In Radio & Reporting (2023-12-04)
120. Best Of: AI's Prejudices / UFOs & Gov't Conspiracies (2023-12-02)
121. America's WWII-Era Fight Against Fascism (2023-12-01)
122. The Gutting Of The Voting Rights Act (2023-11-30)
123. How Trump Is Dividing The Evangelical Church (2023-11-29)
124. Unmasking AI's Racism And Sexism (2023-11-28)
125. UFOs: Conspiracy Theories, Secrets & Mysteries (2023-11-27)
126. Best Of: The EarRegulars / Playwright Larissa FastHorse (2023-11-25)
127. Comic Leslie Jones (2023-11-24)
128. Revisiting The Music Of The Harlem Hellfighters' Regimental Band (2023-11-23)
129. Traditional Jazz With The EarRegulars (2023-11-22)
130. Lakota Playwright Larissa FastHorse (2023-11-21)
131. 'Maid' Author Stephanie Land On 'Class' (2023-11-20)
132. Best Of: What's Next For Fox News? / Sofia Coppola (2023-11-18)
133. Filmmaker Albert Brooks (2023-11-17)
134. What Does China's Inner Turmoil Mean For The World? (2023-11-16)
135. The Mental Health Crisis Affecting Black Men & Boys (2023-11-15)
136. What's Changing At Fox News? (2023-11-14)
137. Life & Death In A Ukrainian War Zone (2023-11-13)
138. Best Of: Barbra Streisand / Tariq Trotter (Black Thought) (2023-11-11)
139. A Marine Reflects On War & Finding Purpose / The Black Experience Of WWII (2023-11-10)
140. Examining The Divisions Within Israel (2023-11-09)
141. Barbra Streisand (2023-11-08)
142. Tariq Trotter (Black Thought), Co-Founder Of The Roots (2023-11-07)
143. Sofia Coppola On 'Priscilla' (2023-11-06)
144. Best Of: David Byrne / Inside The AI Company That Knows Your Face (2023-11-04)
145. Matthew Perry / Lisa Kudrow (2023-11-03)
146. How Did Israel Fail To Detect Hamas' Invasion? (2023-11-02)
147. David Byrne On 'Stop Making Sense' (2023-11-01)
148. Rep. Adam Kinzinger On The GOP & The Jan. 6th Committee (2023-10-31)
149. How A Black Socialite Raised Millions For Civil Rights (2023-10-30)
150. Best Of: Werner Herzog / Greta Lee (2023-10-28)
151. Spy Novelist (And Former Spy) John Le Carré (2023-10-27)
152. What Do We Know About House Speaker Rep. Mike Johnson? (2023-10-26)
153. Werner Herzog (2023-10-25)
154. The Accusations That Sent Charlie Chaplin Into Exile (2023-10-24)
155. Mitt Romney's Reckoning (2023-10-23)
156. Best Of: Jada Pinkett Smith / Keegan-Michael Key (2023-10-21)
157. 'Killers Of The Flower Moon' Author David Grann (2023-10-20)
158. Greta Lee On 'Past Lives' (2023-10-19)
159. What's Next For The Group That Overturned 'Roe'? (2023-10-18)
160. Jada Pinkett Smith (2023-10-17)
161. Lawrence Wright On 'Mr. Texas' (2023-10-16)
162. Best Of: Filmmaker Maryam Keshavarz / TOKiMONSTA (2023-10-14)
163. Actor Patrick Stewart (2023-10-13)
164. Marty Baron, Former 'Post' Exec. Editor (2023-10-12)
165. How Was Hamas Able To Launch Such A Devastating Attack On Israel? (2023-10-11)
166. Keegan-Michael Key On The History Of Sketch Comedy (2023-10-10)
167. Iranian American Filmmaker Maryam Keshavarz (2023-10-09)
168. Best Of: Allison Russell / The Evolution Of Female Bodies (2023-10-07)
169. Cold Case Investigator Paul Holes (2023-10-06)
170. The Big Shift To Clean Energy (2023-10-05)
171. Poet Safiya Sinclair On Her Rastafari Roots (2023-10-04)
172. Putting Female Bodies At The Center Of Evolution (2023-10-03)
173. Producer/DJ TOKiMONSTA (2023-10-02)
174. Best Of: Leslie Jones / Kerry Washington (2023-09-30)
175. Remembering Actor David McCallum / Allen Ginsberg (2023-09-29)
176. Inside The Secretive AI Company That Knows Your Face (2023-09-28)
177. Musician Allison Russell (2023-09-27)
178. How Roads & Highways Affect Wildlife (2023-09-26)
179. Kerry Washington's Self-Discovery (2023-09-25)
180. Best Of: Casting Dir. Allison Jones / The Nazi's Jazz Propaganda (2023-09-23)
181. Actor Billy Crudup (2023-09-22)
182. Leslie Jones (2023-09-21)
183. How The Nazis Used Jazz As A Propaganda Tool (2023-09-20)
184. Comic Aparna Nancherla (2023-09-19)
185. How Saudi Arabian Oil Money Is Influencing Men's Pro Golf (2023-09-18)
186. Best Of: 'Barbie' Music Producer Mark Ronson / Model Bethann Hardison (2023-09-16)
187. Does China Have Hollywood In An Economic Muzzle? (2023-09-15)
188. Inside The Biden White House (2023-09-14)
189. The Military's Struggle To Modernize (2023-09-13)
190. Hollywood Casting Director Allison Jones (2023-09-12)
191. Trailblazing Black Model Bethann Hardison (2023-09-11)
192. Best Of: Zadie Smith / Maria Bamford (2023-09-09)
193. Writer Hua Hsu On Friendship, Grief & Pop Culture (2023-09-08)
194. Mark Ronson On The 'Barbie' Soundtrack & Score (2023-09-07)
195. Comic Maria Bamford Will Join Your Cult (2023-09-06)
196. Zadie Smith On 'The Fraud' (2023-09-05)
197. Hip-Hop Week: Jay-Z (2023-09-04)
198. Hip-Hop Week: Questlove / Chuck D / Diddy (2023-09-02)
199. Hip-Hop Week: The RZA / André 3000 (2023-09-01)
200. Hip-Hop Week: De La Soul / Beastie Boys (2023-08-31)
201. Hip-Hop Week: Ice-T / Queen Latifah (2023-08-30)
202. Hip-Hop Week: Darryl McDaniels (DMC) / LL Cool J (2023-08-29)
203. Hip-Hop Week: DJ Kool Herc / Grandmaster Flash (2023-08-28)
204. Best Of: 'Louder Than A Riot' Hosts / Biggie's Legacy (2023-08-26)
205. David Bowie (2023-08-25)
206. Ronan Farrow On Elon Musk's Influence In Ukraine (2023-08-24)
207. Biggie's Life & Legacy (2023-08-23)
208. Historian & Former Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust (2023-08-22)
209. 'Louder Than A Riot' Co-Hosts Examine Misogyny In Hip-Hop (2023-08-21)
210. Best Of: Christopher Nolan / R. Eric Thomas (2023-08-19)
211. 'Reservation Dogs' Co-Creator Sterlin Harjo / Remembering William Friedkin (2023-08-18)
212. Prisoners Find Rehabilitation & Redemption Through Music (2023-08-17)
213. Humorist R. Eric Thomas Wonders If The 'Best Is Over' (2023-08-16)
214. School Integration & The Achievement Gap In Shaker Heights (2023-08-15)
215. Christopher Nolan On 'Oppenheimer' (2023-08-14)
216. Best Of: Pianist Jason Moran / Author Andre Dubus III (2023-08-12)
217. Looking Back On The U.S. Bombing Of Hiroshima & Nagasaki (2023-08-11)
218. Uncovering The Story Of An Institutionalized Family Member (2023-08-10)
219. A Memoir Of Kidnapping (2023-08-09)
220. Reflecting On The End Of Sight (2023-08-08)
221. Jason Moran At The Piano (2023-08-07)
222. Best Of: Actor Richard E. Grant / Comic Leanne Morgan (2023-08-05)
223. Remembering Pee-Wee Herman Actor Paul Reubens (2023-08-04)
224. Novelist Andre Dubus III (2023-08-03)
225. Congress's New Rebel Faction (2023-08-02)
226. Actor Richard E. Grant On Living After Loss (2023-08-01)
227. Comic Leanne Morgan (2023-07-31)
228. Best Of: Writers Colson Whitehead / S.A. Cosby (2023-07-29)
229. Pediatric Neurosurgeon Tells Stories From The O.R. (2023-07-28)
230. Hubert Humphrey's Fight For Civil Rights (2023-07-27)
231. Remembering Tony Bennett (2023-07-27)
232. Crime Writer S.A. Cosby (2023-07-25)
233. Colson Whitehead On 'Crook Manifesto' (2023-07-24)
234. Best Of: Timothy Olyphant / Understanding The Crack Era (2023-07-22)
235. Remembering André Watts / USWNT Star Megan Rapinoe (2023-07-21)
236. The Changing Hollywood Landscape (2023-07-20)
237. How 'Toxic Fashion' Can Make Us Sick (2023-07-19)
238. 'Justified' Star Timothy Olyphant (2023-07-18)
239. The Threat Of Deadly Fungal Pathogens (2023-07-17)
240. Best Of: Meeting Tonya Mosley/Rising Temperatures (2023-07-15)
241. David Sedaris' War with His Father (2023-07-14)
242. The History Of The Crack Era From People Who Lived Through It (2023-07-13)
243. Life, Death & Rising Temperatures (2023-07-12)
244. Getting To Know Co-host Tonya Mosley (2023-07-11)
245. The Legacy Of Baseball's 'Negro League' (2023-07-10)
246. Best Of: 'Every Body' & Intersex Identity / The Threat Of AI (2023-07-08)
247. Ringo Starr / Remembering Alan Arkin (2023-07-07)
248. A Recap Of The Supreme Court Term (2023-07-06)
249. 'Every Body' Documentary Explores The Intersex Experience (2023-07-05)
250. Janelle Monáe (2023-07-04)
251. Neil Diamond / Remembering Glenda Jackson (2023-07-03)
252. Best Of: Laura Dern / Jeremy O. Harris (2023-07-01)
253. Remembering Broadway Lyricist Sheldon Harnick (2023-06-30)
254. How To Support Trans Kids In School (2023-06-28)
255. Playwright Jeremy O. Harris (2023-06-27)
256. Laura Dern (2023-06-26)
257. Best Of: The Shakur Family Legacy / Birder Christian Cooper (2023-06-24)
258. Remembering Daniel Ellsberg, Who Leaked Pentagon Papers (2023-06-23)
259. Classroom Culture Wars & Teacher Burnout (2023-06-22)
260. Remembering Legendary Editor Robert Gottlieb (2023-06-21)
261. The Countdown To End WWII (2023-06-20)
262. Celebrating America's Black Working Class (2023-06-19)
263. Best Of: Writer Kwame Alexander / Chef Lidia Bastianich (2023-06-17)
264. John Mellencamp (2023-06-16)
265. Could Artificial Intelligence Destroy Humanity? (2023-06-15)
266. The Shakur Family Legacy, Tupac & Beyond (2023-06-14)
267. How The Catholic Church Profited From Slavery (2023-06-14)
268. Christian Cooper On Life As A Black Birder (2023-06-12)
269. Best Of: 'Succession' Creator Jesse Armstrong / Actor Elliot Page (2023-06-10)
270. Remembering '60s Pop Songwriter Cynthia Weil (2023-06-09)
271. Parkland Survivor & March For Our Lives Co-Founder David Hogg (2023-06-08)
272. Elliot Page (2023-06-07)
273. The SCOTUS Conservative 'Supermajority' (2023-06-06)
274. 'Succession' Creator Jesse Armstrong & Exec. Producer Frank Rich (2023-06-05)
275. Best Of: Clarence Thomas' Rise To Power / The Rise In Allergies (2023-06-03)
276. MMA Fighting, Memory Loss and Identity (2023-06-02)
277. Kwame Alexander On 'Why Fathers Cry' (2023-06-01)
278. Clarence & Ginni Thomas' Path To Power (2023-05-31)
279. Why Our Allergies Are Getting Worse (2023-05-30)
280. Best Of: Julia Louis-Dreyfus / Wanda Sykes (2023-05-30)
281. Jazz Singer Samara Joy In Concert (2023-05-29)
282. Mary Tyler Moore (2023-05-26)
283. The Hollywood Writers Strike & The Future Of TV (2023-05-25)
284. Chef Lidia Bastianich (2023-05-24)
285. Julia Louis-Dreyfus (2023-05-23)
286. Wanda Sykes Returns (2023-05-22)
287. Best Of: Joel Edgerton / Samantha Irby (2023-05-20)
288. Donna Summer (2023-05-19)
289. Sara Bareilles (2023-05-18)
290. How a Secretive, Extremist Group Radicalized The American Right (2023-05-17)
291. Humorist Samantha Irby (2023-05-16)
292. Actor Joel Edgerton (2023-05-15)
293. Best Of: Living With Long COVID / How Parking Explains The World (2023-05-13)
294. Everything But The Girl Singer-Songwriter Tracey Thorn (2023-05-12)
295. The Significance Of Jan. 6 Seditious Conspiracy Convictions (2023-05-11)
296. A 'Practical Guide' For People With Long COVID (2023-05-10)
297. How Parking Explains The World (2023-05-09)
298. One Senator's Crusade To Expose CIA/FBI Crimes And Cover-Ups (2023-05-08)
299. Best Of: Alex Auder's Bohemian Childhood / James Marsden On 'Jury Duty' (2023-05-06)
300. New York Dolls Frontman David Johansen (2023-05-05)