Fresh Air

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