Terry Gross

speaker

23,423 appearances 399 recordings 17 series first heard Nov 2024 last heard 2d ago

Terry Gross’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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recordings per month · last 12 months

Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 275 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 77.

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Fresh Air · Best Of: Colin Kaepernick / Danielle Brooks · 19 Sep 2026 podcast

Right, it's too big to express just through spoken matched

Yeah, but you sang in church, right? matched

How did you get from super shy to singing a song like Hell No? matched

Let's talk more about singing and church. matched

What were some of your favorite gospel songs? matched

Did you hear a lot of Mahalia Jackson when you were growing up? matched

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So when you got the part as Mahalia Jackson in a movie that's officially called Robin Roberts Presents Mahalia, your parents must have been so excited because your mother is a minister and your father was a deacon. matched

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So I want to play you as Mahalia Jackson from the soundtrack of the movie. matched

And what I want to play is My God is Real. matched

You sound great on this, so let's hear it. matched

This is my guest, Danielle Brooks. matched

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So it's a beautiful song, and you sing it so well. matched

What did you have to do with your singing to sound like you were Mahalia Jackson for the movie? matched

So you grew up very churched with your mother a minister and your father a deacon. matched

And did you grow up with the feeling that your parents had a special connection to God? matched

Did you speak in tongues? matched

So feeling that your parents had a special relationship with God and were God's representative or close to God, did it make you in awe of your parents? matched

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