Terry Gross

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23,578 appearances 400 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 over the last 12 months — 276 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 77.

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Fresh Air · Actor Danielle Brooks has blessings to count · 15 Sep 2026 podcast

So I want to talk about your singing. voice-verified

I wanna play Hell No from from the movie version of the color purple. voice-verified

But first, what was your audition for the Broadway revival when you first got to play Sophia? voice-verified

Oh my. voice-verified

South Carolina. voice-verified

Yes. voice-verified

And so you were doing an internship in New York and you got to see the color purple. voice-verified

Broadway show. voice-verified

So what was your audition song? voice-verified

Uh hell no. voice-verified

Oh wow, that's voice-verified

Okay. voice-verified

And I remember like they're your choice or their choice? voice-verified

Oh that's great. voice-verified

So let's hear the real thing. voice-verified

So this is Sophia basically saying to to Seely, if a man raises his hand to you, hell no, fight back. voice-verified

Don't take it. voice-verified

You sound so good in that one of the hardest things in a musical I think is to get from the dialogue into the song. voice-verified

Mm-hmm. voice-verified

And I'm wondering what that was like for you. voice-verified

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