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Werner Herzog Isn't The 'Wild Guy' You Think He Is

Fri, 06 Dec 2024

Herzog reflects on the curiosity that's fueled his career in the memoir, Every Man for Himself and G...

Best Of: Folk Musician Jerron Paxton / Lyricist Ira Gershwin's Legacy

Fri, 06 Dec 2024

Musician Jerron Paxton is known for performing music from the 1920s and '30s. He just came out with...

A Cultural History Of Hypochondria

Thu, 05 Dec 2024

Are you hyper-vigilant about your health, constantly monitoring yourself and panicking when you feel...

Trump's 2nd Term & The Economy

Wed, 04 Dec 2024

Economist David Wessel talks about Trump's plans on tariffs and tax cuts, and the potential economic...

Artist Mickalene Thomas Gives Black Women Their Flowers

Tue, 03 Dec 2024

In Mickalene Thomas' work, Black women are front and center. "We've been supportive characters for f...

Folk Musician Jerron Paxton Transports Us To the '20s

Mon, 02 Dec 2024

We're going to hear from a musician whose music is vibrant, exciting and new — even if it sounds l...

Best Of: Making 'The Piano Lesson' / Selena Gomez

Sat, 30 Nov 2024

A new film adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning August Wilson play The Piano Lesson is now on Ne...

Pharrell Thinks He Sounds Like Mickey Mouse

Fri, 29 Nov 2024

The animated film Piece By Piece traces Pharrell Williams' early life as a boy growing up in Virgini...

A Yo-Yo Ma Thanksgiving

Thu, 28 Nov 2024

About 25 years ago, the acclaimed cellist asked a high school student to help him name his instrumen...

Canonical Lyricist Ira Gershwin Gets His Due

Wed, 27 Nov 2024

Ira Gershwin wrote the lyrics for some of the most enduring songs in the Great American Songbook, in...

The Washington Family Brings 'The Piano Lesson' To Film

Tue, 26 Nov 2024

August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Piano Lesson is about a conflict in a Black family o...

A Marine's Portrait Of Her Body At Extremes

Mon, 25 Nov 2024

During her years as a military linguist, Bailey Williams pushed her body to extremes. She later lear...

Best Of: Comedy Writer Michael Schur / Actor Jimmy O. Yang

Sat, 23 Nov 2024

Michael Schur wrote for the The Office, and created The Good Place, and co-created Parks and Recreat...

The Exile Of Charlie Chaplin

Fri, 22 Nov 2024

Author Scott Eyman explains how silent film actor Charlie Chaplin was smeared in the press, scandali...

'Parks And Rec'& 'Good Place' Creator Michael Schur On His New Show

Thu, 21 Nov 2024

Michael Schur wrote for the The Office, and created The Good Place, and co-created Parks and Recreat...

Trump, Journalism & The Rough Road Ahead

Wed, 20 Nov 2024

Trump has called the press the "enemy of the people" and threatened retribution, including jailing r...

Selena Gomez Has Found Her Balance

Tue, 19 Nov 2024

The actor-singer-entrepreneur stars in Emilia Pérez, the new Spanish-language musical about a carte...

Actor/Comic Jimmy O. Yang Breaks Out Of The Background

Mon, 18 Nov 2024

In his new Hulu comedy series, Interior Chinatown, Jimmy O. Yang plays a waiter who inadvertently be...

Best Of: Why Do We Itch? / Writer Richard Price

Sat, 16 Nov 2024

Atlantic staff writer Annie Lowery suffers from a rare liver condition that causes severe chronic it...

Kerri Russell On 'The Diplomat'/ Remembering Dorothy Allison

Fri, 15 Nov 2024

Kerri Russell stars in the Netflix political drama The Diplomat as a foreign service officer tapped ...

How Screenwriting Saved Novelist Richard Price

Thu, 14 Nov 2024

In Richard Price's new novel, Lazarus Man, a five-story building collapses, upending the lives of th...

What Trump's Foreign Policy Could Look Like

Wed, 13 Nov 2024

With wars in Gaza, Lebanon, and Ukraine, and with high tariffs on the horizon, The Economist Editor-...

Why Do We Itch?

Tue, 12 Nov 2024

We've all had bug bites, or dry scalp, or a sunburn that causes itch. But what if you felt itchy all...

Veteran Phil Klay On A 2nd Trump Administration & The Military

Mon, 11 Nov 2024

Author Phil Klay says Trump has been willing to politicize the military to push his partisan agenda ...

Best Of: Al Pacino / Saoirse Ronan

Sat, 09 Nov 2024

Oscar-winning actor Al Pacino talks with Terry Gross about growing up in the South Bronx with a sing...

Jenny Slate Finds Strength In Sensitivity

Fri, 08 Nov 2024

Comic Jenny Slate spoke with Terry Gross earlier this year about finding comedy in her feelings, mot...

Freedman's Bank & Economic Disparities Today

Thu, 07 Nov 2024

In Savings and Trust, historian Justene Hill Edwards tells the story of the Freedman's Bank. Created...

Saoirse Ronan Says Being A Child Actor Shaped Her — For The Better

Wed, 06 Nov 2024

Irish actor Saoirse Ronan returns to Fresh Air to talk with contributor Ann Marie Baldonado about he...

Remembering Quincy Jones

Tue, 05 Nov 2024

We remember renowned composer, arranger and producer Quincy Jones and listen back to Terry Gross's 2...

Al Pacino Looks Back On A Legendary Career

Mon, 04 Nov 2024

Oscar-winning actor Al Pacino talks with Terry Gross about growing up in the South Bronx with a sing...

Best Of: Alex Van Halen / Painter Titus Kaphar

Sat, 02 Nov 2024

Alex Van Halen has written a new memoir about forming the rock band Van Halen with his brother Eddie...

Remembering 'Tootsie' Actor Teri Garr

Fri, 01 Nov 2024

We remember actor Teri Garr, who died last week at age 79. She charmed audiences in her film roles a...

What About Foreign Interference In The 2024 Election?

Thu, 31 Oct 2024

New Yorker journalist David Kirkpatrick says a government command hub is tasked with tracking and pr...

The Organization Ready To Help Trump Override The Federal Gov't

Wed, 30 Oct 2024

New York Times reporter Ken Bensinger says the America First Policy Institute, which has nearly 300 ...

Alex Van Halen On Eddie, Fire & 'Feeling It'

Tue, 29 Oct 2024

Alex Van Halen has written a new memoir about forming the rock band Van Halen with his brother Eddie...

How The Culture Wars Split A Church

Mon, 28 Oct 2024

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Eliza Griswold says complaints about homophobia, white privilege a...

Best Of: Bridget Everett / Nick Harkaway, John le Carré's Son

Sat, 26 Oct 2024

The HBO series Somebody Somewhere is about a 40-something woman who returns home to Kansas to care f...

Singer-Songwriter Randy Newman

Fri, 25 Oct 2024

The witty, cynical and often tongue-in-cheek songwriter Randy Newman is the subject of a new biograp...

Painter Titus Kaphar On 'Exhibiting Forgiveness'

Thu, 24 Oct 2024

When painter, sculptor, and installation artist Titus Kaphar's life was upended by his estranged fat...

John le Carré's Son Revives His Late Dad's Beloved Spy

Wed, 23 Oct 2024

Writer Nick Harkaway grew up hearing his dad read drafts of his George Smiley novels. He picks up le...

What Do Billionaires Like Elon Musk Want From Trump?

Tue, 22 Oct 2024

New Yorker writer Susan Glasser says Musk has spent $75 million to support Trump. If elected, Trump ...

Bridget Everett On Not Fitting In, Then Finding Her People

Mon, 21 Oct 2024

Growing up in Manhattan, Kansas, Bridget Everett and her "blue sense of humor" never quite fit in. A...

Best Of: Pharrell Williams / Lisa Marie Presley's Memoir

Sat, 19 Oct 2024

Grammy-winning producer, singer, songwriter and rapper Pharrell Williams has a new animated biopic c...

Tom Petty / 'Reservation Dogs' Co-Creator Sterlin Harjo

Fri, 18 Oct 2024

We're revisiting our interview with Tom Petty, whose hits include "American Girl," "Breakdown," and ...

The Battle For Honest And Accountable Government

Thu, 17 Oct 2024

Former Inspector General Glenn Fine oversaw investigations of the mishandling of documents in the Ok...

An Unprecedented Moment For Abortion, IVF & Fetal Personhood

Wed, 16 Oct 2024

Legal scholar Mary Ziegler talks about the legal battles shaping reproductive rights across the U.S....

Palestinian Poet Reflects On A Life Of Loss

Tue, 15 Oct 2024

Mosab Abu Toha was able to escape Gaza, along with his wife and three young children. The award-winn...

Riley Keough Helps Mom Lisa Marie Presley Emerge From Elvis' Shadow

Mon, 14 Oct 2024

Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis Presley, was working on a memoir when she died in 2023. ...

Best Of: Jeremy Strong / Will & Harper's Roadtrip Across America

Sat, 12 Oct 2024

Jeremy Strong played Kendall Roy on HBO's Succession. He's now starring in The Apprentice, as Donal...

Remembering Gospel Singer Cissy Houston / MLB Legend Pete Rose

Fri, 11 Oct 2024

We remember singer Cissy Houston, who died Oct. 7 at the age of 91. She got her start in gospel and ...

Israeli Writer Etgar Keret Reflects On A Year Of War

Thu, 10 Oct 2024

Internationally-acclaimed writer Etgar Keret, who lives in Tel Aviv, reflects on the protests in Isr...

Jeremy Strong On Delusion, Dreams and Doing What It Takes [Extended Version]

Wed, 09 Oct 2024

Best-known for his role as Kendall Roy in HBO's Succession, Jeremy Strong now stars as lawyer and po...

Pharrell Williams Sees Colors When He Hears Music

Tue, 08 Oct 2024

The animated film Piece By Piece traces Pharrell's early life as a boy growing up in Virginia Beach ...

Will Ferrell & Harper Steele's Roadtrip Across America

Mon, 07 Oct 2024

Will Ferrell and his longtime friend and former SNL writing partner Harper Steele traveled from New ...

Best Of: Ta-Nehisi Coates / John Leguizamo

Sat, 05 Oct 2024

Ta-Nehisi Coates talks about his trip to Senegal and reflects on his ancestors taken from that side ...

Remembering Maggie Smith and Kris Kristofferson

Fri, 04 Oct 2024

Beloved British actor of stage and screen Maggie Smith died last week at age 89. Though the Oscar-wi...

The Harris/Trump Economic Proposals, Explained

Thu, 03 Oct 2024

David Wessel, a senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution, compares the candida...

John Leguizamo Gives The Untold Story Of Latinos In America

Wed, 02 Oct 2024

More often than not, U.S. history classes fail to include the contributions of Latino people. Leguiz...

Ta-Nehisi Coates Explores Oppression in 'The Message'

Tue, 01 Oct 2024

In his new book, Coates reflects on his time in Senegal, as well as trips he took to South Carolina ...

Ina Garten's Biggest Hosting Fail

Mon, 30 Sep 2024

The host of the Food Network's Barefoot Contessa tells Tonya Mosley about a disastrous party she thr...

Best Of: 'Joker' Director Todd Phillips / Actor Uzo Aduba

Sat, 28 Sep 2024

Todd Phillips, the director and co-writer of the new musical sequel to Joker, shares what it was lik...

Celebrating 25 Years Of 'The West Wing'

Fri, 27 Sep 2024

25 years ago, the TV series The West Wing premiered. It was a behind-the-scenes look at a fictional ...

Could 'Uncommitted' Voters Sway The Election?

Thu, 26 Sep 2024

New Yorker writer Andrew Marantz describes Michigan's uncommitted, thousands of pro-Palestinian, ant...

Above All, Uzo Aduba Is Her Mother's Daughter

Wed, 25 Sep 2024

Orange Is the New Black actor Uzo Aduba grew up the daughter of Nigerian immigrants in a predominant...

The Inside Story of Trump, Russia, and the Mueller Investigation

Tue, 24 Sep 2024

Mueller deputy Aaron Zebley looks back on the investigation of Trump's ties to Russia and explains w...

Why 'Joker' Director Todd Phillips Came Back For A Sequel

Mon, 23 Sep 2024

After his 2019 hit Joker, Todd Phillips knew he wanted to do more with the character. Joker: Folie à...

Best Of: Connie Chung / Demi Moore

Sat, 21 Sep 2024

Pioneering television journalist Connie Chung gives us a behind-the-scenes look at what it took for ...

A Satire Of the Sunshine State

Fri, 20 Sep 2024

Florida's population has quintupled since writer Carl Hiaasen grew up near Fort Lauderdale in the '5...

Maggie Haberman On Trump's Turbulent 2024 Campaign

Thu, 19 Sep 2024

NYT senior political correspondent Maggie Haberman, who has spent years covering former President Tr...

Connie Chung Regrets Being A Good Girl

Wed, 18 Sep 2024

TV news journalist Connie Chung has written a new tell-all memoir. It's about breaking into the boys...

How Trump Created The Illusion Of Success

Tue, 17 Sep 2024

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner spent years investigating the forme...

Demi Moore's New Beginning

Mon, 16 Sep 2024

In the horror movie The Substance, Demi Moore plays an aging actress who uses a black-market drug to...

Best Of: Inside Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover / Comic Taylor Tomlinson

Sat, 14 Sep 2024

Journalists Ryan Mac and Kate Conger talk about the chaos Elon Musk created inside Twitter, how Musk...

Remembering Actor James Earl Jones

Fri, 13 Sep 2024

James Earl Jones was the voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars and Mafusa in The Lion King, and once the...

Gearing Up For A Post-Election Legal Fight

Thu, 12 Sep 2024

Democrats and Republicans learned from the legal fight over the 2020 elections, New York Times repor...

How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter

Wed, 11 Sep 2024

After buying Twitter in 2022, Elon Musk instituted sweeping changes. He laid off or fired about 75% ...

The Unchecked Power Of Sheriffs

Tue, 10 Sep 2024

Investigative journalist Jessica Pishko says that a growing group of "constitutional sheriffs" have ...

Taylor Tomlinson Is Ready To Joke About Her Bipolar II. Mostly.

Mon, 09 Sep 2024

The After Midnight host was initially unsure about sharing her bipolar II diagnosis on-stage. But, s...

Best Of: SCOTUS Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson / Novelist Danzy Senna

Sat, 07 Sep 2024

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's new memoir, Lovely One, gives us a rare glimpse into h...

Inside The Making Of 'The Sopranos'

Fri, 06 Sep 2024

25 years ago, The Sopranos premiered on HBO and changed expectations of what TV could be. There's a ...

The Anti-Fascist Vigilantes Infiltrating White Nationalist Groups

Thu, 05 Sep 2024

New Yorker writer David Kirkpatrick says anti-fascists are using extra judicial methods to do what t...

SCOTUS Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Gets Personal

Wed, 04 Sep 2024

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson talks with Tonya Mosley about her teen years, her time a...

Danzy Senna Writes Herself (And Other Mixed-Race People) Into Existence

Tue, 03 Sep 2024

Novelist Danzy Senna spoke with Terry Gross about racial identity, growing up with a Black father an...

Film Icons: Spike Lee / Samuel L. Jackson

Mon, 02 Sep 2024

To wrap up our series, we're closing with director Spike Lee and actor Samuel L. Jackson. Lee spoke ...

Film Icons: Steven Spielberg / Carrie Fisher

Sat, 31 Aug 2024

In 2022, E.T. and Jaws director Steven Spielberg talked about how he fell in love with film, and how...

Film Icons: Clint Eastwood / Eli Wallach & More

Fri, 30 Aug 2024

The 1964 spaghetti Western A Fistful of Dollars turned Clint Eastwood into a star. He had a famous s...

Film Icons: Dennis Hopper / Isabella Rossellini

Thu, 29 Aug 2024

We continue our Classic Films and Movie Icons series and feature archival interviews with Dennis Hop...

Film Icons: Meryl Streep / Sidney Poitier

Wed, 28 Aug 2024

Our special series of archival interviews continues with two of the GOATs: Meryl Streep, the actor w...

Film Icons: Molly Ringwald / Jodie Foster / Anthony Hopkins

Tue, 27 Aug 2024

We continue our Classic Films and Movie Icons series with two performers who gained fame as kids: Br...

Film Icons: Michael Caine / Robert Duvall

Mon, 26 Aug 2024

From now through Labor Day we're featuring interviews from our archive with great actors and directo...

Film Icons: Elia Kazan / Eva Marie Saint

Sat, 24 Aug 2024

We begin our series celebrating classic movies with Terry Gross' 1988 interview with On the Waterfro...

Remembering 'King Of Daytime TV' Phil Donahue

Fri, 23 Aug 2024

We remember Phil Donahue, the daytime talk show host who pioneered thoughtful discussions on controv...

Reflecting On 2 Critical Conflict Zones: Ukraine And Gaza

Thu, 22 Aug 2024

Georgetown professor and foreign policy analyst Daniel Byman discusses Ukraine's daring offensive in...

How Donald Trump Changed Federal Law Enforcement

Wed, 21 Aug 2024

Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter David Rohde argues that since 2016, Trump has...

How Stadiums Became The American Public Square

Tue, 20 Aug 2024

As 50,000 people attend the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, we look at the history of pol...

Actor Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor On The Complexity & Heartbreak Of Female Friendships

Mon, 19 Aug 2024

In The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat, Ellis-Taylor plays the outspoken ringleader among three w...

Best Of: Black Doctors Consortium Founder / The Life Of A Brain Surgeon

Sat, 17 Aug 2024

Pediatric surgeon and founder of the Black Doctors Consortium Dr. Ala Standford talks with Terry Gro...

Police Procedural 'Homicide' (Finally) Comes To Streaming

Fri, 16 Aug 2024

Homicide: Life on the Streets, the critically acclaimed police procedural set in Baltimore, is comin...

On The Road With Harris/Walz

Thu, 15 Aug 2024

As democrats prepare for their national convention in Chicago next week, we take stock of a presiden...

How American Lobbyists Threaten Democracy

Wed, 14 Aug 2024

Casey Michel shines a light on Americans lobbying for foreign governments in Washington, in many cas...

Safiya Sinclair On Cutting Herself Free From Rastafari Roots

Tue, 13 Aug 2024

Poet and writer Safiya Sinclair grew up in a devout Rastafari family in Jamaica where women were sub...

An Informant Exposes The Inner Workings Of The Ku Klux Klan

Mon, 12 Aug 2024

Joe Moore, a former Army sniper turned FBI informant, shares how he infiltrated the KKK and helped f...

Best Of: How 1982 Sci-Fi Changed The Game / Singer Brittany Howard

Sat, 10 Aug 2024

In 1982, eight science fiction films were released within eight weeks of each other. Chris Nashawaty...

Revisiting The Final Months Of WWII

Sat, 10 Aug 2024

We commemorate the 79th anniversary of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, by revisiting a h...

'Sing Sing' Offers a Glimpse of Life Behind Bars

Thu, 08 Aug 2024

Filmmaker Greg Kwedar and formerly incarcerated actor Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin discuss their new...

Black Doctors Consortium Founder Serves Vulnerable Communities

Wed, 07 Aug 2024

When the pandemic hit, Dr. Ala Stanford set up shop in parking lots, churches and mosques where she ...

Migrants Risk It All On The Treacherous Darién Gap

Tue, 06 Aug 2024

Each year, nearly half a million migrants cross the perilous stretch of jungle between South and Cen...

A Brain Surgeon Opens Up About Life In The O.R.

Mon, 05 Aug 2024

Dr. Theodore Schwartz has been treating neurological illnesses for nearly 30 years. He says being a ...

Best Of: Comic Nikki Glaser / 'Hacks' Co-Creator Paul W. Downs

Sat, 03 Aug 2024

Comic Nikki Glaser talks with Terry Gross about finding the line between offensive and funny, hurt f...

Remembering Freedom Singer Bernice Johnson Reagon

Fri, 02 Aug 2024

We go into the Fresh Air archive to remember two remarkable women: Bernice Johnson Reagon was one of...

Brittany Howard On Prince, Break-Up Songs, And Her Haunted House

Thu, 01 Aug 2024

Grammy-winning singer, guitarist and producer Brittany Howard fronted the band Alabama Shakes before...

The 8 Sci-Fi Movies Of 1982 That Changed Everything

Wed, 31 Jul 2024

In 1982, eight science fiction films were released within eight weeks of each other: E.T., Tron, Sta...

How 'Hacks' Comes Together — Over Email

Tue, 30 Jul 2024

Paul W. Downs co-created the HBO Max show with his wife, Lucia Aniello and their friend and collabor...

Comic Nikki Glaser Doesn't Know Why Anyone Would Want To Be Roasted

Mon, 29 Jul 2024

The comic made headlines after the roast of Tom Brady. She spoke with Terry Gross about finding the ...

Best Of: 'Wicked' Director Jon M. Chu / Stunt Performer-Turned-Filmmaker David Leitch

Sat, 27 Jul 2024

Jon M. Chu, the director of Crazy Rich Asians and In the Heights is now directing the film adaptatio...

Remembering Comic Bob Newhart

Fri, 26 Jul 2024

We remember comic and actor Bob Newhart, who died last week at the age of 94. In his stand-up comedy...

Will Hezbollah And Israel Go To War?

Thu, 25 Jul 2024

Hezbollah, the militant group based in Lebanon, shares Hamas' goal of destroying the state of Israel...

'Wicked' Director Jon M. Chu On The Hard Work Of Creativity

Wed, 24 Jul 2024

Chu takes his inspiration from his dad, a Chinese immigrant who worked both the front room and the k...

The Dictator Playbook

Tue, 23 Jul 2024

Autocracy, Inc. author Anne Applebaum says today's dictators — including Putin and Xi — are work...

A Former Stunt Performer Shares Tricks Of The Trade

Mon, 22 Jul 2024

Filmmaker and stunt coordinator David Leitch says it's easier to do stunts himself than direct his s...

Best Of: A Life Of Self-Contempt / Character Actor Julianne Nicholson

Sat, 20 Jul 2024

Humorist/writer Shalom Auslander's new memoir is a satirical look at all the ways a sense of "feh," ...

Remembering Shelley Duvall / Sex Guru Dr. Ruth

Fri, 19 Jul 2024

We remember actress Shelley Duvall, who died at the age of 75. Best-known for her role in The Shinin...

Waking Up And Feeling 'Yuck'

Thu, 18 Jul 2024

Humorist Shalom Auslander has written for decades about growing up in a dysfunctional household with...

The Impossible American Dream

Wed, 17 Jul 2024

PBS FRONTLINE documentarians Tom Casciato and Kathleen Hughes spent 34 years following two working-c...

Julianne Nicholson Likes Being A Character Actor

Tue, 16 Jul 2024

Julianne Nicholson says when strangers recognize her on the street, they're never quite sure how the...

Why The Weapon Choice In The Attempted Assassination Matters

Mon, 15 Jul 2024

We talk about the weapon the shooter used in the attempted assassination of former President Trump. ...

Best Of: A Novel Of Kidnapping & Family Trauma / Rethinking An Age-Gap Relationship

Sat, 13 Jul 2024

Taffy Brodesser-Akner's new novel, Long Island Compromise, centers on the kidnapping of a rich busin...

Remembering Actor Martin Mull And Screenwriter Robert Towne

Fri, 12 Jul 2024

Martin Mull, who died June 27, appeared in the 1970s series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, and later st...

Understanding The Resurgence of Jobs In America's 'Left Behind' Counties

Thu, 11 Jul 2024

David Madland of the Center for American Progress says new, "good" jobs are on the rise, but many of...

Inside The Biggest Ponzi Scheme In American History

Wed, 10 Jul 2024

Disgraced financier Bernie Madoff scammed investors out of approximately $68 billion. Investigative ...

She Was 17, He Was 47: How #MeToo Changed A Marriage

Tue, 09 Jul 2024

Jill Ciment met her husband in the 1970s when she was a teenager and he was almost 50. At the time o...

Taffy Brodesser-Akner Writes Real People — Not Likable Ones

Mon, 08 Jul 2024

Brodesser-Akner's new novel, Long Island Compromise, centers on the kidnapping of a rich businessman...

Best Of: Comic Michelle Buteau / Emily Nussbaum On Reality TV

Sat, 06 Jul 2024

Comedian Michelle Buteau stars in the new comedy Babes, which follows best friends as they take dif...

David Byrne on 40 Years of 'Stop Making Sense'

Fri, 05 Jul 2024

For the 40th anniversary of Talking Heads' masterpiece concert film, Stop Making Sense, A24 remaster...

How Bon Jovi Lost His Voice — And Got It Back

Thu, 04 Jul 2024

A few years ago, Bon Jovi stopped performing because of a vocal cord injury. The Hulu docuseries Tha...

A Former Federal Judge Fears For Democracy

Wed, 03 Jul 2024

David Tatel is a former civil rights lawyer who spent 30 years as a judge on the D.C. Circuit, the n...

Reflections on Being Fat in a Thin World

Tue, 02 Jul 2024

As a comedy writer for shows like The Late Late Show with James Corden, Ian Karmel spent most of his...

What Do The 'Love is Blind' Lawsuits Mean For Reality TV?

Tue, 02 Jul 2024

New Yorker writer Emily Nussbaum discusses the lawsuits brought forth by the Love is Blind cast memb...

Best Of: Dr. Fauci's Talks With Trump / 'Hacks' Star Hannah Einbinder

Sat, 29 Jun 2024

If you've ever wondered what conversations were like between Donald Trump and Dr. Anthony Fauci duri...

Fairport Convention Founding Member Richard Thompson

Fri, 28 Jun 2024

British singer/guitarist Richard Thompson spoke to Fresh Air in 1994 and 2022 about about his format...

Election 2024: Where Does The Money Come From?

Thu, 27 Jun 2024

New York Times political correspondent Shane Goldmacher has been following the flood of campaign fi...

Michelle Buteau Finds A Lifeline In Humor

Wed, 26 Jun 2024

Buteau says covering the news of the 2001 terrorist attacks crystalized her desire to go into comedy...

Ghanaian Artist Blitz Bazawule Is Breaking Down Doors

Tue, 25 Jun 2024

Bazawule is best-known for directing 2023 adaptation of The Color Purple: The Musical. He also co-di...

Inside The Breakdown Of The Global Supply Chain

Mon, 24 Jun 2024

New York Times correspondent Peter Goodman illuminates the breakdown of the global supply chain duri...

Best Of: Questlove's Hip-Hop History / 'Always Sunny' Actor Rob McElhenney

Sat, 22 Jun 2024

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson still remembers the first time he heard The Sugarhill Gang's 1980 hit "Ra...

'Slave Play' Playwright Jeremy O. Harris Works To Diversity Theater

Fri, 21 Jun 2024

The award-winning playwright talks about his provocative Slave Play, which earned 12 Tony nomination...

The Story Behind Diane Von Furstenberg's Iconic Wrap Dress

Thu, 20 Jun 2024

Von Furstenberg and filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy discuss Woman in Charge, a Hulu documentary abou...

Actor David Oyelowo On 'Lawmen: Bass Reeves'

Wed, 19 Jun 2024

Oyelowo produced and stars in the Paramount+ series about Bass, a formerly enslaved man who went on ...

Dr. Anthony Fauci Looks Back On The COVID-19 Pandemic

Tue, 18 Jun 2024

During his decades-long career, Dr. Fauci worked with seven different presidents to manage various p...

'Hacks' Star Hannah Einbinder

Mon, 17 Jun 2024

Einbinder co-stars with Jean Smart in the HBO Max series Hacks. Her new Max special is Everything Mu...

Best Of: Yo-Yo Ma; Actor Griffin Dunne

Sat, 15 Jun 2024

About 25 years ago, acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma asked a high school student to help him name his inst...

How Satchel Paige Helped Integrate MLB

Fri, 14 Jun 2024

Hall of Famer Satchel Paige started his career pitching in the Negro leagues and later became a majo...

How Formerly Enslaved People Were Stripped Of Land

Thu, 13 Jun 2024

Journalist Alexia Fernández Campbell says that some freed men and women were given titles to land f...

Rob McElhenney On 'Welcome To Wrexham'

Wed, 12 Jun 2024

'The Always Sunny in Philadelphia' co-creator and co-star bought a Welsh football club during the pa...

Questlove On Hip-Hop And History

Tue, 11 Jun 2024

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson still remembers the first time he heard The Sugarhill Gang's 1980 hit "Ra...

Actor Griffin Dunne Revisits His Hollywood Childhood

Mon, 10 Jun 2024

Dunne grew up in Beverly Hills, in a family of storytellers — including his father, author Dominic...

Best Of: 'Merrily We Roll Along'; MSNBC Host Ali Velshi

Sat, 08 Jun 2024

Stephen Sondheim's musical Merrily We Roll Along flopped when it debuted in 1981. But its Broadway r...

Julio Torres Spins Immigration Stress into Satire

Fri, 07 Jun 2024

Comic, actor and filmmaker Julio Torres came to the U.S. from El Salvador in his early 20s — and h...

Ronan Farrow on the link between #MeToo, Weinstein and Trump

Thu, 06 Jun 2024

While reporting on Harvey Weinstein and the #MeToo movement, Farrow unearthed details of the Nationa...

Colson Whitehead returns to 1970s NYC in 'Crook Manifesto'

Wed, 05 Jun 2024

Whitehead's sequel to Harlem Shuffle centers on crime at every level, from small-time crooks to Harl...

MSNBC Host Ali Velshi Traces His Ancestors' Migration

Tue, 04 Jun 2024

In his memoir, Small Acts of Courage, Velshi chronicles his family's journey, from a village in Indi...

'Merrily We Roll Along' Revival Is A Love Letter To Sondheim

Mon, 03 Jun 2024

Stephen Sondheim's 1981 flop is now a Broadway hit. This revival of Merrily We Roll Along is nominat...

Best Of: Maggie Rogers / Kristen Wiig

Sat, 01 Jun 2024

In 2021, burnt out from the intensity of her early career, Maggie Rogers considered quitting music e...

Carrying On After A Life-Changing Accident

Fri, 31 May 2024

How do you get on with life after an accident that leads to disability and chronic pain? That's the ...

Revisiting A Chicago Hate Crime And Its Aftermath

Thu, 30 May 2024

Yohance Lacour's Pulitzer Prize-winning podcast, You Didn't See Nothin', tells the story of Lenard C...

Yo-Yo Ma Says He's Living His Best Childhood Now

Wed, 29 May 2024

About 25 years ago, the acclaimed cellist asked a high school student to help him name his instrumen...

The Untold Story Of The C-Section

Tue, 28 May 2024

When journalist Rachel Somerstein had an emergency C-section with her first child, the anesthesia di...

The Stax Records Soul Sound

Mon, 27 May 2024

The small Memphis label Stax Records created soul hits by Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Wilson Pickett, ...

Best Of: Michael McDonald / The American 'Food Cartel'

Sat, 25 May 2024

Grammy-winning musician Michael McDonald looks back on his childhood and his career in a new memoir....

'Mad Max' Director George Miller

Fri, 24 May 2024

The fifth installment of the Mad Max series of post-apocalyptic action films is roaring into theater...

The Corruption Scandal That Rocked The Navy

Thu, 23 May 2024

In Fat Leonard, journalist Craig Whitlock tells the story of a defense contractor who plied Navy com...

Maggie Rogers (Extended Version)

Wed, 22 May 2024

In 2021, burnt out from the intensity of her early career, Maggie Rogers considered quitting music e...

Kristen Wiig

Tue, 21 May 2024

The SNL alum co-stars with Carol Burnett in Palm Royale, an Apple TV+ series about a former pageant ...

Michael McDonald

Mon, 20 May 2024

McDonald says that earlier in his career, he tended to avoid writing about himself directly in songs...

Best Of: Kathleen Hanna / Tyler James Williams

Sat, 18 May 2024

Musician, activist, and punk pioneer Kathleen Hanna talks about being at the epicenter of the '90s r...

Remembering Filmmaker Roger Corman

Fri, 17 May 2024

Filmmaker Roger Corman, the "King of the B" movies, died last week at the age of 98. He made hundred...

Writer Carvell Wallace On Pain, Processing & Letting Go

Thu, 16 May 2024

Wallace is known for his celebrity profiles, but his new memoir, Another Word For Love, is about his...

Regional Complexities Of The Israel/Hamas War

Wed, 15 May 2024

The Economist Middle East correspondent Gregg Carlstrom explains why some Arab leaders hate Hamas, f...

'Abbott Elementary' Actor Tyler James Williams

Tue, 14 May 2024

Williams was thrust into the public eye as a kid, when he starred in Everybody Hates Chris. Now, pla...

Kathleen Hanna's 'Rebel Girl' Life

Mon, 13 May 2024

Kathleen Hanna's band Bikini Kill was the epicenter of the riot grrrl feminist punk movement of the ...

Best Of: Brittney Griner / Discovering Plant Intelligence

Sat, 11 May 2024

WNBA star Brittney Griner talks about the physical and emotional hell of her nearly 300 days in Russ...

'The Sympathizer' Author Viet Thanh Nguyen

Fri, 10 May 2024

Viet Thanh Nguyen's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Sympathizer has been adapted into a series on H...

Remembering Minimalist Painter Frank Stella

Thu, 09 May 2024

We remember painter and sculptor Frank Stella, whose early work was considered revolutionary. He die...

A People's History Of Black Twitter

Wed, 08 May 2024

#BlackLivesMatter. #OscarsSoWhite. #ICantBreathe. Filmmaker Prentice Penny's docuseries about Black ...

WNBA Star Brittney Griner Imprisonment & Release

Tue, 07 May 2024

Griner spent nearly 300 days incarcerated in Russia after authorities at the Moscow airport found tw...

The Hidden World Of Plant Intelligence

Mon, 06 May 2024

Climate journalist Zoë Schlanger explains the fascinating science behind how plants learn, communic...

Best Of: Jon Bon Jovi / Fantasy Writer Leigh Bardugo

Sat, 04 May 2024

In a new Hulu docuseries, Jon Bon Jovi looks back on his career and his recovery after vocal surgery...

Remembering Writer Paul Auster

Fri, 03 May 2024

The New York Times described Paul Auster as the "Patron Saint of Literary Brooklyn." He died Tuesday...

What Will Happen With The TikTok Ban?

Thu, 02 May 2024

Congress and President Biden say TikTok must shed its financial ties to China or face a ban in the U...

Erik Larson On The Dawn Of The Civil War

Thu, 02 May 2024

In The Demon of Unrest, author Erik Larson chronicles the five months between the election of Abraha...

Fantasy Writer Leigh Bardugo On Magic & Miracles

Tue, 30 Apr 2024

Leigh Bardugo is best known for her YA Shadow and Bone series. Her adult novel, The Familiar, center...

Jon Bon Jovi

Mon, 29 Apr 2024

A few years ago, Bon Jovi stopped performing because of a vocal cord injury. The Hulu docuseries Tha...

Best Of: St. Vincent / Kids In An Age Of Anxiety

Sat, 27 Apr 2024

Songwriter, guitarist and singer St. Vincent talks about her new album, All Born Screaming. Also, we...

Novelist John Green On The 'Invasive Weed' Of OCD

Fri, 26 Apr 2024

Green's YA novel, Turtles All the Way Down, has been recently adapted to film (on MAX May 2). Green ...

Why Writers Are Losing Out In Hollywood

Thu, 25 Apr 2024

Nearly a year after the Hollywood writers' strike started, the entertainment industry remains in flu...

The Life & Legacy Of 'Rulebreaker' Barbara Walters

Wed, 24 Apr 2024

Journalist Susan Page talks about Barbara Walters's groundbreaking career as a newswoman and her sig...

St. Vincent

Tue, 23 Apr 2024

The songwriter, guitarist and singer known as St. Vincent took her stage name from St. Vincent's Hos...

How Minority Rule Threatens Democracy

Mon, 22 Apr 2024

Journalist Ari Berman says the founding fathers created a system that concentrated power in the hand...

Best Of: Salman Rushdie's Survival / A New Kind Of Whodunit

Sat, 20 Apr 2024

Writer Salman Rushdie talks about the knife attack that nearly killed him — and his life since the...

Remembering PBS Anchor Robert MacNeil

Fri, 19 Apr 2024

Longtime PBS news anchor Robert MacNeil died last week at 93. He spoke with Terry Gross a few times ...

Our Fragile Food System

Thu, 18 Apr 2024

Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser says mergers and acquisitions have created food oligopolies t...

A Death Doula Says 'Get Real' About The End

Wed, 17 Apr 2024

Alua Arthur works with families, caretakers, and people close to death who want to be intentional ab...

Salman Rushdie On Surviving Attempted Murder

Tue, 16 Apr 2024

Rushdie was onstage at a literary event in 2022 when he was attacked by a man in the audience: "Dyin...

A First Date Turns Into A Whodunit In 'Diarra From Detroit'

Mon, 15 Apr 2024

Growing up, when Diarra Kilpatrick watched murder mystery shows with her grandmother, she never saw ...

Best Of: Andrew Scott / Women Behind The Wheel

Sat, 13 Apr 2024

Andrew Scott stars as a con artist with no conscience in the new Netflix series Ripley. It's an adap...

The History Of King Kong & Godzilla

Fri, 12 Apr 2024

Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire is the latest film starring two of cinema's biggest monsters. Today ...

The 'Land Grab' Displacing The Maasai People

Thu, 11 Apr 2024

Atlantic journalist Stephanie McCrummen says foreign interests are acquiring Serengeti territory in ...

The High Pressure Experiments That Made D-Day

Wed, 10 Apr 2024

What happens to the body in the deep sea? You need oxygen to survive, but too much oxygen can be dea...

Internet Brain & The Age Of Overthinking

Tue, 09 Apr 2024

Linguist Amanda Montell says our brains are overloaded with a constant stream of information that st...

Andrew Scott On 'Ripley,' 'Fleabag' & More

Mon, 08 Apr 2024

Andrew Scott (best known as "hot priest" from Fleabag) plays con artist Tom Ripley in the Netflix ad...

Best Of: Sue Bird / Sleater-Kinney

Sat, 06 Apr 2024

NCAA/WNBA star Sue Bird spoke with Terry Gross about her career, coming out publicly, and fighting f...

A 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Appreciation

Fri, 05 Apr 2024

HBO's Curb your Enthusiasm comes to an end Sunday night, after 25 years and 12 seasons. We're featur...

Abortion Rights & The Fetal Personhood Movement

Thu, 04 Apr 2024

The Guardian's reproductive health reporter Carter Sherman says efforts are underway in a number of ...

Capt. Cook's Final Voyage

Wed, 03 Apr 2024

"A lot of things started going wrong from the very beginning," historian Hampton Sides says of Cook'...

'Kids Are Not OK' Says Mental Health Expert

Tue, 02 Apr 2024

A global pandemic, school shootings, climate change, war: Children and teenagers are experiencing an...

WNBA Star Sue Bird

Mon, 01 Apr 2024

Retired point guard Sue Bird holds the record for most career assists in the WNBA, with 3,234 over t...

Best Of: Stories From A Hollywood Insider / Eugene Levy

Sat, 30 Mar 2024

If you've ever wondered how directors convince stars to appear in their films, or what they do when ...

Celebrating Country Music's Black Roots

Fri, 29 Mar 2024

Beyoncé's highly anticipated country album, Cowboy Carter, is out today. One of the musicians on it...

How Cars Became A Gendered Technology

Thu, 28 Mar 2024

Author Nancy Nichols says that for men, cars signify adventure, power and strength. For women, they ...

Oregon's Drug Decriminalization Experiment

Wed, 27 Mar 2024

In 2020, Oregon voters overwhelmingly approved to decriminalize possession of small amounts of hard ...

Climate-Driven Migration In America

Tue, 26 Mar 2024

ProPublica reporter Abrahm Lustgarten says in the coming decades it's likely tens of millions of us ...

Sleater-Kinney

Mon, 25 Mar 2024

Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker co-founded the band Sleater-Kinney together 30 years ago, and bec...

Best Of: The Life Of A Nun / A Foster Parent On Loving & Letting Go

Sat, 23 Mar 2024

Catherine Coldstream spoke with Terry Gross about her years as nun in a Carmelite monastery. She tal...

'Tokyo Vice' Journalist On Japan's Criminal Underworld

Fri, 22 Mar 2024

Reporter Jake Adelstein's memoir, Tokyo Vice, is about covering the organized crime beat in Japan. T...

The Chinese Mafia & The Illicit Marijuana Trade

Thu, 21 Mar 2024

Marijuana has been legalized in some states, but ProPublica's Sebastian Rotella says there's still a...

A Former Nun On Why She 'Cloistered' And Later Ran Away

Wed, 20 Mar 2024

Catherine Coldstream spoke with Terry Gross about her years as nun in a Carmelite monastery. She tal...

Christine Blasey Ford On Life Before And Since Testifying

Tue, 19 Mar 2024

Christine Blasey Ford describes what it was like to come forward and testify that Brett Kavanaugh se...

An 'Exvangelical' On Loving & Leaving The Church

Mon, 18 Mar 2024

NPR Politics correspondent Sarah McCammon grew up in a white evangelical church that taught her to n...

Best Of: Jenny Slate / Julio Torres

Sat, 16 Mar 2024

Jenny Slate talks about childbirth and motherhood, the subjects of her new comedy special, Seasoned ...

A Maître D' Dishes On The Restaurant Industry

Fri, 15 Mar 2024

Michael Cecchi-Azzolina has worked in several high-end New York City restaurants — adrenaline-fuel...

What Makes Propaganda Effective?

Thu, 14 Mar 2024

We talk with Peter Pomerantsev, whose new book, How to Win an Information War, is about the man he d...

Eugene Levy Is A 'Reluctant Traveler'

Wed, 13 Mar 2024

Schitt's Creek star Eugene Levy visits distant lands and tastes exotic foods as the host of the Appl...

Jenny Slate

Tue, 12 Mar 2024

The comic/actor returns. Now she has a 3-year-old daughter, who she sings to in the voice of her cha...

Julio Torres Spins Immigration Stress Into Satire

Mon, 11 Mar 2024

Comic, actor and filmmaker Julio Torres came to the U.S. from El Salvador in his 20s. His new film, ...

Best Of: Biden's Last Campaign / Trans Writer Lucy Sante

Sat, 09 Mar 2024

New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos recently interviewed Biden for his new profile about the presiden...

Emma Stone / Mark Ruffalo

Fri, 08 Mar 2024

Emma Stone has two Oscar nominations for Poor Things: One for best actress and one for best picture,...

A Veteran Filmmaker Shares Secrets From The Set

Thu, 07 Mar 2024

Writer, director and producer Ed Zwick has made dozens of films and TV shows including Legends of th...

Biden's Last Campaign

Wed, 06 Mar 2024

In a wide-ranging conversation with The New Yorker, President Biden proclaimed that he is the best o...

A War Reporter Reckons With A Deadly Cancer Diagnosis

Tue, 05 Mar 2024

As a war correspondent, Rod Nordland faced death many times over. But in 2019, Nordland confronted a...

RuPaul's House Of Hidden Meanings

Mon, 04 Mar 2024

The Emmy-winning host of RuPaul's Drag Race describes himself as "an introvert masquerading as an ex...

Best Of: The Making Of 'Dune' / Why We Remember

Sat, 02 Mar 2024

Denis Villeneuve remembers watching the 1984 movie version of Frank Herbert's 1965 sci-fi novel Dune...

Paul Giamatti / Remembering Comic Richard Lewis

Fri, 01 Mar 2024

Paul Giamatti stars in The Holdovers as a pompous and disliked teacher at a boys boarding school in ...

The Impact Of Christian Nationalism On American Democracy

Thu, 29 Feb 2024

Why do many Christian nationalists think Trump is chosen by God to lead the country? We talk with Br...

'Dune' Director Denis Villeneuve

Wed, 28 Feb 2024

Villeneuve remembers watching the 1984 movie version of Frank Herbert's 1965 sci-fi novel Dune and t...

Busy Philipps

Tue, 27 Feb 2024

Busy Philipps plays Mrs. George, a "cool mom" seeking the approval of her teen daughter in the new m...

Why We Remember (And Forget)

Mon, 26 Feb 2024

Charan Ranganath recently wrote an op-ed about President Biden's memory gaffes. He says forgetting i...

Best Of: Mark Ruffalo / Jeffrey Wright

Sat, 24 Feb 2024

Mark Ruffalo is nominated for an Oscar for best supporting actor for his role in Poor Things. He pla...

Bradley Cooper & Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Fri, 23 Feb 2024

In his Oscar-nominated biopic Maestro, Bradley Cooper was determined not to imitate the legendary Le...

Trump's Legal Challenges, Explained

Thu, 22 Feb 2024

As Donald Trump seeks to gain the Republican presidential nomination, he faces 91 felony charges acr...

Writer Lucy Sante On Transitioning In Her Late 60s

Wed, 21 Feb 2024

Lucy Sante has been writing books since the 1980s, exploring everything from photography to urban hi...

Jeffrey Wright, From 'Basquiat' To 'American Fiction'

Tue, 20 Feb 2024

Wright is up for an Oscar for best actor this year for the film American Fiction, where he plays a n...

The History Of The Oscars

Mon, 19 Feb 2024

From relentless campaigning to snubs and speeches, the Academy Awards have often reflected a cultura...

Best Of: Molly Ringwald / Busy Philipps

Sat, 17 Feb 2024

Actress Molly Ringwald came to represent '80s teen angst after starring in Sixteen Candles, The Brea...

Sterling K. Brown / Colman Domingo

Fri, 16 Feb 2024

Sterling K. Brown won an Emmy for his portrayal of Christopher Darden in The People v. O.J. Simpson,...

The Migrant Crisis In NYC

Thu, 15 Feb 2024

How is New York City coping with the 175,000 migrants from the Southern border? New York Times repor...

Remembering Longtime NPR Host Bob Edwards

Wed, 14 Feb 2024

We remember Peabody award-winning broadcast journalist Bob Edwards, who died on Saturday at the age ...

Mark Ruffalo

Tue, 13 Feb 2024

Ruffalo plays a debauched cad in Yorgos Lanthimos' bawdy, dark comedy Poor Things. The role was a bi...

Molly Ringwald

Mon, 12 Feb 2024

Molly Ringwald became a film icon in the '80s after starring in a trio of films: Sixteen Candles, Th...

Best Of: The Race Card Project / The Early AIDS Crisis

Sat, 10 Feb 2024

Journalist Michele Norris has spent the last 14 years collecting what she describes as "an archive o...

Remembering MC5 Guitarist Wayne Kramer / Carl Weathers

Fri, 09 Feb 2024

We remember Wayne Kramer, the guitarist of the late '60s proto-punk band MC5. The revolutionary band...

The Surprisingly Lax Regulation Of Our Railroads

Thu, 08 Feb 2024

Award-winning ProPublica reporter Topher Sanders has spent the last two years investigating America'...

The Life and Legacy Of Medgar & Myrlie Evers

Wed, 07 Feb 2024

The civil rights leader Medgar Evers is maybe more known for his assassination in 1963 than the work...

A Foster Parent On Loving & Letting Go

Tue, 06 Feb 2024

When Mark Daley and his husband, Jason, became foster parents to two brothers, they fell in love wit...

What Americans Really Think About Race

Mon, 05 Feb 2024

Journalist Michele Norris has spent the last 14 years collecting what she calls "an archive of the h...

Best Of: Emma Stone / The Birth Of Psychedelic Science

Sat, 03 Feb 2024

Emma Stone is nominated for an Oscar for her starring role in Poor Things. She spoke with Terry Gros...

'Oppenheimer' Dir. Christopher Nolan / Mark Ronson On The 'Barbie' Soundtrack

Fri, 02 Feb 2024

Oppenheimer and Barbie have been nominated for 13 and 8 Oscars, respectively. We feature our intervi...

The Forgotten Heroes Of The AIDS Crisis

Thu, 01 Feb 2024

Kai Wright's WNYC podcast, Blindspot, revisits the early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, focusing in...

Emma Stone

Wed, 31 Jan 2024

Stone has two Oscar nominations for Poor Things: One for best actress and one for best picture, as a...

Unpacking The Immigration Crisis

Tue, 30 Jan 2024

Hundreds of thousands of people, mostly from Central America, arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border every...

Inside A Jim Crow-Era Asylum

Mon, 29 Jan 2024

NBC journalist Antonia Hylton spent more than a decade piecing together the history of Maryland's fi...

Best Of: Tracee Ellis Ross / Racism In Medicine

Sat, 27 Jan 2024

Tracee Ellis Ross co-stars in the new movie American Fiction, which is nominated for five Oscars, in...

Remembering Composer Peter Shickeley / Shangri-Las Lead Mary Weiss

Fri, 26 Jan 2024

We remember composer and classical music satirist Peter Schickele, whose alter ego was "P.D.Q. Bach....

How The War Between Israel And Hamas Is Widening

Thu, 25 Jan 2024

New York Times correspondent David Sanger says that Iran and its proxies are posing new challenges: ...

Tracee Ellis Ross

Wed, 24 Jan 2024

Tracee Ellis Ross co-stars in the Oscar-nominated movie American Fiction. For eight seasons, she sta...

How War Changed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Tue, 23 Jan 2024

Time correspondent Simon Shuster has been interviewing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy since...

Reckoning With Racism In Medicine

Mon, 22 Jan 2024

Dr. Uché Blackstock was one of the first doctors to raise the alarm that COVID-19 was disproportion...

Best Of: 'Origin' Dir. Ava DuVernay / How Algorithms 'Flatten' Culture

Sat, 20 Jan 2024

Ava DuVernay's new film Origin explores a new way to consider the historical subjugation of Black pe...

A 'Succession' Appreciation

Fri, 19 Jan 2024

HBO's Succession swept at the Emmys, winning six awards for its fourth and final season. We compiled...

The Home Schooling Surge

Thu, 18 Jan 2024

Home schooling is now America's fastest growing form of education, but Washington Post reporter Pete...

How Algorithms 'Flatten' Culture

Wed, 17 Jan 2024

Filterworld author Kyle Chayka examines the algorithms that dictate what we watch, read and listen t...

The Birth Of Psychedelic Science

Tue, 16 Jan 2024

You may have heard about the pioneering research of anthropologist Margaret Mead, but do you know ab...

Ava DuVernay Illuminates America's Caste System with 'Origin'

Mon, 15 Jan 2024

Award-winning director Ava DuVernay's new film Origin explores a new way to consider the historical ...

Best Of: Sterling K. Brown / Paul Giamatti

Sat, 13 Jan 2024

Actor Sterling K. Brown co-stars in the new film American Fiction. We'll talk about his role in that...

Josh Groban's Sweeney Todd

Fri, 12 Jan 2024

The Grammy-Award winning baritone first auditioned to play the Demon Barber of Fleet Street back in ...

The Movement To Dismantle Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Initiatives

Thu, 11 Jan 2024

Washington Post reporter Julian Mark talks about the resignation of Harvard President Claudine Gay, ...

Paul Giamatti On 'The Holdovers'

Wed, 10 Jan 2024

Giamatti says his latest movie, filmed at various prep schools in Massachusetts and directed by Alex...

The Long Recovery Back From Traumatic Brain Injury

Tue, 09 Jan 2024

Annie Liontas experienced three brain injuries in the span of one year, which led to dizziness, memo...

Sterling K. Brown

Mon, 08 Jan 2024

Brown won an Emmy for his portrayal of Christopher Darden in The People v. O.J. Simpson, and another...

Best Of: Making 'Maestro' / A Restaurateur's Journey

Sat, 06 Jan 2024

Bradley Cooper talks about writing, directing, and starring in the new film Maestro, in which he por...

Remembering The Smothers Brothers, Who Changed TV

Fri, 05 Jan 2024

We remember Tom Smothers, of the comic folk duo the Smothers Brothers, who died last week at the age...

The Ozempic Revolution

Thu, 04 Jan 2024

Bloomberg News reporter Emma Court explains how these so-called "miracle" weight loss drugs work, an...

Restaurateur Rose Previte's Lessons Learned From Around The World

Wed, 03 Jan 2024

In her new cookbook, Maydān: Recipes from Lebanon and Beyond, Rose Previte writes about what it's l...

Bradley Cooper & Yannick Nézet-Séguin On 'Maestro'

Tue, 02 Jan 2024

In his new biopic Maestro, Bradley Cooper was determined not to imitate the legendary Leonard Bernst...

Barbra Streisand

Mon, 01 Jan 2024

We start the new year with Barbra Streisand, and listen back to the interview we recorded in Novembe...

Taraji P. Henson / Pianist Brad Mehldau

Sat, 30 Dec 2023

Taraji P. Henson stars as jazz singer Shug Avery in the new musical adaptation of The Color Purple. ...

Jazz With The EarRegulars

Fri, 29 Dec 2023

Our dark week continues with a performance by and conversation with two of the best traditional jazz...

Roots Co-Founder, Black Thought (Tariq Trotter)

Thu, 28 Dec 2023

We continue our series of some of our favorite interviews of the year with co-founder and lead MC of...

Brooke Shields

Wed, 27 Dec 2023

When Shields was 11 months old, she was in soap commercials and print ads. At the age of 12, she sta...

Allison Russell's Road To Self-Love

Tue, 26 Dec 2023

Canadian musician Allison Russell talks and sings about the abuse she endured from her racist adopti...

Merry Questlove Christmas

Mon, 25 Dec 2023

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson has put together a playlist of some of his favorite Christmas recordings...

Best Of: David Byrne's Xmas Playlist / Nicolas Cage

Sat, 23 Dec 2023

It's a David Byrne Christmas. The cofounder and frontman of Talking Heads has put together a playlis...

Timothy Olyphant On 'Justified'

Fri, 22 Dec 2023

From now until the end of 2023, we're listening back to some stand-out interviews from this year. Ti...

Nicolas Cage

Thu, 21 Dec 2023

Cage has been acting for almost 45 years, and has appeared in more than 100 films. Dream Scenario is...

A David Byrne Christmas Special

Wed, 20 Dec 2023

The singer-songwriter and Talking Heads frontman presents some of his favorite holiday music — inc...

Remembering Actor Andre Braugher

Tue, 19 Dec 2023

Braugher died of lung cancer last week at age 61. He's best known for his portrayals of police in tw...

Taraji P. Henson On 'The Color Purple'

Mon, 18 Dec 2023

This Christmas, the film adaptation of the musical The Color Purple hits the big screen. For award-w...

David Sedaris Can't Wait To Watch You Panic Shop This Week

Sun, 17 Dec 2023

Humorist and author David Sedaris is a public radio regular – his 'Santaland Diaries' first aired ...