Fresh Air with Terry Gross, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Terry Gross engages in intimate conversations heard by nearly 5 million people on more than 624 NPR stations across the country.
Though Fresh Air has been categorized as a "talk show," it hardly fits the mold. Its 1994 Peabody Award citation credits Fresh Air with "probing questions, revelatory interviews and unusual insights." And a variety of top publications count Gross among the country's leading interviewers. The show gives interviews as much time as needed, and complements them with comments from well-known critics and commentators.
Find out more about the topics and guests year heard on Fresh Air Monday through Friday at the program's website here or read below.
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Election law expert Rick Hasen explains Trump's interference in the midterms, including threatening local officials with criminal prosecution unless they strike alleged noncitizens from voter rolls.
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Al Schmidt is the chief election official in the state of Pennsylvania. President Trump's insults put him in danger during the 2020 ballot count. Now Schmidt talks about preparing for the midterms.
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Writer David Treuer's Ojibwe mother saw America as a country that tried to destroy her people. For his father, a Jewish refugee, the U.S. was the country that saved his life.
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To mark the anniversary of his seminal album, Wonder released a four-song EP of previously unheard performances. These half-century old songs evoke a zealous emotion all too rarely heard these days.
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Often called the mother of neo-soul, Ndegeocello doesn't see herself that way. On her new album Synonym, she's turning familiar songs inside out, from the Human League to Bob Dylan.
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Ali plays a devout Muslim who also happens to be an assassin in Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother. After the loss of her two sons, Li says words fell short. Her new novel is Music Against the Night. -
Fielder's film offers a portrait of the disgraced entrepreneur shortly before she began an 11-year prison sentence in 2023. You Can See Everything is full of surprises and strange rabbit holes. -
Saint, who died Oct. 6, studied at the Actors Studio and was best known for her roles in On the Waterfront and the Hitchcock film North by Northwest. Originally broadcast in 2000.
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After the death of her 5-year-old daughter from leukemia, Rice wrote her 1976 novel as a way to process her grief. It would go on to become an international bestseller. Originally broadcast in 1990.
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The Atlantic writer Josh Tyrangiel says Musk and Bezos each want to colonize the moon, mine its resources and launch thousands more satellites. He says their only real competition is each other.
