Tanya Mosley (host)
👤 PersonAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
From WHYY in Philadelphia, this is Fresh Air Weekend.
Before he was directing box office hits or launching the careers of comedy superstars, he was a kid writing fan letters to his heroes, collecting autographs and obsessively documenting everything.
He's now opened his personal archives for a new book of photographs, letters, scripts, and journals that shaped movies like The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, and Trainwreck.
Also, we hear from Misty Copeland, who captivated audiences as the first Black woman to become a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theater.
She also performed with Prince, who helped change her perception of herself.
And Ken Tucker celebrates 50 years of Patti Smith's album, Horses.
That's coming up on Fresh Air Weekend.
I invite influential thinkers to open up about the big topics we all think about but rarely talk about.
Tune in this fall to hear Mel Robbins, Malala Yousafzai, and Brene Brown talk about everything from grief and God to ambition and forgiveness.
Watch or listen on the NPR app, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.
On NPR's Wildcard podcast, Padma Lakshmi says she feels better at 55 than 25.
It was so hard on myself about every little thing or every, you know, imperfection.
Watch or listen to that Wildcard conversation on the NPR app or on YouTube at NPR Wildcard.
This is Fresh Air Weekend.
If you've laughed at a comedy in the past 30 years, there's a good chance my guest had something to do with it.
Judd Apatow directed The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, and Trainwreck.
He produced Superbad, Bridesmaids, and Anchorman.