Pete Seeger / Bruce Springsteen
Wed, 25 Dec 2024
The new biopic A Complete Unknown follows a young Bob Dylan as he arrives in New York and changes Am...
David Byrne's Christmas Playlist
Tue, 24 Dec 2024
The singer-songwriter and Talking Heads frontman presents some of his favorite holiday music — inc...
Jon Batiste, Holiday Edition / Questlove Christmas
Mon, 23 Dec 2024
Jon Batiste joins us from the piano and plays some of his favorite Christmas songs. It's part two of...
Best Of: Billie Eilish & Finneas / The Colbert Cookbook
Sat, 21 Dec 2024
Award-winning sister-brother duo Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell talk about their songwriting pr...
Bonnie Raitt / Francis Ford Coppola
Fri, 20 Dec 2024
This month, musician Bonnie Raitt and filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola were both honorees of the Kenne...
Miranda July Wants Women To Read Their Inner Lives In 'All Fours'
Thu, 19 Dec 2024
Filmmaker and writer Miranda July, whose novel All Fours is on many best books of the year lists, an...
The Looming TikTok Ban
Wed, 18 Dec 2024
A new law gives TikTok a January 19 deadline to sell to a non-Chinese company or face a nationwide b...
Billie Eilish & Finneas
Tue, 17 Dec 2024
The Grammy Award-winning singer says working with a vocal coach "honestly changed my life." Eilish a...
Comedian Ronny Chieng Didn't Tell His Parents He Got A 'Daily Show' Job
Mon, 16 Dec 2024
When Ronny Chieng got a job as a correspondent and then anchor at The Daily Show, he kept the news t...
Someone Once Told Elton John He Would Never Be A Pop Star
Sun, 15 Dec 2024
Pop sensation Elton John wrapped up his farewell tour in 2023, only to pop up in a surprise concert ...
Best Of: Jon Batiste's 'Beethoven Blues' / Visual Artist Mickalene Thomas
Sat, 14 Dec 2024
Jon Batiste joins us at the piano to play his reimaginings of Beethoven, and more. His new album is ...
Cynthia Erivo Sings With 'A Bit Of A Smile'
Fri, 13 Dec 2024
The British actor and singer played abolitionist Harriet Tubman in Harriet, and Aretha Franklin in G...
Stephen & Evie Colbert Share The Taste Of Home
Thu, 12 Dec 2024
Late Night host Stephen Colbert and his wife Evie McGee Colbert join Terry Gross to talk about famil...
The Housing Shortage, Explained
Wed, 11 Dec 2024
The U.S. is short approximately 4 million homes. Wharton professor Ben Keys traces the beginning of ...
Actor Danielle Deadwyler 'Overprepared' For 'The Piano Lesson'
Tue, 10 Dec 2024
Danielle Deadwyler stars in the Netflix adaptation of the August Wilson play The Piano Lesson. She s...
Jon Batiste Almost Got Kicked Out Of Juilliard
Mon, 09 Dec 2024
The former band leader for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert returns to talk with Terry Gross about...
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 ...