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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs.
Episodes
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Remembering British singer Marianne Faithfull
Faithfull, who died Jan. 30, was discovered at a Rolling Stones party in 1964 and later became Mick Jagger's girlfriend. She went on to become an acclaimed singer. Originally broadcast in '94 and '05.
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'Coming to New York' stories are alive and well in these two new books
Kay Sohini's graphic memoir, This Beautiful, Ridiculous City, tells a story of migration and redefinition. Gay Talese gathers many of his great pieces about the city in A Town Without Time.
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A pro dominatrix and novelist says empathy, curiosity and bravery are key to both jobs
After publishing her first novel when she was 21, Brittany Newell started working as a dominatrix. The job gave her time to write — and plenty of material to draw from. Her new novel is Soft Core.
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How a military recruitment crisis is leaving the U.S. vulnerable
President Trump blames a shortage of recruits on DEI programs, but The New Yorker writer Dexter Filkins says not enough people want to enlist, and many who do don't pass the weight limit or aptitude test.
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An estranged son returns as a daughter in Norman Lear's family comedy 'Clean Slate'
A new show from the late All in the Family producer centers on an Alabama widower and his trans daughter. Clean Slate delivers laughs and tenderness, courtesy of stars George Wallace and Laverne Cox.
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Ariana Grande says 'Wicked' was a gift — and is proud to be in the 'beautiful coven'
As a kid, Grande loved singing karaoke with her family. "I looked up to Whitney and Mariah and Celine endlessly," she says. "I think that's a large part of the reason why I learned to sing."
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'I wanted to buy her time': A mother looks back on her daughter's terminal cancer
Sarah Wildman's daughter Orli died at age 14. "She would sometimes ask me, 'What do you think I did to deserve this?' And of course, that's not an answerable question," Wildman says.
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Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers team up to create 'No Other Land'
This Oscar-nominated documentary, which tells the story of the Israeli military's demolition of Palestinian homes in the West Bank, was created by a team of two Palestinian and two Israeli filmmakers.
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Secrets feed on time in the masterful novel 'Mothers and Sons'
Adam Haslett's compelling novel focuses on the strained relationship between an asylum lawyer and his mother. It's a beautiful appreciation of the all-too-human mess of life.
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For 'Severance' star Adam Scott, there's no separation between work and home
In the Apple TV+ sci-fi drama, now in its second season, Scott plays a man who has a chip implanted in his brain that allows him to sever his work and home lives. Originally broadcast April 6, 2022.
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How Louis Armstrong became the first Black pop star
Author Ricky Riccardi says Armstrong's innovations as a trumpeter and vocalist helped set the entire soundtrack of the 20th century. His new book about Armstrong's early life is Stomp Off, Let's Go.
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'Without Arrows' follows a tribe member's return to the Sioux reservation
The filmmakers of this emotionally powerful documentary followed Delwin Fiddler Jr. as he returned home to South Dakota after years in Philadelphia — then kept revisiting him for more than a decade.
