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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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A young novelist takes on misconceptions about teen moms in 'The Girls Who Grew Big'
Mottley's latest novel follows three young women as they navigate pregnancy and motherhood in a small town in Florida. She sees the novel as an extension of her work as a doula.
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'Music is about taking chances,' R&B musician/producer Raphael Saadiq says
Saadiq has helped define the sound of modern R&B and soul for more than three decades, both as a member of Tony! Toni! Toné! and as a solo artist. He has a new, deeply personal one-man show.
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Can't sleep? Journalist Jennifer Senior says you're not alone in your insomnia
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jennifer Senior has had insomnia for 25 years. Her new piece in The Atlantic is about her often futile attempts to fall asleep, and about the latest research into insomnia.
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'Dear Ms.' documentary tells the story of the groundbreaking feminist magazine
HBO's new documentary is divided into three parts, each focusing on a different aspect of Ms. Taken together, the film captures what made the magazine and its contents so unusual and meaningful.
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Fresh Air Weekend: A 'Theater Kid' looks back; 'The Bear' star Ebon Moss-Bachrach
Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller traces his journey to Broadway. Ken Tucker reviews the new release of Bruce Springsteen's lost albums. Moss-Bachrach describes the set of The Bear as "very loving."
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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 soundtrack of the 20th century. His book is Stomp Off, Let's Go. Originally broadcast Jan. 30, 2025.
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A 'Failed Child Star' looks back on life in Argentina and Hollywood
Tamara Yajia grew up Jewish in Argentina, intent on becoming a child star. But just when her break was coming along, her family emigrated to California. Her new memoir is Cry for Me, Argentina.
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On 'Tracks II,' Springsteen shares a host of lost albums -- and a new part of himself
At its best, this capacious grab-bag of 83 songs, some dating back to the 1980s, yields not just good music, but songs that seem unlike anything else Springsteen has ever done.
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How Trump's immigration crackdown is sweeping up longtime residents and workers
Jacob Soboroff of NBC News says the Trump administration promised to deport the "worst of the worst" criminal immigrants, but is now detaining undocumented workers with no serious criminal record.
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Remembering veteran PBS newscaster Bill Moyers
Moyers, who died June 26, worked as a special assistant to President Lyndon Johnson before becoming an award-winning journalist and PBS host. Originally broadcast in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2017.
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'Hamilton' producer Jeffrey Seller traces his journey from 'Theater Kid' to Broadway
Seller has been a key behind-the-scenes figure for some of Broadway's biggest hits including, Hamilton and Rent, but he got his start on a much smaller scale. He looks back in a new memoir.
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Fresh Air Weekend: Podcaster Dan Taberski; 'Seinfeld' writer Larry Charles
Taberski unpacks a mysterious illness among teen girls in "Hysterical." Maureen Corrigan recommends four new mystery novels. Charles went from selling jokes on the street to writing for Seinfeld.
