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Fresh Air from WHYY, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs. Hosted by Terry Gross and Tonya Mosley, the show features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries.
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- 2 days agonarrative44 min5-min read
Los Javis filmmakers fight fascism and homophobia with ‘La Bola Negra’
Spanish filmmakers Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, known as Los Javis, discuss their critically acclaimed film La Bola Negra, inspired by four surviving pages of a lost play by Federico García Lorca. The film interweaves three timelines to explore the hidden histories of queer men in Spain across generations, from the 1930s Civil War to the present, reclaiming a silenced legacy through poetic storytelling and historical reimagining.
- 3 days agonarrative44 min6-min read
'New Yorker' cartoonists confess to nightmare kitchens
Roz Chast and Jason Adam Katzenstein, two New Yorker cartoonists, team up in a graphic memoir titled The Two Saddest Kitchens to humorously expose their dysfunctional, anxiety-ridden relationships with their kitchens. Through illustrated confessions and darkly comic storytelling, they reveal how their personal chaos—moldy fridges, cockroach infestations, and emotional dread—mirrors deeper struggles with shame, OCD, and generational trauma.
- 6 days agointerview47 min6-min read
Best Of: Meshell Ndegeocello / Betty Gilpin
Meshell Ndegeocello's new album Synonym reimagines classic duets not just musically, but as acts of queer liberation and artistic reinvention, challenging listeners to hear familiar songs—and identities—differently. Her conversation with Tanya Mosley reveals how her upbringing, musical lineage, and evolving voice inform a lifelong commitment to growth, collaboration, and freedom through music.
- 6 days agonarrative44 min6-min read
Platinum songwriter Jimmy Webb
This Fresh Air episode celebrates legendary songwriter Jimmy Webb, whose iconic 1960s and 70s hits like 'By the Time I Get to Phoenix' and 'MacArthur Park' redefined American popular music, blending narrative storytelling with orchestral pop. Through a 2004 interview with Terry Gross, listeners gain intimate insight into Webb’s creative process, personal regrets, and the surprising emotional truths behind his most baffling lyrics.
- 1 weeks agointerview44 min6-min read
Betty Gilpin is seeking anti-algorithm, weird roles – and it's working
Betty Gilpin, an Emmy Award-winning actress known for her nuanced and often subversive portrayals of complex women, discusses her career, creative philosophy, and latest roles in The Lowdown and Widow's Bay, reflecting on how aging, motherhood, and her upbringing shaped her approach to acting.
- 1 weeks agointerview45 min6-min read
Election experts share concerns about the midterms
Election experts Richard Hasen and Al Schmidt warn that while President Trump's efforts to interfere with the 2026 midterms—such as purging voter rolls, seizing ballots, or deploying federal agents—have largely been blocked by courts, the rhetoric and legal threats are eroding public trust and endangering election officials. The real danger lies not in disrupting voting day, but in challenging results post-election, especially in close races.
- 1 weeks agonarrative44 min6-min read
David Treuer traces America's relationship with violence back to the frontier
David Treuer, a writer of Ojibwe heritage, reflects on his new book The Savage Mind: An American Legacy, a deeply personal letter to his children that confronts America’s enduring relationship with violence, inherited trauma, and the myths of progress. Through intimate recollections and historical analysis, Treuer argues that the frontier’s legacy of violence is not behind us but embedded in American institutions, stories, and identities.
- 1 weeks agointerview45 min6-min read
Meshell Ndegeocello turns familiar songs inside out
Grammy Award-winning musician Meshell Ndegeocello reflects on her decades-long career, her new album Synonym, and how music has served as a space of liberation, identity, and spiritual transcendence amid personal and societal struggles.
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