Fresh Air
Weekdays 1-2 p.m. and 8-9 p.m., Saturdays 10-11 p.m.
An award-winning show and one of public radio's most iconic programs, Fresh Air is a weekday interview program that hardly fits the mold. Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Terry Gross is known for her extraordinary ability to engage guests and bring out the best stories.
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Latest Episodes
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Classics scholar Emily Wilson says Christopher Nolan shouldn't have written The Odyssey himself. Whether he's appearing in Spider-Man, The Odyssey or The Bear, Jon Bernthal loves to "take it too far." -
Olivia Wilde plays an artist who initiates a wildly inappropriate sexual relationship with her younger employee. But between the sex scenes, there are thoughtful conversations about age and intimacy. -
Bennett, who died in 2023, was known for a string of hits, including "I Left My Heart in San Francisco." Kevin Whitehead offers an appreciation and remembers some of Bennett's lesser-known songs.
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Best-known for his band The Frames and his part in the 2007 film Once, Hansard got his start as a street busker in Dublin. He died July 29 in a motorcycle crash. Originally broadcast in 2008.
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"Our grit and our dedication is the one thing that we have control of," Bernthal says. He plays a Spartan king in The Odyssey, and reprises his role as the Punisher in the new Spider-Man film. -
The renowned classics scholar caused a stir when her critical review of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey went viral. Wilson explains her reaction to the film and why she's translating the poem again.
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The New York Times reporter Mike McIntire says gun companies and the NRA are broadening the scope of the Second Amendment, socializing kids to appreciate guns and marketing a new brand of masculinity.
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I'll Take the Fire is the third book in a trilogy inspired by generations of Leïla Slimani's Moroccan French family. She is also the author of the bestselling thriller The Perfect Nanny. -
De Shields won a Tony in 2019 for Hadestown and now co-stars in the new film of last year's London revival. Craig says cooking Native food saved his life. His memoir is Our Knives Will Save Us.
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Ferrell plays a zany former golf star who's trying to regain his mojo in a new Netflix series. While The Hawk has its flaws, it delivers satisfying silliness, amusing shenanigans and surprise cameos.
