Fresh Air
Hosted by Terry Gross, Fresh Air from WHYY is the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues. One of public radio's most popular programs, Fresh Air features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries.
Airs on:
MON-FRI 1pm-2pm, 7pm-8pm
9 min
Remembering Award-Winning Author Robb Forman Dew
Dew, who died May 22, wrote intimately about family relationships in both fiction and nonfiction. She spoke to Terry Gross in 1994 about The Family Heart, her memoir about learning her son was gay.
33 min
Historian Eric Foner On The 'Unresolved Legacy Of Reconstruction'
After the Civil War, the federal government promised former slaves equality and citizenship. Historian Eric Foner says the failed promises reverberate today. Originally broadcast Jan. 9, 2006.
7 min
Elisabeth Moss Shines As Writer Shirley Jackson In This Smart, Surprising Film
Shirley mixes fact and fiction as it explores the life of the writer best known for the short story "The Lottery." This unusual film isn't so much a biopic as it is a biographical-literary fantasia.
35 min
Journalist Explains Why Republican Leaders Back Trump's 'Proto-Authoritarian Cult'
Atlantic writer Anne Applebaum draws parallels between regimes in Eastern Europe and the Trump White House. She says our democracy can be destroyed — unless people fight back.
41 min
From Freddie Gray To George Floyd: Wes Moore Says It's Time To 'Change The Systems'
In Five Days, Moore chronicles the uprising that occurred in Baltimore following Gray's death. "We're basically reliving history right now," he says of Floyd's death at the hands of police.
40 min
New Book Argues Migration Isn't A Crisis — It's The Solution
When living things cross into new territory, they are often viewed as threats. But Sonia Shah, who has written a new book — The Next Great Migration -- says the "invaders" are just following biology.
6 min
3 New Options Enhance The Spectrum Of TV Viewing Opportunities
Critic David Bianculli recommends the BBC Shakespeare plays, now available on Britbox. He's also been previewing HBO Max, a new streaming service, and the PBS documentary, An Accidental Studio.
29 min
Brooklyn Borough President On Fighting Police Brutality From The Inside
At 15, Eric Adams was beaten by police. He later joined the force and worked to reform NYC policing by co-founding 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care. He retired from the force after 22 years.