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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. Subscribe to Fresh Air Plus! You'll enjoy bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening - all while you support NPR's mission. Learn more at plus.npr.org/freshair And subscribe to our weekly newsletter, Fresh Air Weekly, to get interview highlights, staff recommendations, gems from the archive, and the week's interviews and reviews all in one place. Sign up at www.whyy.org/freshair

  1. How Yoko Ono Reclaimed Her Art And Reputation After Her Life With John Lennon (FA+)

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    How Yoko Ono Reclaimed Her Art And Reputation After Her Life With John Lennon (FA+)

    Before Yoko Ono met John Lennon, she was an avant-garde artist in New York working alongside John Cage and Mercy Cunningham. Still, it wasn't until decades later that Ono's work would be recognized by major U.S. art institutions. In this archive interview with Terry Gross from 1989, Ono discussed her artwork, her early life in Japan and the U.S. and what it was like to become famous for her marriage to a Beatle, while her own art wasn't taken seriously. | Listen to 40+ years of Fresh Air's archives at https://FreshAirArchive.org. | To access bonus episodes, sponsor-free listening and support public radio, become a Fresh Air+ supporter at https://plus.npr.org/freshair.

    28 min

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    Best Of: Amanda Knox / 'Adolescence' Co-Creator & Actor Stephen Graham

    Amanda Knox was convicted — and ultimately exonerated — for the murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher while studying abroad in Italy. Now in a new memoir, Knox explains why getting out of prison was not the end of her saga. Also, we hear from British actor Stephen Graham. He stars in the Netflix miniseries Adolescence as the father of a 13-year-old boy arrested for murdering a girl from his school. He also co-created the series and talks about the ambitious style in which it was shot — in one long take. Ken Tucker reviews new albums by Lucy Dacus and Jeffrey Lewis. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    49 min

  3. 2D AGO

    Celebrating 20 Years Of 'The Office'

    It's been 20 years since the debut of NBC's hit mockumentary sitcom The Office. To celebrate the anniversary, we're listening back to Terry Gross' archival interviews with some of the key players: Steve Carell, Jenna Fischer, John Krasinski, Rainn Wilson, Mindy Kaling and executive producer Greg Daniels. We'll also hear from Ricky Gervais, who co-created and starred the original British version. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    47 min

  4. 2D AGO

    Jason Isbell On Love, Heartbreak & Songwriting

    Isbell sings about his split from musician Amanda Shires on his latest album, Foxes in the Snow. "What I was attempting to do is document a very specific time where I was going through a lot of changes," he says. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    44 min

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    ICE Campus Arrests & The 'Struggle For The Soul' Of America

    As ICE agents arrest international students at campuses across the U.S., immigration law professor Daniel Kanstroom discusses the human cost. He says the round-ups are designed to "send a message... to scare people, and it's working." Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    45 min

  6. 4D AGO

    Writer, Critic & Curator Hilton Als Looks For The Silences

    As a longtime staff writer at The New Yorker, Hilton Als's essays and profiles of figures like Toni Morrison, Joan Didion, and Richard Pryor have redefined cultural criticism, blending autobiography with literary and social commentary. Als is also a curator. His latest gallery exhibition is The Writing's on the Wall: Language and Silence in the Visual Arts, at the Hill Art Foundation in New York. The exhibit brings together the works of 32 artists across a range of media to examine how artists embrace silence. The show asked a powerful question: What do words — and their absence — look like? The Pulitzer Prize-winning writer spoke with Tonya Mosley. Also, Ken Tucker reviews new music from Lucy Dacus and Jeffrey Lewis. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    44 min

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    'Adolescence' Co-Creator/Actor Asks Not Whodunnit, But Why

    The Netflix miniseries follows a 13-year-old accused of murdering a girl from his school. Co-creator and star Stephen Graham says he read about similar crimes and wanted to know: "Why is this happening?" Graham spoke with Sam Briger about the crime that inspired the show, fatherhood, and the unusual way the show was shot — in one single take. Graham also stars as a bare-knuckle boxer in the period drama series A Thousand Blows. Sign up for our free weekly newsletter to get special behind-the-scenes content, producer recommendations, and gems from the archive. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    45 min
  8. How SCOTUS's Ruling Against Affirmative Action May Impact Black Health (Fresh Air+)

    MAR 30 · BONUS • FRESH AIR+ ONLY

    How SCOTUS's Ruling Against Affirmative Action May Impact Black Health (Fresh Air+)

    Dr. Uché Blackstock is the author of "Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons With Racism In Medicine," in which she explores systemic inequity in health care. In this archive interview with Tonya Mosley, Blackstock explains how teaching medical students about risk factors based on race could compromise care for patients, how decisions like the U.S. Supreme Court's 2023 ruling on affirmative action could impact Black health long-term, and ideas to improve the health care system going forward. Listen to Uche Blackstock in 2024: https://n.pr/3FTRX5l Listen to 40+ years of Fresh Air's archives at https://FreshAirArchive.org. To access bonus episodes, sponsor-free listening and support public radio, become a Fresh Air+ supporter at https://plus.npr.org/freshair.

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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. Subscribe to Fresh Air Plus! You'll enjoy bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening - all while you support NPR's mission. Learn more at plus.npr.org/freshair And subscribe to our weekly newsletter, Fresh Air Weekly, to get interview highlights, staff recommendations, gems from the archive, and the week's interviews and reviews all in one place. Sign up at www.whyy.org/freshair

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    2007 - 2025
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