Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMitch Albom Is A 'Walking Example Of A Second Chance'
Albom's new novel, Twice, asks a question most of us have daydreamed about: what if you could go back and relive any moment of your life? In the book…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Best Of: Dwayne Johnson / Comic Cristela Alonzo
WWE superstar Dwayne Johnson plays MMA fighter Mark Kerr in Benny Safdie's The Smashing Machine. "The Rock" spoke with Terry Gross about the role, hi…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Jane Goodall
Today we’re remembering renowned primatologist Jane Goodall, known for her work researching the behavior of chimpanzees and protecting their habitats…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
National Guard Deployment In American Cities
President Trump has deployed National Guard troops to Portland, Chicago and D.C., and while Democrat-led states are fighting back, some Republican-le…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Laufey Is Unapologetically Herself
Icelandic jazz-pop star Laufey spoke with Terry Gross about her classical training in cello, breaking out online during COVID, and her first arena to…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
'Dopesick' Writer Returns To Her 'Fractured' Hometown
Journalist and Dopesick author Beth Macy returned to the Ohio factory town where she grew up to find jobs have left, families are struggling and old …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Poet Ada Limón On Writing In Uncertain Times
As the nation’s 24th Poet Laureate, Ada Limón has spent her career writing about the hardest parts of being human: loss, grief, longing, and our rela…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Best Of: Scarlett Johansson & June Squibb / Mark Ronson
Oscar-nominated actors Scarlett Johansson and June Squibb talk about their new film, Eleanor The Great. In Johansson's directorial debut, a woman sta…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Al Pacino & Sidney Lumet: 'Dog Day Afternoon' At 50
A film about a man trying to fund a gender-affirming operation by robbing a bank sounds like a modern-day plot. But 50 years ago, that was the scenar…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
The WWE superstar considered pursuing a career in mixed martial arts before realizing, "I don't like getting punched in the face." Johnson plays MMA …
4 months, 3 weeks ago