Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPoet Rachel Eliza Griffiths On Love, Tragedy & ‘Survivor Mode’
On the day Griffiths married author Salman Rushdie, her long time best friend died unexpectedly. Eleven months later, Rushdie was stabbed multiple ti…
6 months ago
How Racism Costs Everyone
Four years ago, Heather McGhee examined a question at the heart of American life: Why do so many Americans believe that progress for one group means …
6 months ago
Best Of: Jodie Foster / Tessa Thompson
Jodie Foster has been acting since she was 3. At 12 she was nominated for an Oscar for her role in Scorsese’s ‘Taxi Driver.’ This year marks the 50th…
6 months, 1 week ago
Remembering Grateful Dead Founding Member Bob Weir
We remember Bob Weir, founding member of the Grateful Dead, who died last week at 78. The guitarist spoke with Fresh Air Executive Producer Sam Brige…
6 months, 1 week ago
Novelist Julian Barnes Faces Mortality Without Fear
The Man Booker Prize-winning writer says his new book, ‘Departure(s),’ will be his last. He spoke with Terry Gross about blending genres, moving thro…
6 months, 1 week ago
Marco Rubio’s Shift From Trump Critic To Champion
Marco Rubio once called Trump a "con artist." He’s now among his most loyal defenders. New Yorker staff writer Dexter Filkins describes Secretary of …
6 months, 1 week ago
Jodie Foster
Foster was just 12 years old when she starred in Scorsese’s 1976 film ‘Taxi Driver.’ "What luck to have been part of that, our golden age of cinema i…
6 months, 1 week ago
‘The God of the Woods’ Author Liz Moore
Moore says writing is mostly labor, but "2% of the time, usually at the very beginning of a book and the very end of a book, it feels like flying." S…
6 months, 1 week ago
Best Of: Will Arnett / ‘Song Sung Blue’ Director Craig Brewer
Will Arnett stars in the new film ‘Is This Thing On?’ about a man going through a divorce, who finds himself onstage doing stand-up. He spoke with Te…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Neil Diamond / Noah Wyle On ‘The Pitt’
The new film ‘Song Sung Blue’ is about a Neil Diamond tribute band and stars Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson. Before Diamond began recording his own hit…
6 months, 2 weeks ago