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Fresh Air

 

Hosted By Terry Gross

Daily Magazine of contemporary arts and issues known for captivating interviews with guests from literature, science, music, film, and more, hosted by Terry Gross.

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FA | Fresh Air Weekend

Fresh Air Weekend: Singer Brandi Carlile; Cookbook Author Reem Kassis

April 10, 2021

Carlile reflects on about her early life and the family she's built. Maureen Corrigan reviews Libertie, by Kaitlyn Greenidge. Kassis began gathering family recipes after the birth of her first child.

FA | Music Interviews

No Longer '20 Feet From Stardom': Singer Merry Clayton Steps Out Of The Background

April 9, 2021

Clayton sang backup with Ray Charles, Joe Cocker, Carole King and many others. Now she has a new album — where she's front and center — called Beautiful Scars. Originally broadcast in 2013.

FA | Animals

Filmmaker Finds An Unlikely Underwater Friend In 'My Octopus Teacher'

April 9, 2021

Craig Foster spent a year diving — without oxygen or a wetsuit — into the frigid sea near Cape Town, South Africa. His documentary is now nominated for an Oscar. Originally broadcast Oct. 20, 2020.

FA | TV Reviews

Plots, Subplots And Wildly Fascinating Villains Abound In 'The Nevers'

April 8, 2021

HBO's new series, which was initially created by Joss Whedon, is a superhero story set at the very end of the Victorian era. It features a team of outcast women with paranormal abilities.

FA | Dance

'Dance Can Give Community': Twyla Tharp On Choreographing Through Lockdown

April 8, 2021

Twyla Moves, a new documentary by PBS American Masters, tells the story of the legendary choreographer, who got her start performing on subway platforms and rooftops in the 1960s.

FA | Food

For This Palestinian Cook, The Kitchen Is A 'Powerful Place' — Not A 'Life Sentence'

April 7, 2021

Reem Kassis began gathering family recipes after the birth of her first child. The recipes, she says, "could be the story of any and every Palestinian family." Her new book is The Arabesque Table.

FA | Author Interviews

Poet Hanif Abdurraqib On The Intersection Of Black Excellence, Joy And Pain

April 6, 2021

What do Soul Train and Whitney Houston tell us about race in America? In his book, A Little Devil in America, the culture critic traces the history of Black performance through moments in pop culture.

FA | Music Reviews

Newly Unearthed 1965 Album Represents Hasaan Ibn Ali's Posthumous Vindication

April 6, 2021

The jazz pianist only recorded two albums, the second of which was long believed to be lost. Now, the rediscovery of Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Session is cause for renewed celebration.

FA | Book Reviews

A Daughter Struggles To Escape Her Mother's Shadow In 'Libertie'

April 6, 2021

What if a child doesn't share a parent's ambition? Kaitlyn Greenidge's novel is inspired by the life of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney-Steward, the third Black woman to earn a medical degree in the U.S.

FA | Editors' Picks

Singer Brandi Carlile Talks Ambition, Avoidance And Finally Finding Her Place

April 5, 2021

The six-time Grammy winner got her start as a kid, singing backup for an Elvis impersonator. Her new memoir, Broken Horses, is about her early life and the family she's built.

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