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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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Monday – Thursday, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. – 9 p.m., Friday, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
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FA | Fresh Air Weekend

Fresh Air Weekend: Fran Lebowitz; The Legacy Of Activist William Monroe Trotter

January 16, 2021

Lebowitz's Pretend It's A City is the NYC trip you can't take right now. Kevin Whitehead reviews Joshua Abrams' Cloud Script. Historian Kerri Greenidge tells Trotter's story in Black Activist.

FA | History

Remembering Neil Sheehan, Vietnam War Correspondent Who Revealed The Pentagon Papers

January 15, 2021

Sheehan, who died Jan. 7, broke the story of the Pentagon Papers and wrote A Bright Shining Lie, a Pulitzer Prize-winning book about the Vietnam War. Originally broadcast in 1988.

FA | Television

Remembering Screenwriter William Link, Co-Creator Of 'Columbo,' 'Murder She Wrote'

January 15, 2021

Link, who died Dec. 27, worked with Richard Levinson to write classic TV shows, as well as groundbreaking TV movies about social issues. Originally broadcast in 1989.

FA | TV Reviews

'WandaVision' Is A Riddle Wrapped In A Mystery — Disguised As A TV Show

January 15, 2021

Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany star as a witch and an android in the newest entry in Disney's Marvel universe. WandaVision is framed like a sitcom, but will likely get much more dramatic.

FA | Movie Interviews

Remembering Michael Apted, Creator Of The 'Up' Documentary Series

January 15, 2021

The documentarian, who died Jan. 7, spent decades following the lives of a group of British citizens, updating their stories with a new episode every seven years. Originally broadcast in 2013.

FA | Movie Interviews

'News Of The World' Filmmaker Wanted To Explore The 'Healing Power Of Storytelling'

January 14, 2021

Paul Greengrass' new film, a Western set five years after the end of the Civil War, stars Tom Hanks as a former Confederate captain who travels from town to town, reading aloud from newspapers.

FA | Music Reviews

Bee Gees Documentary Traces The Gibb Brothers' Pathway To Stardom

January 14, 2021

Of the three Bee Gees, only Barry Gibb is still alive. His new album is Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook Volume 1. The HBO documentary, The Bee Gees, tells the story of the group's rise.

FA | Race

'Black Radical' Traces The Life And Legacy Of Activist William Monroe Trotter

January 13, 2021

Trotter was a Black newspaper editor in the early 20th century who advocated for civil rights by organizing mass protests. Historian Kerri Greenidge tells his story in her new book.

FA | Movie Reviews

'Promising Young Woman' And 'Pieces Of A Woman' Examine Trauma And Revenge

January 13, 2021

Two new films center on the lingering effects of trauma and tragedy. Carey Mulligan is woman bent on revenge in Promising Young Woman; Vanessa Kirby is a mother whose baby dies in Pieces of a Woman.

FA | Author Interviews

'Kill Switch' Examines The Racist History Of The Senate Filibuster

January 12, 2021

Adam Jentleson traces the history of the filibuster, which started as a tool of Southern senators upholding slavery and then later became a mechanism to block civil rights legislation.

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