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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: Author Tim O'Brien; Behind The Scenes Of The Capitol Insurrection

March 6, 2021

O'Brien discusses late-in-life fatherhood and his experiences in Vietnam. David Bianculli reviews Behind Her Eyes. New Yorker writer Luke Mogelson reported from inside the Senate on Jan. 6.

FA | Music Reviews

'Crusade For Harmony' Surveys The Life Work Of Saxophonist Julius Hemphill

March 5, 2021

Hemphill was a founding member and principal composer for the World Saxophone Quartet. The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony features seven discs of newly released music from his archives.

FA | Author Interviews

James McBride's Advice For New Writers: 'A Simple Story Is The Best Story'

March 5, 2021

McBride's most recent novel, Deacon King Kong, is set in a Brooklyn housing project in 1969. "Time and place is really crucial to good storytelling," he says. Originally broadcast Feb. 29, 2020.

FA | Movie Reviews

'Raya And The Last Dragon' Is Not Entirely New, But It's Refreshing Nonetheless

March 5, 2021

Disney's first animated film to feature Southeast Asian characters follows a young girl's quest to recover the pieces of a magical jewel. The film has an emotional power that sneaks up on you.

FA | Middle East

Trump's Deal To End War In Afghanistan Leaves Biden With 'A Terrible Situation'

March 4, 2021

The Trump White House agreed to a May 1 troop withdrawal. New Yorker writer Dexter Filkins says Biden must now decide whether to honor a deal that included the Taliban but not the Afghan government.

FA | Movie Interviews

Lee Isaac Chung Jotted Down Some Family Memories – They Became 'Minari'

March 3, 2021

Chung's semi-autobiographical film follows a Korean American father who moves his family to a farm in rural Arkansas. Minari began one afternoon when Chung wrote down 80 childhood memories.

FA | Book Reviews

'Klara And The Sun' Is A Masterpiece About Life, Love And Mortality

March 3, 2021

Narrated by a robotic "artificial friend," Kazuo Ishiguro's latest novel offers readers a deeper understanding of what it means to be human.

FA | Technology

How Bellingcat's Online Sleuths Solve Global Crimes Using Open Source Info

March 2, 2021

Eliot Higgins is the founder of an online collective that picks apart conspiracy theories and investigates war crimes and hate crimes using clues from the Internet. His new book is We Are Bellingcat.

FA | TV Reviews

With All The Twists And Turns 'Behind Her Eyes,' You'll Want To Watch It Twice

March 2, 2021

Netflix's new six-part miniseries starts out as a romantic drama but quickly spins into something else entirely. If you like stories that pull the rug out from under you ... don't miss this.

FA | Author Interviews

Magician Derek DelGaudio Traces His Journey From Card Cheat To Illusionist

March 1, 2021

The sleight-of-hand master explores themes of identity, honesty and the emotional cost of keeping secrets in the memoir, AMORALMAN. DelGaudio's one-man show In & Of Itself is now available on Hulu.

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