Fresh Air on WFAE

Monday-Thursday at 8:00 p.m., Sundays at 3:00
  • Hosted by Terry Gross

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs.

Though Fresh Air has been categorized as a "talk show," it hardly fits the mold. Its 1994 Peabody Award citation credits Fresh Air with "probing questions, revelatory interviews and unusual insights." And a variety of top publications count Gross among the country's leading interviewers. The show gives interviews as much time as needed, and complements them with comments from well-known critics and commentators. 

'The Rider' Offers An Aching Portrait Of Masculinity In Crisis

By • Apr 10, 2018

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How Rodgers And Hammerstein Revolutionized Broadway

By • Apr 9, 2018

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Fresh Air Weekend: Eels Founder Mark Oliver Everett; 'Legion' Star Dan Stevens

By editor • Apr 7, 2018

Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week:

Largely Forgotten Osage Murders Reveal A Conspiracy Against Wealthy Native Americans

By editor • Apr 6, 2018

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'Paterno' And 'Killing Eve' Bring Complexity And Intrigue To Cable

By • Apr 6, 2018

Movie star Al Pacino came to TV 15 years ago, delivering a marvelous performance as Roy Cohn in HBO's brilliant adaptation of Angels in America. Since then, every time Pacino has returned to TV, he has played real-life, controversial men: assisted-suicide proponent Jack Kevorkian in You Don't Know Jack and music producer Phil Spector in the TV movie Phil Spector.

Giddy, Over-The-Top 'Blockers' Makes Parents The Butt Of Prom Night Jokes

By • Apr 5, 2018

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Post 'Downton Abbey,' Dan Stevens Embraces His Role As A Mutant On 'Legion'

By • Apr 5, 2018

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Martial Solal Keeps His Mind And Fingers Nimble On 'My One And Only Love'

By • Apr 5, 2018

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Eels' 4-Year Break Led To Songs About Falling Apart, Bouncing Back And Being A Dad

By • Apr 4, 2018

Four years ago, Eels founder Mark Oliver Everett decided to take a break. After 25 years of making music, he says, "I got to the point where if you do any one thing too much in your life, it catches up to you and makes it clear that you need to do something else."

Madeleine Albright Warns: Don't Let Fascism Go 'Unnoticed Until It's Too Late'

By • Apr 3, 2018

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright describes herself as an "optimist who worries a lot." And lately, it seems, there has been much to worry about.

Albright's new book, Fascism: A Warning, starts by describing how Hitler and Mussolini came to power in the 20th century, then warns about today's authoritarian rulers in Eastern Europe, North Korea, Turkey and Russia.

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