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Fresh Air
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Opening the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics.
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson shares the poem she's kept in every one of her offices
The first Black woman appointed to the Supreme Court says Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "The Ladder of Saint Augustine," has been a guiding principle. Jackson's new memoir is Lovely One.
Remembering activist Todd Gitlin, who helped lead the '60s antiwar movement
by Terry Gross
Gitlin was part of the tumultuous student protest movement of the 1960s, and continued his commitment to social change through teaching and writing. He died on Feb. 5. Originally broadcast in 1987.
How Trump sought to use fake electors, conspiracy theories to remain in power
by Terry Gross
New York Times reporter Luke Broadwater says Trump and his allies were fixated on reversing the election: "It seemed like crazy stuff at the time ... but obviously it got extremely serious on Jan. 6."
How did the Republican Party become the party of Trump?
by Terry Gross
New York Times reporter Jeremy Peters says the religious right and social conservatives "got basically everything that they wanted" from Trump's presidency. Peters' new book is Insurgency.
'Pam & Tommy' asks smart questions about gossip, sexism and technology
by David Bianculli
Hulu's new series tells the story of Baywatch actress Pamela Anderson and Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee, whose private sex tape was stolen in 1995 and subsequently distributed over the Internet.
Connie Smith shines as an interpreter of heartbreak on 2 new releases
by Ken Tucker
No woman in the history of country has cried as eloquently as Smith has. The album title, The Cry from the Heart, is the answer she's given over the years when asked to define country music.
Remembering 'WKRP in Cincinnati' actor Howard Hesseman
by Terry Gross
Hesseman, who died Jan 29, performed in the San Francisco improv troupe The Committee in the 1960s and later played DJ Johnny Fever on WKRP from 1978 to 1982. Originally broadcast in 1988.
'The Worst Person in the World' takes millennial angst to an exquisite new level
by Justin Chang
At first glance, the commitment-phobic woman at the film's center may seem to embody stereotypes about people her age, but this perceptive Norwegian dramedy doesn't reduce her to those assumptions.