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Fresh Air
Weekdays at 7:00pm
Opening the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics.
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Why anti-fascist vigilantes are infiltrating far-right white nationalist groups
by Terry Gross
New Yorker writer David Kirkpatrick says anti-fascists are using extra judicial methods to do what the FBI can't, by infiltrating white nationalist groups to expose them and planned attacks.
COVID Is The 'Nightmare We Really Wanted To Avoid,' India-Based Journalist Says
by Terry Gross
Jeffrey Gettleman of the N.Y. Times says the air has been filled with smoke from crematories. Meanwhile, the health care system is collapsing and the black market for oxygen and medicine is thriving.
Rachel Cusk's 'Second Place' Offers Sharp Perceptions About Love And Creativity
by John Powers
A writer offers up her guest house to a famous painter in hope that something transcendent will happen. But he's selfish, amoral and flagrantly misogynistic — and monstrously at ease with all this.
Actor John Boyega On 'Star Wars', 'Small Axe' And Telling 'Stories Of The Untold'
by Sam Sanders
Boyega has been outspoken about systemic racism in Hollywood. Last year, he talked about how his character in Star Wars was sidelined, along with the other characters played by actors of color.
Sophia Kennedy's 'Monsters' Showcases The Method Of A Restless Experimenter
by Ken Tucker
For her second solo album, Kennedy's array of diverse songs — from thumping electronica to full-throated crooning — shows us she won't be pinned down
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's 'Notes On Grief' Is A Raw Elegy For Her Father
by Maureen Corrigan
Adichie writes she "came undone" when she learned of her dad's death. Her new book is a charged account of his passing — and also a narrative of mourning in the time of pandemic.
Remembering NYC Ballet Principal Dancer Jacques D'Amboise
by Terry Gross
D'Amboise, who died May 2, began dancing at 7 and joined the New York City Ballet at 15. He later founded the National Dance Institute, which teaches dance to children. Originally broadcast in 1989.
Tom Jones Remembers When Audiences Threw Underwear And Room Keys At Him
by Terry Gross
Jones became a pop star and sex symbol in the 1960s with "It's Not Unusual," "Delilah," and "What's New Pussycat?" His new album is Surrounded by Time. Originally broadcast in 2003.
Amy Adams Is The Best Thing In An Otherwise Mechanical 'Woman In The Window'
by Justin Chang
A woman with agoraphobia becomes embroiled in her neighbor's drama in a new thriller based on Dan Mallory's novel. Adams is very good — but the movie doesn't prove entirely worthy of her.