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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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Rachel Kushner's new espionage thriller may be her coolest book yet
In Creation Lake, a hard-drinking American spy infiltrates a radical farming collective in a remote region of France. Kushner challenges readers to keep up with her and not to flinch.
Director Bo Burnham On Growing Up With Anxiety — And An Audience
by Terry Gross
The former YouTube star says he wanted his film, Eighth Grade, to take an "emotional inventory" of what today's adolescents are experiencing. Originally broadcast July 18, 2018.
Celebrating The Lives Of 6 Jazz Greats Who Died In 2018
by Kevin Whitehead
Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead remembers the musical contributions of Hugh Masekela, Jerry González, Roy Hargrove, Buell Neidlinger, Randy Weston and Vancouver Jazz Festival founder Ken Pickering.
'Reluctant Psychonaut' Michael Pollan Embraces 'New Science' Of Psychedelics
by Terry Gross
Author Michael Pollan experimented with mushrooms, LSD and other psychedelics while researching his latest book, How to Change Your Mind. Originally broadcast May 15, 2018.
A Roots And Rockabilly Holiday Concert With JD McPherson And His Band
by Terry Gross
McPherson never thought he'd make a Christmas album. Then, he says, "I got a bug in my ear." He and his band perform live in studio from Socks. Originally broadcast Dec. 11, 2018.
How Rodgers And Hammerstein Revolutionized Broadway
by Terry Gross
Todd Purdum's book, Something Wonderful, is about the creative partnership and strained personal relationship behind hit shows like Carousel and The Sound of Music. Originally broadcast April 9, 2018.
Venture 'Into The Spider-Verse' For An Exuberant, Visually Stunning Thrill
by Justin Chang
If you thought you'd seen enough characters in red masks and blue suits to last a lifetime, well, you ain't seen nothing yet: This new animated film puts a fresh spin on the Spider-Man saga.
Loudon Wainwright III Opens Up About The 'Exes & Excess' That Inform His Music
by Terry Gross
Wainwright's music centers on family, and how we hurt and heal each other. He spoke to Fresh Air in 1992 and '17 about his life as a husband, father and son. His new Netflix special is Surviving Twin.
Following The Defeat Of ISIS, Iraq Pursues A Campaign Of Revenge
by Dave Davies
New Yorker reporter Ben Taub says hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians, including women and children, are being detained, tortured, killed or cast out for suspected association with ISIS.