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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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Fresh Air Weekend: Celebrating movie icons Steven Spielberg and Carrie Fisher
In 2022, Spielberg describes himself as a fearful kid who found solace in storytelling. In 2016, opened up about Star Wars, the famous gold bikini and her on-set affair co-star with Harrison Ford.
Comic Maria Bamford is down to 'Join Your Cult'
by Tonya Mosley
Bamford has been part of five different 12-step programs, including groups for overeaters and sex and love addicts. In her new memoir, she jokes about anxiety, depression and the desire to fit in.
'Fresh Air' celebrates 50 years of hip-hop: Jay-Z
by Terry Gross
In 2010, Jay-Z spoke to Fresh Air about growing up in a housing project in Brooklyn, watching crack cocaine transform his neighborhood and finding his identity in a recording studio.
'Fresh Air' celebrates 50 years of hip-hop: Outkast's André 3000
by Terry Gross
André Benjamin spoke to Fresh Air in 2006 about his music and his Outkast persona: " André 3000 ... just goes there and has a ball; André Benjamin is the person that goes to Whole Foods."
'Fresh Air' celebrates 50 years of hip-hop: Wu-Tang Clan's RZA
by Terry Gross
RZA got his first set of turntables when he was 11. He went on to co-found Wu-Tang Clan, the platinum-selling group whose name was inspired by martial arts movies. Originally broadcast in 2005.
'Fresh Air' celebrates 50 years of hip-hop: Beastie Boys
by Terry Gross
Beastie Boys Mike Diamond, Adam Horovitz and Adam Yauch — aka Mike D, Ad-Rock and MCA — started a punk band in New York City in the 1980s, before moving into hip-hop. Originally broadcast in 2006.
'Fresh Air' celebrates 50 years of hip-hop: De La Soul's Trugoy the Dove and Maseo
by Terry Gross
Two of De La Soul's founding members, David "Trugoy" Jolicoeur and Vincent "Maseo" Mason, spoke to Fresh Air in 2000 about their 1989 debut, 3 Feet High and Rising, and their ironic, playful style.
'Fresh Air' celebrates 50 years of hip-hop: Ice-T
by Terry Gross
"I call it reality-based rap," Ice-T says of the gangster rap genre. His '92 hit "Cop Killer" was controversial; he later played a police detective in Law and Order: SVU. Originally broadcast in 1994.
'Fresh Air' celebrates 50 years of hip-hop: Queen Latifah
by Terry Gross
Latifah established herself as a rap star with her 1989 debut album, All Hail the Queen. In this 1999 interview, she talked about giving herself her name, and why she decided to pursue acting.
'Fresh Air' celebrates 50 years of hip-hop: Chic guitarist Nile Rodgers
by Terry Gross
Rodgers' "Good Times" guitar groove was later sampled in the Sugar Hill Gang's 1979 hit "Rapper's Delight," widely considered the first crossover hip-hop song. Originally broadcast in 1996.