Interviews

Andrew (voiced by John Mulaney) talks with the Hormone Monster (voiced by Nick Kroll) in the Netflix series Big Mouth.

Fresh Air Weekend: Nick Kroll And John Mulaney Of 'Big Mouth'; Actor Doug Jones

10:56am March 03, 2018

Kroll and Mulaney relive puberty in their animated Netflix series. Kevin Whitehead reviews two new compilations of Nina Simone's early work. Jones talks about playing a fish man in The Shape of Water.

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In November 1965, Joe Galloway snapped this photo of his childhood friend Vince Cantu during the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley, without realizing who was pictured. Vince was rushing to pick up the body of American soldier in Plei Me, South Vietnam, to tra

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Childhood Friends Reunited — In The Middle Of The Vietnam War

8:11am March 03, 2018

Vince Cantu and Joe Galloway first met in third grade. They lost track of each other in 1959, but met in an extraordinary scene in Vietnam — and there's a famous picture to prove it.

Remembering Sex And Relationship Columnist Cynthia Heimel

2:14pm March 02, 2018

Heimel, who died on Sunday, was known for the humorous advice she doled out in columns for The Village Voice and Playboy. Originally broadcast in 1991.

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Actress Ashley Judd and her friend, Ted Klontz, outside Nashville, Tenn.

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Actress Ashley Judd's #MeToo Moment Was Driven By A 'Commitment' To Her Younger Self

5:01am March 02, 2018

In a StoryCorps conversation, Ashley Judd talks about being one of the first women to publicly accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment and about the "barn doors" that were flung open as a result.

Midwife trainees deliver a baby at the Juba Teaching Hospital in South Sudan.

New Guidelines Establish The Rights Of Women When Giving Birth

4:53pm March 01, 2018

by Susan Brink

To reduce unnecessary medical interventions in childbirth and respect the woman's wishes, the World Health Organization sets standards in a report.

For mixed-status families, immigration talk can be stressful.

What Does It Mean To Be A 'Nation Of Immigrants'?

12:16pm February 28, 2018

Families have played a huge role in helping new immigrants succeed, argues UCLA Professor Hiroshi Motomura. Changing the rules would dramatically change the face of immigration.

Tara Westover enrolled in school for the first time when she was 17.

Fresh Air Weekend: From Survivalist Childhood To Cambridge; Actor Richard Jenkins

11:32am February 24, 2018

Memoirist Tara Westover talks about growing up in a survivalist household. Critic David Bianculli calls Blue Planet II a "dazzling piece of television." Richard Jenkins discusses The Shape of Water.

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Everything Happens for a Reason by Kate Bowler

Fresh Air Weekend: Living With Incurable Stage-4 Cancer; Life As A Long Haul Trucker

11:23am February 17, 2018

Religion scholar Kate Bowler talks about battling incurable colon cancer. Critic Ken Tucker reviews the Black Panther soundtrack. Trucker Finn Murphy has logged more than a million miles on the road.

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Cousins Cherie Johnson and James Ransom recorded their StoryCorps conversation in Sarasota, Fla.

'Good Morning, Miss Devine': Cousins Remember Their Sunday School Teacher

2:53pm February 16, 2018

Cousins James Ransom and Cherie Johnson swap stories about the Sunday school teacher who taught and took care of two generations of the family.

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Brandi Carlile's By The Way, I Forgive You follows 2015's The Firewatcher's Daughter, nominated for best Americana album at the 2016 Grammys.

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Brandi Carlile On Practicing Forgiveness, Even When It's Hard

7:00am February 14, 2018

"It's a really radical and ugly, difficult process that, you know, great beauty comes from." The folk singer discusses her new album, By The Way, I Forgive You, with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly.