Interviews

Ex-U.S. Air Force Airman Responds To Trump's Military Ban On Transgender People

5:00pm July 26, 2017

by Kelly McEvers

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Jordan Blisk, an ex-senior airman for the U.S. Air Force Reserves, about being trans in the military and implications of President Trump barring trans people from serving.

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Hip Hop deejays Stretch Armstrong (right) aka Adrian Bartos and Bobbito (left) aka Robert Garcia became legends on The Stretch Armstrong Show during the 1990s. Back then, they were hip hop tastemakers on college station WKCR in New York City. Now they're

Stretch & Bobbito On Race, Hip-Hop, And Belonging

11:18am July 26, 2017

by Aleli May Vuelta

The pioneering hip-hop radio duo drop by the Code Switch podcast to talk about making their way in a traditionally black genre and their new NPR interview show, What's Good? with Stretch & Bobbito.

Former Detroit police chief Ike McKinnon (L), Motown musician David Coffey (center), and former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer (R).

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'Going There': 3 Prominent Detroit Natives Reflect On The 1967 Riot

8:32pm July 23, 2017

In 1967, more than 150 riots erupted across the country. But one in particular seemed to consume the national conversation: Detroit. Three prominent Detroit figures share their stories from that time.

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Norman Lippitt puts his feet up in his Birmingham, Mich., office.

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Defense Attorney For Police In 'Algiers Motel Shooting': 'Am I A Soulless Person?'

8:24pm July 23, 2017

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Norman Lippitt defended Detroit police officers after the 1967 death of three black men, in what's known as the Algiers Motel shooting. NPR's Michel Martin discusses the case with Lippitt.

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Detroit resident Teresa Moore, who has lived in the city's 8 Mile Road neighborhood for 59 years, stands in front of what she calls a "segregation wall."

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In Detroit, A Colorful Mural Stands As A Reminder Of The City's 'Segregation Wall'

5:43pm July 22, 2017

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Detroit's Birwood Wall is now decorated with murals — children playing, Detroit Tigers, people of all races living in harmony. But when this wall was built in the 1940s, integration was not the goal.

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Billy Bragg says he initially pursued songwriting as a way to escape working in the local car factory.

Fresh Air Weekend: Billy Bragg On Skiffle; 'Crime And Punishment In Black America'

12:04pm July 22, 2017

Bragg describes skiffle, the music movement that brought guitar to British radio. James Forman Jr. explains how black Leaders unwittingly contributed to the era of mass incarceration.

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Dawn Sahr (left) and Asma Jama met for the first time at StoryCorps. In October 2015, Sahr's sister physically attacked Jama at a restaurant in Minnesota. Afterward, Sahr reached out to Jama to make sure she was OK and to offer her support.

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When A Somali-American Woman Was Attacked, Support Came From An Unlikely Source

7:49am July 21, 2017

Asma Jama was struck in the face with a glass mug after speaking Swahili in a restaurant in Minnesota. After the trial ended and the attacker pleaded guilty, the attacker's sister reached out to Jama.

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Arts

Fresh Air Remembers Oscar Award-Winning Actor Martin Landau

1:58pm July 20, 2017

Landau, who died Saturday, appeared in the films Crimes and Misdemeanors and Ed Wood, as well as in the 1960s TV series Mission Impossible. Originally broadcast in 1990.

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Director George A. Romero attends the Night of the Living Dead World Premiere of Restored Print during the To Save and Project: The 14th MOMA International Festival of Film Preservation at MOMA on November 5, 2016 in New York City.

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George Romero, 'Night Of The Living Dead' Director, Dies At 77

10:12pm July 16, 2017

by Maquita Peters

The legendary film director died in his sleep on Sunday with his family by his side, "following a brief but aggressive battle with lung cancer."

Married co-writers Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani based the romantic comedy The Big Sick on their own love story.

Fresh Air Weekend: The Love Story Behind 'The Big Sick'; Life After Ballet

12:48pm July 15, 2017

Comic Kumail Nanjiani remembers the first time he thought of marrying then-girlfriend Emily V. Gordon: when he saw her in a coma. Ballerina Wendy Whelan fought to retire on her own terms.

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