Interviews

Sarah Silverman Discusses Her Movie 'Jesus Is Magic'

1:57pm August 27, 2014

Silverman won the Emmy for best writing for a variety special for her HBO special We Are Miracles. In 2005, she spoke with Fresh Air about her movie based on her acts in New York and Los Angeles.

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Aaron Paul On Playing A Meth Dealer On 'Breaking Bad'

1:57pm August 27, 2014

Paul won the Emmy for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series for playing student-turned-drug dealer Jesse Pinkman. In 2011, he said his character was supposed to die in the first season.

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Arts

From Walter White To LBJ, Bryan Cranston Is A Master Of Transformation

1:45pm August 26, 2014

While fans were watching him portray Walt in Breaking Bad's final episodes, Cranston was already reinventing himself — playing Lyndon B. Johnson in the play All the Way. Originally broadcast March 27.

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Arts

Seth Meyers' 'Late Night' Challenge: What To Do With His Hands

1:25pm August 25, 2014

Meyers is hosting the Emmys Monday. In April, he told Fresh Air why he left Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update to take over Late Night from Jimmy Fallon in February. Originally broadcast April 23.

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Arts

Allison Janney On Sex, Sorkin And Being The Tallest Woman In The Room

1:25pm August 25, 2014

Allison Janney has been nominated for Emmys for her roles on Masters of Sex and Mom. She says her relationships with her family members helped inform her characters. Originally broadcast Aug. 4.

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Fresh Air Weekend: 'The Simpsons' And Author Stephan Eirik Clark

11:32am August 23, 2014

Fresh Air listens backs to interviews with The Simpsons' creator, writers and actors ahead of the show's marathon on FXX. Author Stephan Eirik Clark talks about his new novel Sweetness #9.

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Werner Herzog Talks About Madmen And Caves In Interviews From 'Fresh Air' Archives

3:51pm August 22, 2014

Werner Herzog talked with Fresh Air in 1998 about his volatile relationship with actor Klaus Kinski, who died in 1991. In 2011, Herzog discussed the documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams.

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'Fresh Air' Remembers Former Vermont Sen. James Jeffords

3:17pm August 19, 2014

Jeffords died Monday at the age of 80. In 2001, the moderate Republican decided to switch to an independent, tipping control to the Democrats. At the time, he explained his decision to Terry Gross.

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The Titan II intercontinental-range missile, pictured in 1965, sits ready for launch on its 150-feet-deep underground launchpad. "The one warhead on a Titan II had three times the explosive force of all the bombs used by all the armies in the second world

Fresh Air Weekend: Eric Schlosser, Spoon's New Album And 'The Knick' Creators

1:48pm August 16, 2014

Eric Schlosser's discusses his new book Command and Control; Ken Tucker reviews Spoon's They Want My Soul; The Knick creators talk about their new drama set in a New York hospital in 1900.

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Sports

At 49, Jamie Moyer's Pitching Career Goes Into Extra Innings

3:02pm August 15, 2014

In a new memoir called Just Tell Me I Can't, Moyer explains how he became a better pitcher in his 40s than his 20s. Originally broadcast Oct. 2, 2013.

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