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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs.
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How Rupert Murdoch created a media empire -- and 'broke' his own family
Journalist Gabriel Sherman has covered the Murdoch family for nearly two decades. In his new book, Bonfire of the Murdochs, he chronicles the protracted public battle for control the family business.
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A new generation revives 'The Muppet Show' and it's as delightful as ever
This isn't the first reincarnation of Jim Henson's crew, but it's one of the best in a very long time. Seth Rogen is an executive producer, and Maya Rudolph and Sabrina Carpenter guest star.
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'Blue Moon' pushed Ethan Hawke to his limit: 'That's a thrilling spot to be in'
"Every now and then you bump up against a part that presses you to the wall of your ability," Hawke says of his Oscar-nominated portrayal of lyricist Lorenz Hart. Originally broadcast Nov. 13, 2025.
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Fresh Air Weekend: Novelists Liz Moore and Julian Barnes
Moore, the author of The God of the Woods, describes the rare "flow state" of writing. Maureen Corrigan reviews Vigil, by George Saunders. Barnes says Departure(s) will be his last book.
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'Islands' is a spare and satisfying slow-burn thriller
A washed-up tennis pro gives lessons at a fancy hotel in the Canary Islands. But when he meets an elegant woman with an unlikable husband, things take a noirish turn.
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Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's Frankenstein, which reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel, has been nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Originally broadcast Oct. 23, 2025.
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George Saunders' 'Vigil' is a brief and bumpy return to the Bardo
The Bardo is a Tibetan Buddhist idea of a suspended state between life and death. Saunders explored the concept in his 2017 novel, Lincoln in the Bardo, and circles back to it again in his new novel Vigil.
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Former NBC producer tells her own story about Matt Lauer in 'Unspeakable Things'
Brooke Nevils was working for NBC at the Sochi Olympics when, she says, she was sexually assaulted by Today Show host Matt Lauer — a claim he denies. Nevils' new memoir is Unspeakable Things.
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Country musician Stephen Wilson Jr. delivers rough and intricate artistry
A former microbiologist and Golden Gloves boxer, Wilson is also one of the more distinctive new sounds in country. He's broken through not with huge record sales but via viral clips on social media.
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Inside the Trump administration's effort to reverse climate change policies
President Trump calls global warming "a hoax." As the U.S. faces more severe storms and extreme weather events, the New York Times' David Gelles describes what this means for climate change policy.
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How did Tucker Carlson become one of the far right's most influential voices?
Writer Jason Zengerle says Carlson had the foresight to see Trump's potential in 2015. Now he's someone the president "definitely listens to." Zengerle's new book is Hated by All the Right People.
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How a 1984 NYC subway shooting let to the politics of resentment we see today
In Fear and Fury, historian Heather Ann Thompson revisits Bernhard Goetz's shooting of four Black teens — and explains how the incident reshaped criminal justice, national policy and media coverage.
