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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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Shakespeare's unhappy marriage takes center stage in 'Hamnet'
A new film, adapted from Maggie O'Farrell's 2020 novel, posits that the death of Shakespeare's 11-year-old son may have inspired one of the greatest fictional tragedies ever written.
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Marking 65 years of Hitchcock's 'Psycho' with actor Janet Leigh
Leigh shares stories about Psycho, including the infamous shower scene. Also, screenwriter Evan Hunter talks about working with the Hitchcock on his next film, The Birds. Originally broadcast in 1999.
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'A Man on the Inside' goes to college, and Ted Danson aces the test
Charles (Ted Danson) went undercover in a retirement community in the first season of the hit Netflix series. In Season 2, Charles enrolls in college, and brings along a fantastic new cast.
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'Nightmare Obscura' author explains how to take control of your dreams
Sleep scientist Michelle Carr has spent years researching dreaming. She explains dream engineering, including how sensory inputs like light, sound and vibration can influence the subconscious.
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How Kash Patel is roiling the FBI and changing its mission
New Yorker writer Marc Fisher says Patel became FBI director without senior law enforcement experience because of his loyalty to Trump and willingness to seek retribution for his perceived enemies.
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In Ben Stiller's showbiz family, there was little separation between home and stage
After his parents died, Stiller found a stash of their audio recordings. Those tapes of comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara are at the center of the documentary Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost.
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'What you see is really me,' says 'Wicked' star Cynthia Erivo
Erivo says she found parallels between her life and the experience of her Wicked character, Elphaba. Her new memoir is called Simply More: A Book for Anyone who Has Been Told They're Too Much.
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Fresh Air weekend: Ethan Hawke; Tim Robbins
Hawke says playing lyricist Lorenz Hart in Blue Moon pushed him to his limit. Robbin's new play, Topsy Turvy, is about a chorus that loses its ability to sing together after COVID isolation.
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Seizures, broken spines and vomiting: Scientific testing that helped facilitate D-Day
Biomedical engineer Rachel Lance says British scientists submitted themselves to experiments that would be considered unethical today. Her book is Chamber Divers. Originally broadcast April, 10 2024.
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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 playing lyricist Lorenz Hart. Hawke is also starring in the film Black Phone 2.
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Who is Laura Loomer, President Trump's self-described chief 'loyalty enforcer'?
The New Yorker's Antonia Hitchens describes how Loomer went from a conspiracy theorist to a close ally of Trump who's gotten government officials she claims are disloyal to the president fired.
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Ken Burns' 'American Revolution' will make you think differently about U.S. history
Burns' six-part documentary uses voiceover, reenactors and drone footage to tell the story of America's founding. And it reminds viewers that the quest for a more perfect union is far from over.
