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Fresh Air

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Feed episode count: 300
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Summary

Fresh Air from WHYY, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs. Hosted by Terry Gross and Tonya Mosley, the show features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries. Subscribe to Fresh Air Plus! You'll enjoy bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening - all while you support NPR's mission. Learn more at plus.npr.org/freshair And subscribe to our weekly newsletter, Fresh Air Weekly, to get interview highlights, staff recommendations, gems from the archive, and the week's interviews and reviews all in one place. Sign up at www.whyy.org/freshair

Episodes

Jul 20, 2026 · not_requested

Harriet Clark spent 37 years visiting her mom in prison

Duration seconds: 2778
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/20/nx-s1-5900939/harriet-clark-spent-37-years-visiting-her-mom-in-prison

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Jul 18, 2026 · not_requested

Best Of: ‘The Invite’ screenwriters / Guitarist Lenny Kaye

Duration seconds: 2926
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/18/nx-s1-5897496/best-of-the-invite-screenwriters-guitarist-lenny-kaye

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Jul 17, 2026 · not_requested

Ebon Moss-Bachrach on ‘The Bear’

Duration seconds: 2800
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/17/nx-s1-5897490/ebon-moss-bachrach-on-the-bear

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Jul 16, 2026 · not_requested

Apache Chef Nephi Craig says cooking saved his life

Duration seconds: 2736
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/16/nx-s1-5896355/apache-chef-nephi-craig-says-cooking-saved-his-life

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Jul 15, 2026 · not_requested

Gold, secrets, never-ending meetings: Inside the Trump White House

Duration seconds: 2742
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/15/nx-s1-5894919/gold-secrets-never-ending-meetings-inside-the-trump-white-house

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Jul 14, 2026 · not_requested

Uncovering abuse inside America's largest ICE detention center

Duration seconds: 2725
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/14/nx-s1-5893645/uncovering-abuse-inside-americas-largest-ice-detention-center

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Jul 13, 2026 · not_requested

'The Invite' screenwriters Rashida Jones & Will McCormack

Duration seconds: 2737
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/13/nx-s1-5891774/the-invite-screenwriters-rashida-jones-will-mccormack

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Jul 11, 2026 · not_requested

Best Of: Record producer Peter Asher / Romance writer Kennedy Ryan

Duration seconds: 2949
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/11/nx-s1-5888576/best-of-record-producer-peter-asher-romance-writer-kennedy-ryan

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Jul 10, 2026 · not_requested

Remembering musical theater historian Robert Kimball

Duration seconds: 2816
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/10/nx-s1-5888573/remembering-musical-theater-historian-robert-kimball

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Jul 9, 2026 · not_requested

Guitarist Lenny Kaye on Patti Smith, Nuggets, and his solo debut

Duration seconds: 2717
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/09/nx-s1-5887350/guitarist-lenny-kaye-on-patti-smith-nuggets-and-his-solo-debut

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Jul 8, 2026 · not_requested

A look at new barriers at the ballot box

Duration seconds: 2774
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/08/nx-s1-5886179/a-look-at-new-barriers-at-the-ballot-box

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Jul 7, 2026 · not_requested

Legendary record producer & manager Peter Asher

Duration seconds: 2763
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/07/nx-s1-5884856/legendary-record-producer-manager-peter-asher

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Jul 6, 2026 · not_requested

Writer Rachel Aviv explores the complexity of the mother-daughter bond

Duration seconds: 2750
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/06/nx-s1-5883925/writer-rachel-aviv-explores-the-complexity-of-the-mother-daughter-bond

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Jul 4, 2026 · not_requested

Best Of: Tennis stars Chris Evert & Martina Navratilova / American Culture Wars

Duration seconds: 2987
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/04/nx-s1-5879313/best-of-tennis-stars-chris-evert-martina-navratilova-american-culture-wars

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Jul 3, 2026 · not_requested

Steven Spielberg

Duration seconds: 2795
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/03/nx-s1-5879291/steven-spielberg

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Jul 2, 2026 · not_requested

Writer Kennedy Ryan uses romance novels as a vehicle for discourse

Duration seconds: 2748
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/02/nx-s1-5879269/writer-kennedy-ryan-uses-romance-novels-as-a-vehicle-for-discourse

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Jul 1, 2026 · not_requested

The “bullies of the tick world” are on the hunt

Duration seconds: 2748
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/01/nx-s1-5877720/the-bullies-of-the-tick-world-are-on-the-hunt

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Jun 30, 2026 · not_requested

Banned books, shocking art & the birth of the culture wars

Duration seconds: 2728
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/30/nx-s1-5876286/banned-books-shocking-art-the-birth-of-the-culture-wars

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Jun 29, 2026 · not_requested

Tennis rivals Chris Evert & Martina Navratilova team up against cancer

Duration seconds: 2740
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/29/nx-s1-5875180/tennis-rivals-chris-evert-martina-navratilova-team-up-against-cancer

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Jun 27, 2026 · not_requested

Best Of: Laverne Cox /Comic Ali Siddiq

Duration seconds: 2820
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/27/nx-s1-5870984/best-of-laverne-cox-comic-ali-siddiq

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Jun 26, 2026 · not_requested

Remembering master of the TV sitcom, James Burrows

Duration seconds: 2835
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/26/nx-s1-5870983/remembering-master-of-the-tv-sitcom-james-burrows

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Jun 25, 2026 · not_requested

Playwright Anna Deavere Smith turns to her family’s history for inspiration

Duration seconds: 2754
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/25/nx-s1-5870956/playwright-anna-deavere-smith-turns-to-her-familys-history-for-inspiration

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Jun 24, 2026 · not_requested

"Masculinsim" goes mainstream: a movement to fight feminism

Duration seconds: 2677
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/24/nx-s1-5869555/masculinsim-goes-mainstream-a-movement-to-fight-feminism

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Jun 23, 2026 · not_requested

Wendell Pierce is a proud journeyman actor

Duration seconds: 2615
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/23/nx-s1-5867579/wendell-pierce-is-a-proud-journeyman-actor

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Jun 22, 2026 · not_requested

Laverne Cox

Duration seconds: 2708
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/22/nx-s1-5866602/laverne-cox

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Jun 20, 2026 · not_requested

Best Of: A family split by race / Eddie Glaude Jr. on America at 250

Duration seconds: 2906
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/20/nx-s1-5863117/best-of-a-family-split-by-race-eddie-glaude-jr-on-america-at-250

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Jun 19, 2026 · not_requested

The collapse of Freedman’s Bank / Remembering Abdullah Ibrahim

Duration seconds: 2715
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/19/nx-s1-5863108/the-collapse-of-freedmans-bank-remembering-abdullah-ibrahim

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Jun 18, 2026 · not_requested

Comic Ali Siddiq on fatherhood, prison, and his biggest regret

Duration seconds: 2693
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/18/nx-s1-5863066/comic-ali-siddiq-on-fatherhood-prison-and-his-biggest-regret

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Jun 17, 2026 · not_requested

An inside look at President Trump's campaign to acquire Greenland

Duration seconds: 2694
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/17/nx-s1-5851805/an-inside-look-at-president-trumps-campaign-to-acquire-greenland

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Jun 16, 2026 · not_requested

Remembering the nation's 'Lost Founder'

Duration seconds: 2688
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/16/nx-s1-5851803/remembering-the-nations-lost-founder

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Jun 15, 2026 · not_requested

Scholar Eddie Glaude Jr. reflects on America at 250

Duration seconds: 2678
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/15/nx-s1-5851798/scholar-eddie-glaude-jr-reflects-on-america-at-250

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Jun 13, 2026 · not_requested

Best Of: 'Book of Mormon' turns 15 / Actor Clarke Peters

Duration seconds: 2885
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/13/nx-s1-5851797/best-of-book-of-mormon-turns-15-actor-clarke-peters

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Jun 12, 2026 · not_requested

Andrew Scott/Remembering author Marjane Satrapi

Duration seconds: 2777
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/12/nx-s1-5851697/andrew-scott-remembering-author-marjane-satrapi

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Jun 11, 2026 · not_requested

'Daily Show' comic Josh Johnson

Duration seconds: 2691
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/11/nx-s1-5851694/daily-show-comic-josh-johnson

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Jun 11, 2026 · not_requested

Josh O'Connor takes the lead in 'Disclosure Day'

Duration seconds: 2653
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/11/nx-s1-5851685/josh-oconnor-takes-the-lead-in-disclosure-day

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Jun 9, 2026 · not_requested

How sky-high ticket prices, war & politics could impact the World Cup

Duration seconds: 2718
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/09/nx-s1-5851680/how-sky-high-ticket-prices-war-politics-could-impact-the-world-cup

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Jun 8, 2026 · not_requested

Andrew Rannells & Josh Gad look back on 15 years of ‘Book of Mormon’

Duration seconds: 2692
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/08/nx-s1-5850246/andrew-rannells-josh-gad-look-back-on-15-years-of-book-of-mormon

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Jun 6, 2026 · not_requested

Best Of: Novelist Maggie O’Farrell / A personal history of the N-Word

Duration seconds: 2890
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/06/nx-s1-5847940/best-of-novelist-maggie-ofarrell-a-personal-history-of-the-n-word

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Jun 5, 2026 · not_requested

Alan Cumming / Angela Lansbury

Duration seconds: 2761
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/05/nx-s1-5847939/alan-cumming-angela-lansbury

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Jun 4, 2026 · not_requested

Clarke Peters: From ‘The Wire’ to ‘The Boroughs’

Duration seconds: 2682
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/04/nx-s1-5846629/clarke-peters-from-the-wire-to-the-boroughs

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Jun 3, 2026 · not_requested

How a single decision made a century ago split a family by race

Duration seconds: 2668
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/03/nx-s1-5845128/how-a-single-decision-made-a-century-ago-split-a-family-by-race

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Jun 2, 2026 · not_requested

'Hamnet' novelist Maggie O'Farrell maps her Irish roots in 'Land'

Duration seconds: 2776
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/02/nx-s1-5844290/hamnet-novelist-maggie-ofarrell-maps-her-irish-roots-in-land

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Jun 1, 2026 · not_requested

Richard Pryor’s daughter Elizabeth is a scholar of the N-word

Duration seconds: 2624
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/01/nx-s1-5843109/richard-pryors-daughter-elizabeth-is-a-scholar-of-the-n-word

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May 30, 2026 · not_requested

Best Of: ‘Boroughs’ Actor Alfre Woodard / Rose Byrne

Duration seconds: 2935
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/30/nx-s1-5836599/best-of-boroughs-actor-alfre-woodard-rose-byrne

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May 29, 2026 · not_requested

Remembering jazz giant Sonny Rollins

Duration seconds: 2778
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/29/nx-s1-5836561/remembering-jazz-giant-sonny-rollins

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May 28, 2026 · not_requested

‘Boroughs’ actor Alfre Woodard reminds us to look to our elders

Duration seconds: 2620
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/28/nx-s1-5836560/boroughs-actor-alfre-woodard-reminds-us-to-look-to-our-elders

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May 27, 2026 · not_requested

Obama staffer Ben Rhodes on Iran negotiations and the battle for American identity

Duration seconds: 2636
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/27/nx-s1-5836547/obama-staffer-ben-rhodes-on-iran-negotiations-and-the-battle-for-american-identity

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May 26, 2026 · not_requested

David Sedaris wants to be better (at everything)

Duration seconds: 2764
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/26/nx-s1-5835155/david-sedaris-wants-to-be-better-at-everything

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May 25, 2026 · not_requested

Billie Eilish & Finneas

Duration seconds: 2728
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/25/nx-s1-5830072/billie-eilish-finneas

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May 23, 2026 · not_requested

Stephen Colbert / Remembering MA Rep. Barney Frank

Duration seconds: 2759
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/23/nx-s1-5830060/stephen-colbert-remembering-ma-rep-barney-frank

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May 23, 2026 · not_requested

Best Of: Zayd Ayers Dohrn’s childhood on the run / Writer Jesmyn Ward

Duration seconds: 2891
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/23/nx-s1-5830065/best-of-zayd-ayers-dohrns-childhood-on-the-run-writer-jesmyn-ward

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May 21, 2026 · not_requested

Rose Byrne

Duration seconds: 2681
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/21/nx-s1-5830024/rose-byrne

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May 20, 2026 · not_requested

The Justice Department gives Trump an unprecedented settlement

Duration seconds: 2666
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/20/nx-s1-5828865/the-justice-department-gives-trump-an-unprecedented-settlement

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May 19, 2026 · not_requested

Through loss, Jesmyn Ward will always return to the word

Duration seconds: 2692
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/19/nx-s1-5826897/through-loss-jesmyn-ward-will-always-return-to-the-word

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May 18, 2026 · not_requested

Son of radicals, Zayd Ayers Dohrn grew up underground & on the run

Duration seconds: 2652
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/18/nx-s1-5825924/son-of-radicals-zayd-ayers-dohrn-grew-up-underground-on-the-run

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May 16, 2026 · not_requested

Best Of: Boots Riley / Will Sharpe

Duration seconds: 2892
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/16/nx-s1-5823761/best-of-boots-riley-will-sharpe

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May 15, 2026 · not_requested

Remembering Philip Caputo, who wrote an unflinching Vietnam War memoir

Duration seconds: 2806
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/15/nx-s1-5823760/remembering-philip-caputo-who-wrote-an-unflinching-vietnam-war-memoir

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May 14, 2026 · not_requested

How Trump increased China's global power

Duration seconds: 2770
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/14/nx-s1-5822388/how-trump-increased-chinas-global-power

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May 13, 2026 · not_requested

Boots Riley wants to 'compel and repel' you

Duration seconds: 2731
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/13/nx-s1-5821135/boots-riley-wants-to-compel-and-repel-you

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May 12, 2026 · not_requested

Inside a journalist’s year of using AI for (almost) everything

Duration seconds: 2744
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/12/nx-s1-5819579/inside-a-journalists-year-of-using-ai-for-almost-everything

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May 11, 2026 · not_requested

Will Sharpe imagines Mozart's day-to-day in 'Amadeus'

Duration seconds: 2766
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/11/nx-s1-5818510/will-sharpe-imagines-mozarts-day-to-day-in-amadeus

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May 9, 2026 · not_requested

Best Of: Novelist Douglas Stuart / ‘Half Man’ Actor Richard Gadd

Duration seconds: 2866
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/09/nx-s1-5816194/best-of-novelist-douglas-stuart-half-man-actor-richard-gadd

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May 8, 2026 · not_requested

Broadway producer Jeffrey Seller, from ‘RENT’ to ‘Hamilton’

Duration seconds: 2763
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/08/nx-s1-5816191/broadway-producer-jeffrey-seller-from-rent-to-hamilton

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May 7, 2026 · not_requested

Nathan Lane is being tested (and he loves it)

Duration seconds: 2678
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/07/nx-s1-5814993/nathan-lane-is-being-tested-and-he-loves-it

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May 6, 2026 · not_requested

How Silicon Valley has profited by aligning with MAGA

Duration seconds: 2663
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/06/nx-s1-5813690/how-silicon-valley-has-profited-by-aligning-with-maga

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May 5, 2026 · not_requested

Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw’s path from ‘Backtalker’ to legal scholar

Duration seconds: 2665
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/05/nx-s1-5812608/kimberle-williams-crenshaws-path-from-backtalker-to-legal-scholar

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May 4, 2026 · not_requested

Scottish novelist Douglas Stuart on the isolation of secret-keeping

Duration seconds: 2737
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/04/nx-s1-5810167/scottish-novelist-douglas-stuart-on-the-isolation-of-secret-keeping

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May 2, 2026 · not_requested

Best Of: Flea / Nick Offerman

Duration seconds: 2923
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/02/nx-s1-5807666/best-of-flea-nick-offerman

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May 1, 2026 · not_requested

Remembering symphony conductor Michael Tilson Thomas

Duration seconds: 2699
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/01/nx-s1-5807652/remembering-symphony-conductor-michael-tilson-thomas

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Apr 30, 2026 · not_requested

Richard Gadd is looking at the ‘dangers of repression’

Duration seconds: 2580
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-s1-5805987/richard-gadd-is-looking-at-the-dangers-of-repression

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Apr 29, 2026 · not_requested

How Trump's EPA head has transformed the agency — and sided with polluters

Duration seconds: 2682
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5805006/how-trumps-epa-head-has-transformed-the-agency-and-sided-with-polluters

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Apr 28, 2026 · not_requested

Flea’s wild path from childhood to Chili Peppers

Duration seconds: 2673
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/28/nx-s1-5802946/fleas-wild-path-from-childhood-to-chili-peppers

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Apr 27, 2026 · not_requested

Nick Offerman gets an emotional arc

Duration seconds: 2723
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/27/nx-s1-5801435/nick-offerman-gets-an-emotional-arc

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Apr 25, 2026 · not_requested

Best Of: Malala Yousafzai / Oscar Isaac

Duration seconds: 2866
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/25/nx-s1-5798728/best-of-malala-yousafzai-oscar-isaac

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Apr 24, 2026 · not_requested

‘Schmigadoon!’ co-creator Cinco Paul satirizes Broadway

Duration seconds: 2727
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/24/nx-s1-5798725/schmigadoon-co-creator-cinco-paul-satirizes-broadway

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Apr 23, 2026 · not_requested

The spy network that took on America's Nazi groups

Duration seconds: 2610
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/23/nx-s1-5797830/the-spy-network-that-took-on-americas-nazi-groups

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Apr 22, 2026 · not_requested

Inside Linda McMahon's effort to dismantle the Dept. of Education

Duration seconds: 2687
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/22/nx-s1-5795658/inside-linda-mcmahons-effort-to-dismantle-the-dept-of-education

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Apr 21, 2026 · not_requested

Actor Oscar Isaac is ‘a vulture’ of his own life

Duration seconds: 2654
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/21/nx-s1-5793795/actor-oscar-isaac-is-a-vulture-of-his-own-life

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Apr 20, 2026 · not_requested

Malala Yousafzai

Duration seconds: 2707
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/20/nx-s1-5791612/malala-yousafzai

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Apr 18, 2026 · not_requested

Best Of: Actor Amanda Peet / Re-examining Toni Morrison

Duration seconds: 2867
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/18/nx-s1-5788834/best-of-actor-amanda-peet-re-examining-toni-morrison

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Apr 17, 2026 · not_requested

John Waters, 'Pope of Trash,' turns 80!

Duration seconds: 2814
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/17/nx-s1-5788823/john-waters-pope-of-trash-turns-80

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Apr 16, 2026 · not_requested

Palestinian & Israeli activists share a vision of peace

Duration seconds: 2578
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/16/nx-s1-5787887/palestinian-israeli-activists-share-a-vision-of-peace

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Apr 15, 2026 · not_requested

Amanda Peet

Duration seconds: 2682
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/15/nx-s1-5786544/amanda-peet

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Apr 14, 2026 · not_requested

A veteran diplomat breaks down the Iran war

Duration seconds: 2662
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/14/nx-s1-5785119/a-veteran-diplomat-breaks-down-the-iran-war

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Apr 13, 2026 · not_requested

Have we been reading Toni Morrison all wrong?

Duration seconds: 2698
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/13/nx-s1-5783863/have-we-been-reading-toni-morrison-all-wrong

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