# Fresh Air

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Episodes: 300

## Resource

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## Episodes
- [Harriet Clark spent 37 years visiting her mom in prison](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/harriet-clark-spent-37-years-visiting-her-mom-in-prison) — 2026-07-20T17:58:10+00:00
- [Best Of: ‘The Invite’ screenwriters / Guitarist Lenny Kaye](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/best-of-the-invite-screenwriters-guitarist-lenny-kaye) — 2026-07-18T09:00:00+00:00
- [Ebon Moss-Bachrach on ‘The Bear’](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/ebon-moss-bachrach-on-the-bear) — 2026-07-17T16:33:29+00:00
- [Apache Chef Nephi Craig says cooking saved his life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/apache-chef-nephi-craig-says-cooking-saved-his-life) — 2026-07-16T19:16:58+00:00
- [Gold, secrets, never-ending meetings: Inside the Trump White House](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/gold-secrets-never-ending-meetings-inside-the-trump-white-house) — 2026-07-15T18:51:35+00:00
- [Uncovering abuse inside America's largest ICE detention center](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/uncovering-abuse-inside-america-s-largest-ice-detention-center) — 2026-07-14T17:46:17+00:00
- ['The Invite' screenwriters Rashida Jones & Will McCormack](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/the-invite-screenwriters-rashida-jones-will-mccormack) — 2026-07-13T18:07:18+00:00
- [Best Of: Record producer Peter Asher / Romance writer Kennedy Ryan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/best-of-record-producer-peter-asher-romance-writer-kennedy-ryan) — 2026-07-11T09:00:00+00:00
- [Remembering musical theater historian Robert Kimball](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/remembering-musical-theater-historian-robert-kimball) — 2026-07-10T17:56:06+00:00
- [Guitarist Lenny Kaye on Patti Smith, Nuggets, and his solo debut](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/guitarist-lenny-kaye-on-patti-smith-nuggets-and-his-solo-debut) — 2026-07-09T18:58:54+00:00
- [A look at new barriers at the ballot box](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/a-look-at-new-barriers-at-the-ballot-box) — 2026-07-08T19:01:12+00:00
- [Legendary record producer & manager Peter Asher](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/legendary-record-producer-manager-peter-asher) — 2026-07-07T18:03:55+00:00
- [Writer Rachel Aviv explores the complexity of the mother-daughter bond](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/writer-rachel-aviv-explores-the-complexity-of-the-mother-daughter-bond) — 2026-07-06T18:46:28+00:00
- [Best Of: Tennis stars Chris Evert & Martina Navratilova / American Culture Wars](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/best-of-tennis-stars-chris-evert-martina-navratilova-american-culture-wars) — 2026-07-04T09:05:00+00:00
- [Steven Spielberg](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/steven-spielberg) — 2026-07-03T09:00:01+00:00
- [Writer Kennedy Ryan uses romance novels as a vehicle for discourse](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/writer-kennedy-ryan-uses-romance-novels-as-a-vehicle-for-discourse) — 2026-07-02T17:27:36+00:00
- [The “bullies of the tick world” are on the hunt](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/the-bullies-of-the-tick-world-are-on-the-hunt) — 2026-07-01T17:41:47+00:00
- [Banned books, shocking art & the birth of the culture wars](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/banned-books-shocking-art-the-birth-of-the-culture-wars) — 2026-06-30T17:43:31+00:00
- [Tennis rivals Chris Evert & Martina Navratilova team up against cancer](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/tennis-rivals-chris-evert-martina-navratilova-team-up-against-cancer) — 2026-06-29T17:55:46+00:00
- [Best Of: Laverne Cox /Comic Ali Siddiq](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/best-of-laverne-cox-comic-ali-siddiq) — 2026-06-27T06:00:00+00:00
- [Remembering master of the TV sitcom, James Burrows](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/remembering-master-of-the-tv-sitcom-james-burrows) — 2026-06-26T16:55:00+00:00
- [Playwright Anna Deavere Smith turns to her family’s history for inspiration](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/playwright-anna-deavere-smith-turns-to-her-family-s-history-for-inspiration) — 2026-06-25T18:50:12+00:00
- ["Masculinsim" goes mainstream: a movement to fight feminism](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/masculinsim-goes-mainstream-a-movement-to-fight-feminism) — 2026-06-24T17:40:52+00:00
- [Wendell Pierce is a proud journeyman actor](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/wendell-pierce-is-a-proud-journeyman-actor) — 2026-06-23T19:36:51+00:00
- [Laverne Cox](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/laverne-cox) — 2026-06-22T18:40:01+00:00
- [Best Of: A family split by race / Eddie Glaude Jr. on America at 250](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/best-of-a-family-split-by-race-eddie-glaude-jr-on-america-at-250) — 2026-06-20T04:10:00+00:00
- [The collapse of Freedman’s Bank / Remembering Abdullah Ibrahim](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/the-collapse-of-freedman-s-bank-remembering-abdullah-ibrahim) — 2026-06-19T17:00:00+00:00
- [Comic Ali Siddiq on fatherhood, prison, and his biggest regret](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/comic-ali-siddiq-on-fatherhood-prison-and-his-biggest-regret) — 2026-06-18T19:42:32+00:00
- [An inside look at President Trump's campaign to acquire Greenland](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/an-inside-look-at-president-trump-s-campaign-to-acquire-greenland) — 2026-06-17T17:42:14+00:00
- [Remembering the nation's 'Lost Founder'](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/remembering-the-nation-s-lost-founder) — 2026-06-16T19:08:27+00:00
- [Scholar Eddie Glaude Jr. reflects on America at 250](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/scholar-eddie-glaude-jr-reflects-on-america-at-250) — 2026-06-15T19:16:42+00:00
- [Best Of: 'Book of Mormon' turns 15 / Actor Clarke Peters](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/best-of-book-of-mormon-turns-15-actor-clarke-peters) — 2026-06-13T04:05:00+00:00
- [Andrew Scott/Remembering author Marjane Satrapi](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/andrew-scott-remembering-author-marjane-satrapi) — 2026-06-12T18:03:10+00:00
- ['Daily Show' comic Josh Johnson](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/daily-show-comic-josh-johnson) — 2026-06-11T19:06:15+00:00
- [Josh O'Connor takes the lead in 'Disclosure Day'](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/josh-o-connor-takes-the-lead-in-disclosure-day) — 2026-06-11T14:21:21+00:00
- [How sky-high ticket prices, war & politics could impact the World Cup](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/how-sky-high-ticket-prices-war-politics-could-impact-the-world-cup) — 2026-06-09T18:34:48+00:00
- [Andrew Rannells & Josh Gad look back on 15 years of ‘Book of Mormon’](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/andrew-rannells-josh-gad-look-back-on-15-years-of-book-of-mormon) — 2026-06-08T18:17:13+00:00
- [Best Of: Novelist Maggie O’Farrell / A personal history of the N-Word](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/best-of-novelist-maggie-o-farrell-a-personal-history-of-the-n-word) — 2026-06-06T04:05:00+00:00
- [Alan Cumming / Angela Lansbury](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/alan-cumming-angela-lansbury) — 2026-06-05T17:59:47+00:00
- [Clarke Peters: From ‘The Wire’ to ‘The Boroughs’](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/clarke-peters-from-the-wire-to-the-boroughs) — 2026-06-04T17:53:13+00:00
- [How a single decision made a century ago split a family by race](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/how-a-single-decision-made-a-century-ago-split-a-family-by-race) — 2026-06-03T18:30:00+00:00
- ['Hamnet' novelist Maggie O'Farrell maps her Irish roots in 'Land'](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/hamnet-novelist-maggie-o-farrell-maps-her-irish-roots-in-land) — 2026-06-02T18:44:41+00:00
- [Richard Pryor’s daughter Elizabeth is a scholar of the N-word](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/richard-pryor-s-daughter-elizabeth-is-a-scholar-of-the-n-word) — 2026-06-01T17:42:40+00:00
- [Best Of: ‘Boroughs’ Actor Alfre Woodard / Rose Byrne](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/best-of-boroughs-actor-alfre-woodard-rose-byrne) — 2026-05-30T04:05:00+00:00
- [Remembering jazz giant Sonny Rollins](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/remembering-jazz-giant-sonny-rollins) — 2026-05-29T17:00:00+00:00
- [‘Boroughs’ actor Alfre Woodard reminds us to look to our elders](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/boroughs-actor-alfre-woodard-reminds-us-to-look-to-our-elders) — 2026-05-28T18:21:28+00:00
- [Obama staffer Ben Rhodes on Iran negotiations and the battle for American identity](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/obama-staffer-ben-rhodes-on-iran-negotiations-and-the-battle-for-american-identity) — 2026-05-27T18:01:57+00:00
- [David Sedaris wants to be better (at everything)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/david-sedaris-wants-to-be-better-at-everything) — 2026-05-26T17:57:24+00:00
- [Billie Eilish & Finneas](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/billie-eilish-finneas) — 2026-05-25T17:05:00+00:00
- [Stephen Colbert / Remembering MA Rep. Barney Frank](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/stephen-colbert-remembering-ma-rep-barney-frank) — 2026-05-23T17:00:00+00:00
- [Best Of: Zayd Ayers Dohrn’s childhood on the run / Writer Jesmyn Ward](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/best-of-zayd-ayers-dohrn-s-childhood-on-the-run-writer-jesmyn-ward) — 2026-05-23T04:10:00+00:00
- [Rose Byrne](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/rose-byrne) — 2026-05-21T17:48:19+00:00
- [The Justice Department gives Trump an unprecedented settlement](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/the-justice-department-gives-trump-an-unprecedented-settlement) — 2026-05-20T19:12:17+00:00
- [Through loss, Jesmyn Ward will always return to the word](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/through-loss-jesmyn-ward-will-always-return-to-the-word) — 2026-05-19T18:51:17+00:00
- [Son of radicals, Zayd Ayers Dohrn grew up underground & on the run](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/son-of-radicals-zayd-ayers-dohrn-grew-up-underground-on-the-run) — 2026-05-18T18:24:47+00:00
- [Best Of: Boots Riley / Will Sharpe](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/best-of-boots-riley-will-sharpe) — 2026-05-16T09:00:00+00:00
- [Remembering Philip Caputo, who wrote an unflinching Vietnam War memoir](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/remembering-philip-caputo-who-wrote-an-unflinching-vietnam-war-memoir) — 2026-05-15T18:15:33+00:00
- [How Trump increased China's global power](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/how-trump-increased-china-s-global-power) — 2026-05-14T17:37:18+00:00
- [Boots Riley wants to 'compel and repel' you](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/boots-riley-wants-to-compel-and-repel-you) — 2026-05-13T18:30:02+00:00
- [Inside a journalist’s year of using AI for (almost) everything](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/inside-a-journalist-s-year-of-using-ai-for-almost-everything) — 2026-05-12T17:31:40+00:00
- [Will Sharpe imagines Mozart's day-to-day in 'Amadeus'](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/will-sharpe-imagines-mozart-s-day-to-day-in-amadeus) — 2026-05-11T18:25:30+00:00
- [Best Of: Novelist Douglas Stuart / ‘Half Man’ Actor Richard Gadd](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/best-of-novelist-douglas-stuart-half-man-actor-richard-gadd) — 2026-05-09T04:05:00+00:00
- [Broadway producer Jeffrey Seller, from ‘RENT’ to ‘Hamilton’](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/broadway-producer-jeffrey-seller-from-rent-to-hamilton) — 2026-05-08T20:37:45+00:00
- [Nathan Lane is being tested (and he loves it)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/nathan-lane-is-being-tested-and-he-loves-it) — 2026-05-07T17:51:33+00:00
- [How Silicon Valley has profited by aligning with MAGA](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/how-silicon-valley-has-profited-by-aligning-with-maga) — 2026-05-06T18:05:29+00:00
- [Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw’s path from ‘Backtalker’ to legal scholar](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/kimberl-williams-crenshaw-s-path-from-backtalker-to-legal-scholar) — 2026-05-05T19:35:19+00:00
- [Scottish novelist Douglas Stuart on the isolation of secret-keeping](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/scottish-novelist-douglas-stuart-on-the-isolation-of-secret-keeping) — 2026-05-04T17:43:34+00:00
- [Best Of: Flea / Nick Offerman](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/best-of-flea-nick-offerman) — 2026-05-02T04:05:01+00:00
- [Remembering symphony conductor Michael Tilson Thomas](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/remembering-symphony-conductor-michael-tilson-thomas) — 2026-05-01T16:30:01+00:00
- [Richard Gadd is looking at the ‘dangers of repression’](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/richard-gadd-is-looking-at-the-dangers-of-repression) — 2026-04-30T18:23:31+00:00
- [How Trump's EPA head has transformed the agency — and sided with polluters](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/how-trump-s-epa-head-has-transformed-the-agency-and-sided-with-polluters) — 2026-04-29T18:28:16+00:00
- [Flea’s wild path from childhood to Chili Peppers](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/flea-s-wild-path-from-childhood-to-chili-peppers) — 2026-04-28T19:03:13+00:00
- [Nick Offerman gets an emotional arc](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/nick-offerman-gets-an-emotional-arc) — 2026-04-27T19:40:41+00:00
- [Best Of: Malala Yousafzai / Oscar Isaac](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/best-of-malala-yousafzai-oscar-isaac) — 2026-04-25T04:05:00+00:00
- [‘Schmigadoon!’ co-creator Cinco Paul satirizes Broadway](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/schmigadoon-co-creator-cinco-paul-satirizes-broadway) — 2026-04-24T18:14:53+00:00
- [The spy network that took on America's Nazi groups](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/the-spy-network-that-took-on-america-s-nazi-groups) — 2026-04-23T19:13:35+00:00
- [Inside Linda McMahon's effort to dismantle the Dept. of Education](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/inside-linda-mcmahon-s-effort-to-dismantle-the-dept-of-education) — 2026-04-22T17:53:52+00:00
- [Actor Oscar Isaac is ‘a vulture’ of his own life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/actor-oscar-isaac-is-a-vulture-of-his-own-life) — 2026-04-21T18:00:56+00:00
- [Malala Yousafzai](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/malala-yousafzai) — 2026-04-20T18:01:26+00:00
- [Best Of: Actor Amanda Peet / Re-examining Toni Morrison](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/best-of-actor-amanda-peet-re-examining-toni-morrison) — 2026-04-18T04:05:01+00:00
- [John Waters, 'Pope of Trash,' turns 80!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/john-waters-pope-of-trash-turns-80) — 2026-04-17T19:37:16+00:00
- [Palestinian & Israeli activists share a vision of peace](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/palestinian-israeli-activists-share-a-vision-of-peace) — 2026-04-16T19:04:01+00:00
- [Amanda Peet](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/amanda-peet) — 2026-04-15T18:01:52+00:00
- [A veteran diplomat breaks down the Iran war](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/a-veteran-diplomat-breaks-down-the-iran-war) — 2026-04-14T17:53:01+00:00
- [Have we been reading Toni Morrison all wrong?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/have-we-been-reading-toni-morrison-all-wrong) — 2026-04-13T19:10:36+00:00

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