Episode

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

Podcast: Fresh Air
Published: May 28, 2026
Duration seconds: 2620
Processing state: not_requested
Canonical source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/28/nx-s1-5836560/boroughs-actor-alfre-woodard-reminds-us-to-look-to-our-elders
Audio: https://prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-381444908/npr.simplecastaudio.com/49850946-31c1-4953-8129-0d718420c400/episodes/d01d43f8-6bed-4410-a348-1305680ceb6d/audio/128/default.mp3?awCollectionId=49850946-31c1-4953-8129-0d718420c400&awEpisodeId=d01d43f8-6bed-4410-a348-1305680ceb6d&feed=jBsBZBHh&t=podcast&e=nx-s1-5836560&p=381444908&d=2620&size=41929753
JSON: /v1/public/podcasts/fresh-air-214340/episodes/boroughs-actor-alfre-woodard-reminds-us-to-look-to-our-elders
Markdown: /podcast/fresh-air-214340/boroughs-actor-alfre-woodard-reminds-us-to-look-to-our-elders.md

Actions

POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fresh-air-214340/episodes/boroughs-actor-alfre-woodard-reminds-us-to-look-to-our-elders/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/boroughs-actor-alfre-woodard-reminds-us-to-look-to-our-elders.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

Summary

Alfre Woodard stars in the new Netflix series ‘The Boroughs,’ a supernatural mystery from the producers of ‘Stranger Things.’ In it, she leads an ensemble of folks in a retirement community who band together to stop an otherworldly threat. She spoke with Tonya Mosley about the new show, her Emmy-winning performance on ‘Hill Street Blues,’ where she played a mother whose child was killed by a police officer, and her network of Black actresses in Hollywood. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy