{"podcast":{"title":"Fresh Air","slug":"fresh-air-214340","podcast_index_feed_id":214340,"rss_url":"https://feeds.npr.org/381444908/podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/381444908/fresh-air","image_url":"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2022/09/23/fresh-air_tile_npr-network-01_sq-9b42f217746df08ce5a26c500024dd979ff94178.jpg?s=1400&c=66&f=jpg","author":"NPR (podcasts@npr.org)","episode_count":300,"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. Support public media by joining NPR+ at plus.npr.org. You’ll get perks for over 25 NPR podcasts, including weekly bonus episodes and curated playlists of archive interviews from Fresh Air. 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","last_synced_at":"2026-09-26T08:17:41.345367+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340"},"episode":{"title":"Best Of: Jia Tolentino on plastic surgery & AI / ‘Beef’ creator Lee Sun Jin","slug":"best-of-jia-tolentino-on-plastic-surgery-ai-beef-creator-lee-sun-jin","published_at":"2026-08-08T09:00:01+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/best-of-jia-tolentino-on-plastic-surgery-ai-beef-creator-lee-sun-jin","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340","url":"https://www.npr.org/2026/08/08/nx-s1-5925147/best-of-jia-tolentino-on-plastic-surgery-ai-beef-creator-lee-sun-jin","audio_url":"https://prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-381444908/npr.simplecastaudio.com/49850946-31c1-4953-8129-0d718420c400/episodes/8082524f-db82-453d-9473-4e07f9195c7f/audio/128/default.mp3?awCollectionId=49850946-31c1-4953-8129-0d718420c400&awEpisodeId=8082524f-db82-453d-9473-4e07f9195c7f&feed=jBsBZBHh&t=podcast&e=nx-s1-5925147&p=381444908&d=2944&size=47107848","summary":"Seven years ago, New Yorker staff writer Jia Tolentino coined the term “Instagram Face.” Now we talk about how current beauty standards are changing our relationship to reality. “It seems more explicitly anti-human right now than ever before,” she tells Tonya Mosley. “There seems to be something that’s dove-tailing with the age of AI.” Also, we hear from Lee Sung Jin, creator of the Netflix series Beef . The second season is a story about class and blackmail at an exclusive country club. He talks about how he has pulled ideas from his own life, and his experience working in writers rooms as the only Asian person. Film critic Justin Chang reviews the new erotic comedy I Want Your Sex, starring Olivia Wilde. Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter Follow us on Instagram Subscribe to our YouTube channel Check out the Fresh Air Archives Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include bonus episodes and curated playlists of archive interviews. Learn more at plus.npr.org . 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","meta_description":"Seven years ago, New Yorker staff writer Jia Tolentino coined the term “Instagram Face.” Now we talk about how current beauty standards are changing our r…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2944,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fresh-air-214340/episodes/best-of-jia-tolentino-on-plastic-surgery-ai-beef-creator-lee-sun-jin/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/best-of-jia-tolentino-on-plastic-surgery-ai-beef-creator-lee-sun-jin.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}