{"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":"Jason Segel is not afraid of the ‘dirty underneath’","slug":"jason-segel-is-not-afraid-of-the-dirty-underneath","published_at":"2026-08-18T18:03:13+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/jason-segel-is-not-afraid-of-the-dirty-underneath","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340","url":"https://www.npr.org/2026/08/18/nx-s1-5935582/jason-segel-is-not-afraid-of-the-dirty-underneath","audio_url":"https://prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-381444908/npr.simplecastaudio.com/49850946-31c1-4953-8129-0d718420c400/episodes/2b81ec57-9de6-43ec-ae32-7c4c76504522/audio/128/default.mp3?awCollectionId=49850946-31c1-4953-8129-0d718420c400&awEpisodeId=2b81ec57-9de6-43ec-ae32-7c4c76504522&feed=jBsBZBHh&t=podcast&e=nx-s1-5935582&p=381444908&d=2738&size=43823944","summary":"Segel returns to talk with Terry Gross about his Emmy-nominated series Shrinking , in which he plays a therapist who suffered a nervous breakdown in the wake of his wife’s death. Segel opens up about his own therapy, acting opposite Harrison Ford, and overcoming writer's block. He thinks of his vulnerability as a super power. \"I'm kind of devoid of pride or shame about the dirty underneath. I'll say the stuff that a lot of people are trying to hide.\" Segel wrote and starred in the hit comedy film Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and played David Foster Wallace in The End of the Tour . Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter Follow us on Instagram Subscribe to our YouTube channel Check out the Fresh Air Archives 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":"Segel returns to talk with Terry Gross about his Emmy-nominated series Shrinking , in which he plays a therapist who suffered a nervous breakdown in the w…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2738,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fresh-air-214340/episodes/jason-segel-is-not-afraid-of-the-dirty-underneath/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/jason-segel-is-not-afraid-of-the-dirty-underneath.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}