{"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. 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","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T08:21:33.528133+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340"},"episode":{"title":"Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw’s path from ‘Backtalker’ to legal scholar","slug":"kimberl-williams-crenshaw-s-path-from-backtalker-to-legal-scholar","published_at":"2026-05-05T19:35:19+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/kimberl-williams-crenshaw-s-path-from-backtalker-to-legal-scholar","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340","url":"https://www.npr.org/2026/05/05/nx-s1-5812608/kimberle-williams-crenshaws-path-from-backtalker-to-legal-scholar","audio_url":"https://prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-381444908/npr.simplecastaudio.com/49850946-31c1-4953-8129-0d718420c400/episodes/5a806b63-b450-4e23-8485-b2252eac907b/audio/128/default.mp3?awCollectionId=49850946-31c1-4953-8129-0d718420c400&awEpisodeId=5a806b63-b450-4e23-8485-b2252eac907b&feed=jBsBZBHh&t=podcast&e=nx-s1-5812608&p=381444908&d=2665&size=42656166","summary":"Crenshaw named two of the most contested ideas in American politics: intersectionality and critical race theory. Her new book is called ‘Backtalker: An American Memoir.’ It takes us to her childhood in Canton, Ohio, and along her path through Cornell, Harvard Law, and the University of Wisconsin, where, in 1988, as a graduate student, she sketched a diagram of an intersection to explain how race, class, and gender overlap. She spoke with Tonya Mosley about these moments in her career, and how she’s thinking about America’s 250th anniversary. 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":"Crenshaw named two of the most contested ideas in American politics: intersectionality and critical race theory. Her new book is called ‘Backtalker: An Am…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2665,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fresh-air-214340/episodes/kimberl-williams-crenshaw-s-path-from-backtalker-to-legal-scholar/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/kimberl-williams-crenshaw-s-path-from-backtalker-to-legal-scholar.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}