{"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":"Stories of survival & loss at Ground Zero","slug":"stories-of-survival-loss-at-ground-zero","published_at":"2026-09-11T18:18:56+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340/stories-of-survival-loss-at-ground-zero","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fresh-air-214340","url":"https://www.npr.org/2026/09/11/nx-s1-5966665/stories-of-survival-loss-at-ground-zero","audio_url":"https://prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-381444908/npr.simplecastaudio.com/49850946-31c1-4953-8129-0d718420c400/episodes/10fbd0e6-d4de-42ae-9564-65c70722d52c/audio/128/default.mp3?awCollectionId=49850946-31c1-4953-8129-0d718420c400&awEpisodeId=10fbd0e6-d4de-42ae-9564-65c70722d52c&feed=jBsBZBHh&t=podcast&e=nx-s1-5966665&p=381444908&d=2789&size=44625172","summary":"For the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, we go into our archive for voices of those who were there. Deputy Fire Chief John “Jay” Jonas spoke with Terry Gross about being inside the North Tower when it collapsed. Firefighter Ken Haskell talks about losing his two brothers and his search at Ground Zero. Author (and former firefighter) Dennis Smith talks about the structure of the WTC itself, and how it contributed to deaths. In the second half of the show, we hear from artists who processed the tragedy in poetry and music: Poets Sekou Sundiata and Robert Pinsky, saxophonist Sonny Rollins. 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":"For the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, we go into our archive for voices of those who were there. Deputy Fire Chief John “Jay” Jonas spoke with…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2789,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fresh-air-214340/episodes/stories-of-survival-loss-at-ground-zero/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/stories-of-survival-loss-at-ground-zero.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}