Fresh Air

Episodes

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  Uzo Aduba thanks her mom: 'I didn't know how many prayers she sent up to heaven for me'

  The Orange Is the New Black actor grew up the daughter of Nigerian immigrants in a predominantly white Massachusetts suburb. She looks back on her mother's influence in the memoir, The Road Is Good.

  Sep 25, 2024 at 10:17 am

• 'WandaVision' spinoff is just as creative and magical as its predecessor

  Kathryn Hahn stars as a witch who's lost her powers in Agatha All Along. To regain them, she has to assemble a witches’ coven and lead them on a journey down a magical, threatening witches’ road.

  Sep 24, 2024 at 8:54 am

• Mueller investigator says Russia interfered in 2016 -- and in the 2024 election too

  Mueller deputy Aaron Zebley looks back on the investigation of Trump's ties to Russia and explains why his team didn’t indict the president in 2017. Zebley is the co-author of Interference.

  Sep 24, 2024 at 8:28 am
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  'I didn't want it to end.' Why director Todd Phillips came back with another 'Joker'

  After the 2019 Joker wrapped, Phillips knew he wanted to do more with Batman's archnemesis. Joker: Folie à Deux is a musical sequel, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga.

  Sep 23, 2024 at 11:09 am

• 'The Penguin' is a darkly engrossing entry into the Batman cannon

  With no costumes, no superpowers and no Batman, HBO's The Penguin is less like a comic book series than a crime drama — closer to The Sopranos than to the Batman movie from which it came.

  Sep 20, 2024 at 9:19 am

• Remembering Dan Morgenstern, a revered jazz historian, archivist and critic

  Morgenstern, who died Sept. 7, directed the Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies for 35 years, building a one-of-a-kind collection of recordings, memorabilia and writings. Originally broadcast in 2004.

  Sep 20, 2024 at 9:18 am

• 'Bad Monkey' novelist Carl Hiaasen says Key West has 'laws all its own'

  Hiaasen has spent his life skewering and defending his native Florida. His novel, Bad Monkey, has been adapted into an Apple TV+ mystery series starring Vince Vaughn. Originally broadcast in 2013.

  Sep 20, 2024 at 9:14 am
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  A light-hearted murder mystery weekend turns deadly in Kate Atkinson's cozy thriller

  Death at the Sign of the Rook is an expansive novel that pokes fun of baroque, classic murder mysteries — but also delivers a fully satisfying, all-the-pieces-click-together ending.

  Sep 20, 2024 at 8:54 am

• 'Times' reporter Haberman weighs in on Trump, the media and the turbulent election

  Maggie Haberman, who's spent years covering Trump, discusses his behavior on the campaign trail, including his insistence on responding to every slight — even when it undermines his appeal to voters.

  Sep 19, 2024 at 9:18 am
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  'Entitlement' disappoints — 'Leave the World Behind' was a tough act to follow

  Rumaan Alam’s previous novel was an inspired swirl of suspense, social commentary and apocalyptic disaster. His latest is about a young Black woman working for a uber-rich white socialite.

  Sep 19, 2024 at 8:30 am

• Fresh Air for Sept. 18, 2024: Connie Chung

  Hear the Fresh Air program for Sep 18, 2024

  Sep 18, 2024 at 11:42 am
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  Connie Chung says booze and bawdy jokes helped her break into journalism's boys club

  In a new memoir, Chung reflects on the decades she spent covering the news, her marriage to Maury Povich and the prominent figures who acted inappropriately with her — including President Carter.

  Sep 18, 2024 at 11:05 am