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Fresh Air
382 episodes · Interviews · by NPR
About Fresh Air
Fresh Air is a Interviews podcast with 382 episodes in the PodLexicon database, each accompanied by a full searchable transcript and AI-generated 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. PodLexicon indexes every episode of Fresh Air and turns each one into a searchable AI summary — find the episode that covers a topic, track how that topic evolved over time, or compare what different guests said about it.
Topics Covered on Fresh Air
Emily Wilson's Critique of Nolan's The Odyssey Translation Philosophy and Technique Comparative Translation Analysis Wilson's Journey to Classical Scholarship John Bernthal on Acting and Vulnerability The Punisher and Grounded Masculinity Bra-Burning Myth and Media Distortion Three Groups on the Boardwalk
Notable Guests on Fresh Air
Recent Episodes
Best Of: Colman Domingo / Writer Leïla Slimani — August 22, 2026‘The Dog Stars’ novelist Peter Heller / Remembering rock critic Dave Marsh — August 21, 2026‘Wonder Man’ star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II on cancellation and confidence — August 20, 2026Challenges the U.S. military is facing in Iran — August 19, 2026Jason Segel is not afraid of the ‘dirty underneath’ — August 18, 2026What evolution reveals about eating, dieting and fat — August 17, 2026Best Of: 'Spider-Man' dir. Destin Daniel Cretton / Novelist Harriet Clark — August 15, 2026Reckoning with America’s history of slavery — August 14, 2026Colman Domingo loves a challenge — August 13, 2026The race for tech supremacy: The U.S. vs. China — August 12, 2026‘Spider-Man’ director Destin Daniel Cretton — August 11, 2026Silicon Valley billionaires’ war on democracy — August 10, 2026Best Of: Jia Tolentino on plastic surgery & AI / ‘Beef’ creator Lee Sun Jin — August 08, 2026Remembering ‘The Man Who Listens to Horses’ — August 07, 2026Novelist Claire Vaye Watkins on the beauty & brutality of the desert — August 06, 2026How Trump made an estimated $2.2 billion last year — August 05, 2026Jean Smart bids farewell to ‘Hacks’ — August 04, 2026Miss America ‘68, women’s lib, and the politics of beauty — August 03, 2026Best Of: ‘Odyssey’ translator Emily Wilson / Actor Jon Bernthal — August 01, 2026Remembering Irish singer–songwriter Glen Hansard — July 31, 2026Actor Jon Bernthal on grit, dedication & the teacher who saved him — July 30, 2026‘Odyssey’ translator Emily Wilson: Nolan should've hired a screenwriter — July 29, 2026The forces that shape gun culture — July 28, 2026French-Moroccan writer Leïla Slimani on feminism & freedom — July 27, 2026Best Of: Broadway legend André De Shields / Apache Chef Nephi Craig — July 25, 2026A former nun on why she ran away from her 'Cloistered' life — July 24, 2026Lee Sung Jin on the breakthrough that led him to ‘BEEF’ — July 23, 2026Jia Tolentino on ‘Our Plastic Surgery Nightmare’ — July 22, 2026Broadway legend André De Shields doesn't walk, he floats — July 21, 2026Harriet Clark spent 37 years visiting her mom in prison — July 20, 2026Best Of: ‘The Invite’ screenwriters / Guitarist Lenny Kaye — July 18, 2026Ebon Moss-Bachrach on ‘The Bear’ — July 17, 2026Apache Chef Nephi Craig says cooking saved his life — July 16, 2026Gold, secrets, never-ending meetings: Inside the Trump White House — July 15, 2026Uncovering abuse inside America's largest ICE detention center — July 14, 2026'The Invite' screenwriters Rashida Jones & Will McCormack — July 13, 2026Best Of: Record producer Peter Asher / Romance writer Kennedy Ryan — July 11, 2026Remembering musical theater historian Robert Kimball — July 10, 2026Guitarist Lenny Kaye on Patti Smith, Nuggets, and his solo debut — July 09, 2026A look at new barriers at the ballot box — July 08, 2026Legendary record producer & manager Peter Asher — July 07, 2026Writer Rachel Aviv explores the complexity of the mother-daughter bond — July 06, 2026Best Of: Tennis stars Chris Evert & Martina Navratilova / American Culture Wars — July 04, 2026Steven Spielberg — July 03, 2026Writer Kennedy Ryan uses romance novels as a vehicle for discourse — July 02, 2026The “bullies of the tick world” are on the hunt — July 01, 2026Banned books, shocking art & the birth of the culture wars — June 30, 2026Tennis rivals Chris Evert & Martina Navratilova team up against cancer — June 29, 2026Best Of: Laverne Cox /Comic Ali Siddiq — June 27, 2026Remembering master of the TV sitcom, James Burrows — June 26, 2026
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