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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs.
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How Trump's EPA head has transformed the agency — and sided with polluters
New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert says EPA chief Lee Zeldin has rescinded regulations, cut or eliminated departments and terminated the jobs of many scientists. Trump calls Zeldin "our secret weapon."
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Flea on his wild path from childhood to the Chili Peppers: 'Thank God I've changed'
The longtime bassist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers has his first solo album. "I'm making music that occupies its own place in the world and that feels that's good to me," Flea says of Honora.
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'I love transforming': Nick Offerman goes from Pawnee to pro wrestler
Best known for his role as Ron Swanson on Parks and Recreation, Offerman plays a former professional wrestler reconnecting with his estranged daughter in Margo's Got Money Troubles.
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An off-beat family makes some 'Big Mistakes' in this clever crime farce
A new Netflix comedy series by and starring Dan Levy is a wild inversion of Schitt's Creek. Where that show started out cartoonish and grew warmer, Big Mistakes is a frolic that grows more hellish.
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Fresh Air Weekend: Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai; Actor Oscar Isaac
Yousafzai talks about life before and after being shot by a Taliban gunman. Maureen Corrigan reviews three gutsy new novels. Isaac struggled with Beef, so he turned to Frankenstein for help.
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A filmmaker tries to make sense of her past in the achingly sad 'Blue Heron'
Sophy Romvari's semi-autobiographical drama touches on her childhood in British Columbia and her family's experience of tragedy. Blue Heron has won numerous prizes at international film festivals.
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'Schmigadoon!' co-creator says series was inspired by a 'love affair' with musicals
Cinco Paul loves musicals — unlike his long-time writing partner. Their Apple TV+ series, now on Broadway, centers on a couple who become trapped in a musical town. Originally broadcast Aug. 23, 2021.
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Author details the spy network that took on America's post-WWII Nazi groups
In The Secret War Against Hate, Stephen J. Ross details the racist, anti-Semitic groups that sprang up in the latter half of the 20th century — and the spy network that worked to bring them to justice.
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Inside Linda McMahon's effort to dismantle the Department of Education
A former pro-wrestling executive, McMahon is now the education secretary Trump tasked with abolishing the agency. New Yorker writer Zach Helfand explains how her WWE experience led her to this role.
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Oscar Isaac struggled with 'Beef.' So he turned to 'Frankenstein' for help
In Season 2 of Beef, Isaac plays Josh, a country club manager whose life is unravelling. He got into character by imagining how Victor Frankenstein would feel trapped inside Josh's "small life."
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Malala Yousafzai on life before and after being shot by a Taliban gunman
As a teen, Yousafzai risked her life speaking out against the Taliban. "At the time, what scared me more was a life without an education as a girl," the Nobel-winner told Terry Gross at a live event.
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Fresh Air Weekend: Actor Amanda Peet; How to read Toni Morrison
Actor Amanda Peet says she's "cancer-free and extremely lucky." David Bianculli reviews Margo's Got Money Troubles. A new book by Harvard professor Namwali Serpell dives into Toni Morrison's work.
