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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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'The Lowdown' isn't just a good show. It's a good hang
Ethan Hawke plays a bookstore owner who moonlights as a muckraking reporter in Tulsa, Okla. Though The Lowdown occasionally meanders or misfires, every episode of the FX series is bracingly alive.
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Fresh Air Weekend: Jude Law; Pedro Pascal
Law takes a dark turn in the psychological drama Black Rabbit. Ken Tucker recommends new fall music. Pascal stars in the The Last of Us, but says he wouldn't want to survive an apocalypse.
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Jude Law takes a dark turn in the psychological drama 'Black Rabbit'
Law's Netflix series with Jason Bateman follows two brothers in New York City, one a successful restaurateur, the other on the run and in debt. Law's also an executive producer of the series.
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Fall's music highlights include new releases from Big Thief, Zach Top and Laufey
Big Thief has a new album, as does Zach Top, a young country singer with roots in old country. And the Icelandic-Chinese singer Laufey brings a classical-music and jazz influence to her pop songs.
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How Charlie Kirk became a leader of the conservative youth movement
New York Times reporter Robert Draper explains Kirk's rise and legacy. He was killed Sept. 10. Draper also discusses conservative commentator Nick Fuentes, a rival of Kirk's with a large following.
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'I was quite a maverick kid' — 'Fresh Air' went behind the scenes with Robert Redford
The legendary actor died Tuesday at 89. "I wasn't learning the way I was supposed to learn ..." he explained in 2013. "I realized that my education was going to happen when I got out in the world."
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From heart to skin to hair, 'Replaceable You' dives into the science of transplant
Science writer Mary Roach chronicles both the history and the latest science of body part replacement in her new book. She also answers the question: Is it kosher to receive an organ donation from a pig?
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Terry Gross reflects on 50 years of hosting 'Fresh Air'
In an excerpt of her interview with Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso, Gross shares her life motto and talks about writing song lyrics in high school. The full episode explores the origins of Fresh Air.
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Joni Mitchell showcases her jazz connections on a new anthology
Of all the folk songsters from the 1960s, Mitchell has proven to have the strongest influence on jazz singers. Joni's Jazz features her collaborations with stars like Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock.
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'Adolescence' co-creator takes us inside the Emmy-nominated series
Stephen Graham is nominated for three Emmy Awards for co-creating and starring in Adolescence. The Netflix series follows a 13-year-old accused of murder. Originally broadcast March 31, 2025.
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'Mussolini: Son of the Century' is a flashy take on how dictatorships happen
A new eight-part series by MUBI chronicles the ferocious rise of the Italian dictator. While the show is a bit too eager to make Mussolini entertaining, the story it tells couldn't be any more timely.
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4 lives are upended by an impulsive kiss in the epic novel 'Buckeye'
Patrick Ryan's novel focuses on two married couples and stretches from pre-WWII to the close of the 20th century, capturing both the sweep of history and the mundane particularity of everyday life.
