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About Fresh Air
Fresh Air is nationally recognized as setting the standard for long-form audio interviews. Terry Gross has, for more than 35 years, engaged in conversations with newsmakers, writers, film directors, musicians, actors and artists to open windows into their hearts, minds and work.
Latest from Fresh Air
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Fifteen years after The Book of Mormon made its Broadway debut, original cast members Andrew Rannells and Josh Gad once again took the stage as Mormon missionaries — this time at the 2026 Tony Awards. -
Hamnet novelist O'Farrell turns to her own family story in Land. Maureen Corrigan reviews Talking Classics, by Mary Beard. Richard Pryor's daughter, Elizabeth, is a scholar of the N-word. -
Backrooms, by 20-year-old filmmaker Kane Parsons, is set in a mysterious maze of abandoned offices. Curry Barker, 26, tells a horror story about consent and male loneliness in Obsession. -
The Tony Award-winning actor, who died in 2022, starred in the Broadway musicals Mame, Gypsy and Sweeney Todd, as well as in the TV series Murder, She Wrote. Originally broadcast in 1980.
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Cumming has starred in the musical Cabaret three times. He talks about everything from his costume (which he calls a "Wonder Bra" for men) to the show's darker themes. Originally broadcast in 2014.
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"He's the guy I want to be when I grow up," Peters says of his Wire character, Lester Freamon. In The Boroughs, Peters plays a member of a retirement community that's plagued by mysterious forces.
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Javier Bardem is riveting in this 10-part Apple TV miniseries about a man who, recently released from prison, goes on to terrorize his former attorney. -
The team behind Stranger Things has another series about a group of quirky misfits and mysterious creatures. The Boroughs is well worth seeing — as much for its veteran cast as for its story.
