Poet Rachel Eliza Griffiths On Love, Tragedy & ‘Survivor Mode’
On the day Griffiths married author Salman Rushdie, her long time best friend died unexpectedly. Eleven months later, Rushdie was stabbed multiple times while being interviewed on stage. In her new me...
20 Jan 44min
How Racism Costs Everyone
Four years ago, Heather McGhee examined a question at the heart of American life: Why do so many Americans believe that progress for one group means loss for another? She traveled the country talking ...
19 Jan 45min
Best Of: Jodie Foster / Tessa Thompson
Jodie Foster has been acting since she was 3. At 12 she was nominated for an Oscar for her role in Scorsese’s ‘Taxi Driver.’ This year marks the 50th anniversary of that film. Foster spoke with Terry ...
17 Jan 48min
Remembering Grateful Dead Founding Member Bob Weir
We remember Bob Weir, founding member of the Grateful Dead, who died last week at 78. The guitarist spoke with Fresh Air Executive Producer Sam Briger in 2016 about working on a ranch, learning to rid...
16 Jan 46min
Novelist Julian Barnes Faces Mortality Without Fear
The Man Booker Prize-winning writer says his new book, ‘Departure(s),’ will be his last. He spoke with Terry Gross about blending genres, moving through grief after his wife died, and the fallibility ...
15 Jan 43min
Marco Rubio’s Shift From Trump Critic To Champion
Marco Rubio once called Trump a "con artist." He’s now among his most loyal defenders. New Yorker staff writer Dexter Filkins describes Secretary of State Rubio's character, political transformation a...
14 Jan 44min
Jodie Foster
Foster was just 12 years old when she starred in Scorsese’s 1976 film ‘Taxi Driver.’ "What luck to have been part of that, our golden age of cinema in the '70s," she says. She talks with Terry Gross a...
13 Jan 44min
‘The God of the Woods’ Author Liz Moore
Moore says writing is mostly labor, but "2% of the time, usually at the very beginning of a book and the very end of a book, it feels like flying." She's also the author of ‘Long Bright River,’ which ...
12 Jan 45min
