How Charlie Kirk Became A Voice Of Conservative Youth
In the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination on Sept. 10, NYT reporter Robert Draper talks with Terry Gross about the conservative activist's rise and legacy. Draper profiled Kirk earlier this year and...
17 Sep 202544min
Mary Roach On Our Remarkable, Replaceable Bodies
Science writer Mary Roach is fascinated by the human body, especially, she says, the "gooey bits and pieces of us that are performing miracles on a daily basis. Roach has done deep dives on human cada...
16 Sep 202546min
The Cost Of Gun Violence On Black Life
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Trymaine Lee's new memoir, A Thousand Ways to Die: The True Cost of Violence on Black Life in America, is part history, and part personal. He traces the bloody histor...
15 Sep 202545min
Terry Gross On 50 Years Of Fresh Air (Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso)
This month marks 50 years of Terry Gross as the host of Fresh Air. What began in 1975 as a local experiment at WHYY in Philadelphia has since grown into a national institution—one that not only transf...
14 Sep 20251h 40min
Best Of: Rob Reiner On 'Spinal Tap II' / Billy Strings
Rob Reiner talks with Terry Gross about directing the new sequel to Spinal Tap, the mockumentary about a heavy metal band. He’ll also talk about his remarkable life and career, like directing When H...
14 Sep 202548min
Inside Netflix's 'Adolescence'
The Netflix miniseries follows a 13-year-old accused of murdering a girl from his school. Co-creator and star Stephen Graham says he read about similar crimes and wanted to know: "Why is this happenin...
12 Sep 202544min
NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner
Veteran Air Force linguist Reality Winner was working at the NSA in 2017 when she leaked a classified document to the press about Russian election interference. Soon after, the FBI showed up at her do...
11 Sep 202544min
The Future Of Free And Fair Elections
Before 2026's midterms, President Trump wants to ban mail-in ballots and electronic voting machines, and change voting rules. Legal expert Richard Hasen discusses the future of free and fair elections...
10 Sep 202545min
