NPR Programs: Fresh Air Podcast show

NPR Programs: Fresh Air Podcast

Summary: Fresh Air from WHYY, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs. Hosted by Terry Gross, the show features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries.

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Podcasts:

 Patchett: In Bad Relationships, 'There Comes A Day When You Gotta Go' | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 38:41

Ann Patchett got married and divorced young. To her second husband, she said: "I'll be true, I'll be faithful ... but I don't want to live together." Her book is This Is The Story of a Happy Marriage.

 You'll Want To Accept The Dinner Invitation To 'The Immortal Evening' | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 6:49

On a cold evening in London in 1817, painter Benjamin Haydon hosted a dinner with the likes of Keats and Wordsworth. Critic Stanley Plumly recreates the crackling conversation about art and science.

 'Test Kitchen': How To Buy The Safest Meat And Make The Juiciest Steaks | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 38:41

The Cook's Illustrated Meat Book gives tips on how to shop for, store, season and cook meat. Why shouldn't you pack your burgers too tight? Two America's Test Kitchen editors explain.

 Ben Bradlee On Journalism: Be 'Fair' And 'Honest,' But Don't 'Back Down' | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 9:22

Bradlee was the executive editor for the Washington Post from 1968 to 1991. He published the Pentagon Papers and covered Watergate. Bradlee, who died Tuesday at 93, talked with Terry Gross in 1995.

 Disappearing Religions Charted In 'Heirs To Forgotten Kingdoms' | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 35:18

When Gerard Russell was a diplomat in the Middle East, he met followers of ancient religions facing extinction. His new book includes the origins of the Yazidis, who are fleeing the Islamic State.

 Nostalgia, Now Out On DVD, With 'Wonder Years' And 'Pee-wee' Releases | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 8:14

In what may be a last gasp for DVD collections, some of the new box-set releases are aimed at baby boomers and Gen X-ers with favorites like The Wonder Years and Pee-wee's Playhouse.

 Ed Norton On 'Birdman,' Wes Anderson And Why $40 Makes Him Proud | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 37:20

Making Birdman "was one of the most creatively satisfying experiences I've had," Norton says. He also talks about why Anderson's films are deep and getting royalties for the music in Death to Smoochy.

 Ex Hex's 'Rips' Does What It Says On The Cover | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 6:57

The initial triumph of Rips is that nearly every one of its songs is sing-along-catchy, immediately memorable.

 One Lawyer's Fight For Young Blacks And 'Just Mercy' | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 38:37

When police pulled a gun on Bryan Stevenson as he was sitting quietly in his car in Atlanta, he knew he had to effect change. His memoir describes his attempts, including freeing men on death row.

 Fresh Air Weekend: Neil Patrick Harris, Two New Prince Albums, Justin Simien | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 48:00

Neil Patrick Harris talks about his new memoir Choose Your Own Autobiography; Ken Tucker reviews two new Prince albums; film director Justin Simien discusses his racial satire Dear White People.

 'Birdman' Follows A Film Actor Frantic To Prove Himself Onstage | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 7:01

The choreography by Alejandro Iñárritu, who directed 21 Grams and Babel, will wow you. But the story about a washed-up actor about to bring off his Broadway debut is an "empty masterwork."

 Astronaut Chris Hadfield Brings Lessons From Space Down To Earth | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 38:07

The former International Space Station commander achieved Internet stardom with his in-space rendition of David Bowie's "Space Oddity." His new book is An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth.

 The Jacket Designer's Challenge: To Capture A Book By Its Cover | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 19:14

Peter Mendelsund has designed hundreds of book covers, including two new ones of his own: Cover and What We See When We Read. He talks about his process and why "dead authors get the best" covers.

 'The Assassination Of Margaret Thatcher' And Other Stories From Hilary Mantel | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 6:35

Heads tend to roll, figuratively and otherwise, in Mantel's writing. Critic Maureen Corrigan says this new short story collection — about grotesque characters in the modern world — is breathtaking.

 Tove Lo Chronicles Three Stages Of A Love Affair | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 6:14

The Swedish pop singer-songwriter has a knack for capturing the thoughts of the romantic mind in a delightfully wordy.

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