Radio Programs

Heidi Schreck talks with Terry about writing and performing her show What the Constitution Means to Me – which is about to open on Broadway.

TERRY GROSS, HOST:

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. The white nationalist movement of today has my guest, historian Henry Louis Gates, looking to the past for the roots of white supremacy.

The Trump administration says it wants to move to a "merit-based" immigration system — one that gives priority to immigrants who speak English and are highly educated.

But critics say that rhetoric is at odds with the administration's actions.

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The tried and true way to improve at sports, or music or anything, really, is practice. What if we could master skills a lot faster — with less practice — simply by wearing a brain-boosting headset? I tried the technology behind this claim to improve my vertical jump.

On the next Fresh Air – the rise of white supremacy after the Civil War and reconstruction – when white southerners found ways to roll back new rights for African Americans.

NPR's Noel King talks to columnist and commentator Cokie Roberts, who answers listener questions on the history of how the government has responded to epidemics and health emergencies.

The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is famous for calypso and soca.  But during Christmas, holiday music with a unique island sound dominates the season.

Nicholas Britell in an accomplished Hollywood composer. His score for If Beale Street Could Talk is nominated for an Oscar.

As my belly grows, I'm more and more stressed by a decision that's weighed on me for the last eight months.

Where should I deliver my baby?

Last summer, when I found out I was pregnant with my first baby, I initially envisioned, like most American women, a hospital delivery.

Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor started the podcast Ear Hustle when Woods was a prisoner in San Quentin. Woods' sentence was recently commuted, but the two continue to tell stories of life behind bars.

Rachel Martin talks to GOP Rep. Doug Collins about the House passed resolution that empowers a committee to go to court to enforce subpoenas as it investigates Trump. NPR's Tamara Keith weighs in.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is suing social media giant Facebook for allegedly violating the Fair Housing Act.

HUD says Facebook does so by "encouraging, enabling and causing housing discrimination" when it allows companies that use their platform to improperly shield who can see certain housing ads.

Judy Garland's daughter Lorna Luft talks about what her mother went through while making the 1954 film. The movie was produced by Sid Luft, who was Lorna's father and Garland's husband at the time.

Bastianich grew up eating farm-to-table meals with her Italian family. After they fled Europe as refugees, she drew on those meals in opening her first restaurant. Originally broadcast May 7, 2018.

TERRY GROSS, HOST:

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Two of the people under investigation by Robert Mueller - Roger Stone and Jerome Corsi - are conspiracy theorists who believe the deep state is trying to take over America.

Writer and director Tamara Jenkins was in her early 40s and struggling with infertility when she and her husband began what she calls a "by any means necessary" campaign to have a child.

A half century ago, America's dreams were realized in space. The power of U.S. innovation and spirit brought the Apollo 11 crew to the moon and back.

That mission was possible due to a diverse team of engineers, astronauts and mathematicians.

As the son of agrand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, Derek Black was once the heir apparent of the white nationalist movement.

Growing up, he made speeches, hosted a radio show and started the website KidsStormfront — which acted as a companion to Stormfront, the white nationalist website his father, Don Black, created.

NPR's exclusive interview with Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - on the future of her party, her newfound fame, and President Trump's vision of a border wall.