Actor Rock Hudson was one of Hollywood's leading men who was also a closeted gay man.
On the next Fresh Air -- how the brain responds and adapts to certain drugs and alcohol - leading to addiction.
A year ago, the #MeToo movement drew attention to the widespread problem of sexual harassment.
Last year, a Chinese scientist revealed that he had used a powerful new gene-editing technique, known as CRISPR, to genetically modify human embryos.
Its founder was fired. Its president resigned. Now the Southern Poverty Law Center is facing allegations of a toxic workplace that discriminates against women and people of color.
The title of The Sisters Brothers is both tongue-in-cheek and matter-of-fact. It's about two brothers with the last name Sisters: Eli Sisters and Charlie Sisters.
The whole movie is like that, a series of deadpan jokes wrapped in a shambling no-big-deal realism.
Fifty years ago, an oil well off the coast of Santa Barbara blew out, causing what was then the largest oil spill in U-S history.
AMC's decision to show its new six-hour miniseries The Little Drummer Girl over three consecutive nights is a smart strategy. This spy story, based on the bestselling novel by John Le Carré, begins at such a deliberate pace that it takes almost two hours before the central story line — the actual spy mission — is set in motion.
Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, who heads both the National Security Agency and the U.S. Cyber Command, usually doesn't say much in public. But recently, he's been on what amounts to a public relations blitz.
In July 2018, former Fox News co-President Bill Shine joined the White Housestaff as deputy chief of staff for communications and assistant to President Trump.
He wasn't the first — or only — Fox News personality to align with the president.
On the next Fresh Air - the world beneath our feet. Journalist Will Hunt talks with Dave Davies about his fascination with things below the surface of the earth.
Dee Ford was getting angry tweets when the Kansas City Chiefs' player drew a late penalty against the Patriots and his team lost. A woman named Dee Ford is on Twitter, she gets tweets meant for him.
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New York City is testing a new model of workforce training for the future.
In October, the city partnered with the Freelancers Union to open the Freelancers Hub in Brooklyn. It's a kind of communal co-working space that offers classes, tax and legal advice — all at no cost — to the city's growing population of freelance workers.
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This is FRESH AIR. Actress and comedian Mindy Kaling has said in interviews that she started her entertainment career as a diversity hire, writing for the NBC series "The Office.
Earlier this year, a report by NPR exposed a nightmare of debt for public school teachers across the country.
Woods' recent Masters title follows a 10-year drought of major tournament victories. Jeff Benedict, co-author of Tiger Woods, says: "What we're seeing now is someone who loves what he's doing."
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