Radio Programs

Dave Davies talks with Dr. Homer Venters, who spent nine years as head of New York City’s correctional health services.

Joel and Ethan Coen have an erratic body of work but a remarkably consistent worldview. So it's no surprise that their six-part Western anthology, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, feels like both an entirely coherent vision and something of a mixed bag.

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This is FRESH AIR. A 50-year-old album by pianist Oscar Peterson and a studio orchestra has been reissued by the German label MPS.

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This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. The Netflix animated series "Tuca & Bertie" has a look that's similar to another Netflix animated series, "BoJack Horseman." That's because Lisa Hanawalt, the creator of "Tuca & Bertie," is also the creative designer of "BoJack.

Stopping climate change would mean a different way of urban living. And in cities like Toronto, where people are living closer together and relying less on cars, you can already see a carbon-free world emerging.

President Trump sees the U.S.-Mexico border as the country's last line of defense.

Steve Inskeep talks to columnist and commentator Cokie Roberts, who answers listener questions about the history of great speeches delivered in the hall of the House of Representatives.

On the next Fresh Air, Terry talks with Lori Gottlieb, who writes the Dear Therapist column for The Atlantic.

The Farewellopens with five cheeky words: "based on an actual lie." This funny, melancholy ensemble drama was inspired by an experience that the writer-director Lulu Wang and her family went through years ago, when they were told that Wang's grandmother was terminally ill.

On June 30, the Showtime network launches a new TV miniseries called The Loudest Voice. Based on the Gabriel Sherman bookThe Loudest Voice in the Room, it's a seven-part drama about the television triumphs and controversies of Roger Ailes, who created and ran the Fox News Channel.

On the next Fresh Air – Terry talks with Loudon Wainwright the third.