Now Playing

Loading streams...

Fresh Air

Monday through Friday, 11am - 12noon; Monday through Thursday, 7pm - 8pm
Terry Gross

Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics.  Terry Gross hosts this multi-award-winning daily interview and features program.  The veteran public radio interviewer is known for her extraordinary ability to engage guests of all dispositions.  Every weekday she delights intelligent and curious listeners with revelations on contemporary societal concerns.

Genre: 
News/Talk
Composer ID: 
5187f5a3e1c80ade92b5bd8c|5187f57fe1c80ade92b5bceb

Pages

Television
10:37 am
Wed June 20, 2012

Jeff Daniels: Anchoring The Cast Of 'The Newsroom'

Next imagePrevious image
Credit HBO
After a public meltdown and a wholesale staff defection, Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) decides to take a different approach with his nightly news show.
Credit HBO
In addition to Daniels, the ensemble cast of The Newsroom includes Thomas Sadoski (left) and Sam Waterston.
Share
E-mail
Comments
By editor

Originally published on Wed June 20, 2012 11:22 am

Aaron Sorkin's new HBO drama The Newsroom revolves around Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels), a popular cable-news anchor floating happily along with his nightly newscast, which does well in the ratings but doesn't tend to delve into anything that could offend or alienate anyone.

After McAvoy has a public meltdown at a university lecture, he's put on a three-week hiatus by his boss (Sam Waterston). During McAvoy's time off, his staff defects and a new executive producer named Mackenzie McHale (Emily Mortimer) is hired to take the helm of McAvoy's show.

Read more
Sports
11:32 am
Tue June 19, 2012

Bob Ojeda: Pitching Through The Pain

Share
E-mail
Comments
By editor

Originally published on Tue June 19, 2012 2:27 pm

Over the course of his 14 years in baseball, Bob Ojeda threw more than 1,000 strikeouts and countless pitches across the plate.

The lefty, who spent most of his career with the Boston Red Sox and the New York Mets, retired in 1994 after winning a World Series in 1986 and leading the American League in shutouts in 1984.

During that entire time, his left pitching arm hurt.

Read more
Author Interviews
10:01 am
Tue June 19, 2012

Edible Fermentables: Wine, Beer, Cheese, Meat

Credit iStockphoto.com
Beer may be the oldest fermented beverage on the planet.
Share
E-mail
Comments
By editor

Originally published on Thu June 21, 2012 9:15 am

In the beginning, the self-described "fermentation fetishist" Sandor Katz loved sour pickles.

"For whatever reason, I was drawn to that flavor as a child," he tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross. "And then when I was in my 20s, I did quite a bit of dietary experimentation and ... I started noticing that whenever I ate sauerkraut or pickles, even the smell of it would make my salivary glands start secreting."

After Katz moved from New York City to a rural community in Tennessee, his fascination with all things fermented increased.

Read more
Music Reviews
10:01 am
Tue June 19, 2012

Ray Anderson: A Pocket-Size Suite Makes A Huge Racket

Next imagePrevious image
Credit Jeanne Moutoussamy Ashe
It's tricky making a little band sound big on Sweet Chicago Suite, but trombonist Ray Anderson knows his tricks.
Credit
Sweet Chicago Suite album cover
Share
E-mail
Comments
By

Originally published on Tue June 19, 2012 2:47 pm

Ray Anderson's Pocket Brass Band is about watch-pocket size: With three horns and drums, it couldn't get much smaller. On its new Sweet Chicago Suite, Anderson makes what the group does sound easy. Just write some catchy, bluesy tunes and then have the band blast them out.

Read more
Book Reviews
11:41 am
Mon June 18, 2012

'Beautiful Ruins,' Both Human And Architectural

Next imagePrevious image
Credit
Credit Hannah Assouline / HarperCollins
Jess Walter is the author of six novels, including The Financial Lives of the Poets, The Zero and Citizen Vince. He lives in Spokane, Washington.
Share
E-mail
Comments
By

In Jess Walter's new novel, Beautiful Ruins, there's a beaten-down character named Claire who works in Hollywood reading scripts for a living. Claire is inundated with reality TV show pitches, many of them featuring drunk models or drunk sex addicts — in short, scripts so offensive that, Claire thinks, to give them the green light for production would be akin to "singlehandedly hastening the apocalypse."

Read more

Pages