Terry Gross

Host, Fresh Air

Terry Gross appears in the following:

Don't Be Fooled By The Talking Horse — 'BoJack' Is A Sadness 'Sneak Attack'

Monday, September 02, 2019

BoJack Horseman creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg says part of the pitch for the Emmy-nominated animated show was, "What's Mister Ed like behind the scenes?" Originally broadcast Oct. 17, 2018.

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Return To Middle School In 'PEN15': Creators Say 'It's All About Survival'

Monday, September 02, 2019

Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle are nominated for an Emmy for their writing on PEN15, a Hulu comedy series in which they play 13-year-old versions of themselves. Originally broadcast May 6, 2019.

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Satirist Randy Rainbow Uses Show Tunes And Pop Songs To Lampoon Trump

Friday, August 30, 2019

The Emmy-nominated lyricist/performer used to consider song parody cheap humor: "But ... I've gotten [such a] response ... that I'm appreciating it as an art form." Originally broadcast July 17, 2019.

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Billy Eichner Makes A Career Out Of Love/Hating Celebrity Culture

Friday, August 30, 2019

In his Emmy-nominated series Billy on the Street, Eichner roams the sidewalks of Manhattan, asking strangers open-ended questions about the entertainment industry. Originally broadcast Dec. 12, 2016.

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'Dead To Me' Star Christina Applegate: Loss 'Lives In The Fibers Of Your Being'

Thursday, August 29, 2019

Applegate is nominated for an Emmy for her role as a woman mourning the sudden death of her husband in the Netflix series Dead to Me. Originally broadcast June 5, 2019.

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Natasha Lyonne On Being A 'Tough Guy' And Finding Herself Inside 'Russian Doll'

Thursday, August 29, 2019

Lyonne is up for an Emmy for her role as a woman who keeps dying and coming back to life on Russian Doll. It's a premise that she finds particularly resonant. Originally published March 27, 2019.

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No Longer Omar: Actor Michael K. Williams On Lucky Breaks And Letting Go

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Nominated for an Emmy for his work in When They See Us, Williams made a name for himself playing memorable characters in shows like The Wire and The Night Of. Originally broadcast July 25, 2016.

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Ava DuVernay Focuses On The Central Park 5's Perspective: 'Now People Know'

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

DuVernay's When They See Us, which is up for 16 Emmys, chronicles five black and brown teenagers who were manipulated into falsely confessing to a brutal rape. Originally broadcast June 19, 2019.

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Ben Stiller Unlocks An 'Old-Fashioned' Prison Break In 'Escape At Dannemora'

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Stiller's Showtime series, which is up for 12 Emmys, centers on the true story of two convicted murderers who broke out of a maximum security prison in 2015. Originally broadcast Jan. 8, 2019.

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Patricia Arquette On Embracing The Sexuality Of Her 'Dannemora' Character

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Arquette has been nominated for an Emmy for her portrayal of a civilian worker who enables a prison break in the Showtime series Escape at Dannemora. Originally broadcast April 29, 2019.

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'Fleabag' And 'Killing Eve' Creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge Is Full Of Surprises

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Waller-Bridge is nominated for five Emmys for the Amazon series Fleabag, about a single, 30-something Londoner dealing with tense relationships, grief and love. Originally broadcast May 13, 2019.

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On HBO's 'Barry,' Bill Hader Asks, 'Can You Change Your Nature?'

Monday, August 26, 2019

Hader is up for Emmy Awards for acting in and writing the dark comedy series, Barry, in which he plays a hitman who enrolls in acting classes. Originally broadcast June 20, 2019.

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John Mulaney On Hosting 'SNL': 'I Had No Idea How Hard This Was'

Monday, August 26, 2019

Mulaney spent five years as a writer and producer on SNL, but was "absolutely terrified" when he came back to host. Now he's up for an Emmy for hosting SNL. Originally broadcast March 26, 2019.

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'Fresh Air' Remembers 'Easy Rider' Peter Fonda

Friday, August 23, 2019

The Oscar-nominated actor and screenwriter, who died Aug. 16, spoke to Terry Gross in 1998 about Ulee's Gold, Easy Rider and his acting philosophy of "doing less — and making more of it."

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'Mindhunter' Actor Jonathan Groff On His Most Life-Altering Roles

Friday, August 16, 2019

Groff told Fresh Air in 2017 that his work on HBO's Looking changed his life: "It's ... the most personal thing I've worked on." He stars in the Netflix series Mindhunter, now in its second season.

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Remembering Bob Wilber, A Standard Bearer For Traditional Jazz

Thursday, August 15, 2019

The saxophonist and clarinetist, a student of Sidney Bechet and thusly a specialist in early styles, died Aug. 4 at the age of 91. He spoke with Terry Gross in 1988.

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How Hannah Shaw, The 'Kitten Lady,' Rescues The Most Fragile Felines

Thursday, August 15, 2019

The professional cat advocate and caretaker has penned a new guide, Tiny but Mighty, on how to adopt neonatal kittens, who are often too vulnerable to be housed in standard animal shelters.

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On 'Pose,' Janet Mock Tells The Stories She Craved As A Young Trans Person

Wednesday, August 14, 2019

As a writer, director and producer of the TV series about the underground ballroom community in 1980s New York, she says the work sometimes makes her tear up.

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'Kochland': How The Koch Brothers Changed U.S. Corporate And Political Power

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

In a new book, Christopher Leonard chronicles how Koch Industries acquired huge businesses, limited its liability and created a political influence network to remake the GOP.

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Sister Helen Prejean On Witnessing Executions: 'I Couldn't Let Them Die Alone'

Monday, August 12, 2019

The Catholic nun became an outspoken opponent of the death penalty following the events in her book Dead Man Walking. Her new memoir, River of Fire, details her spiritual journey up to that point.

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