Terry Gross

Host, Fresh Air

Terry Gross appears in the following:

For Bill Hader, Sketch Comedy Sprung From A 'Need To Be Doing Something Creative'

Friday, March 30, 2018

In 2012, Saturday Night Live's Bill Hader told Fresh Air that watching old films as a child sparked his interest in Hollywood. His latest project is the HBO series Barry.

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Reporter Tells Of Persian Gulf Rivalries, Hacked Emails And A Mueller Subpoena

Thursday, March 29, 2018

New York Times reporter David Kirkpatrick explains the connection between the Mueller Investigation and efforts by the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia to influence U.S. international policy.

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'Americanized' Recounts What It's Like To Grow Up Undocumented

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Sara Saedi was two when her parents fled Iran to California. Her new memoir describes her 18-year-long path to citizenship, and the lingering anxiety of being undocumented.

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British Travel Writer Jan Morris Weighs In On The 'Advantages Of Androgyny'

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

The celebrated writer transitioned from male to female in 1972 at the age of 46. In 1989, Morris told Terry Gross that she had shed "a lot of the emotions and the experiences of both genders."

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Remembering Buell Neidlinger, A Genre-Hopping Bassist, Composer And Music Teacher

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Neidlinger, who died March 16, was a child prodigy on the cello who went on to perform in the New York Philharmonic and also as a studio and jazz musician. Originally broadcast in 1989.

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How 'Bad Medicine' Dismisses And Misdiagnoses Women's Symptoms

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Journalist Maya Dusenbery argues that medicine has a "systemic and unconscious bias" against women that is rooted in "what doctors, regardless of their own gender, are learning in medical schools."

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How The Trump Organization Mixes Business And Politics In India

Thursday, March 22, 2018

Journalist Anjali Kamat spent a year investigating Trump's business deals in India. Her report is in the New Republic and on the WNYC podcast, Trump Inc., which is co-hosted by Andrea Bernstein.

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Comic Roy Wood Jr. Taps Into America's Psyche On 'The Daily Show'

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Wood says the years he spent performing in comedy clubs in the South and Midwest — sometimes in places where he felt unsafe as a black man — prepared him for his work on The Daily Show.

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Author Traces Christianity's Path From 'Forbidden Religion' To A 'Triumph'

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Religion scholar Bart Ehrman says that the early spread of Christianity transformed the entire history of the West — for better or worse. His new book is The Triumph Of Christianity.

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Attacked By Alt-Right Trolls, A Jewish Journalist Links Trump To The Rise Of Hate

Monday, March 19, 2018

Trump "has made nationalist policy into the policy of the executive branch," says New York Times editor Jonathan Weisman. His new book, (((Semitism))), is about being Jewish in the Trump era.

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From 'F-Bomb' To 'Photobomb,' How The Dictionary Keeps Up With English

Friday, March 16, 2018

New words that enter the dictionary must meet three criteria, says Merriam-Webster lexicographer Kory Stamper: widespread use, sustained use and meaningful use. Originally broadcast April 19, 2017.

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Robots Are Now 'Creating New Robots,' Tech Reporter Says

Thursday, March 15, 2018

The evolution of artificial intelligence has exploded over the past five years, leading to computers that can drive and talk. New York Times' Cade Metz explains how machines are learning on their own.

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Danny Trejo On Acting, Addiction And Playing 'The Mean Chicano Dude'

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Trejo says that his experience standing in the San Quentin prison yard waiting for a riot prepared him for acting: "You're absolutely scared to death ... [but] you have to pretend you're not."

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'Russian Roulette' Authors Seek To Connect The Dots Between Trump And Putin

Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Journalists Michael Isikoff and David Corn have been at the forefront of the investigation of the Trump campaign's ties to Russia. Their new book attempts to put all the pieces of the story together.

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Blacklisted From Syria, A Journalist Says: 'I Couldn't Imagine Staying Away'

Monday, March 12, 2018

Rania Abouzeid has been covering Syria since 2011 — despite the fact that she's been called a spy, placed on wanted lists by Syrian intelligence and banned from entering the country.

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Remembering Barry Crimmins, A Comic Who Advocated For Survivors Of Sexual Abuse

Thursday, March 08, 2018

Crimmins, who died last week, mentored Bobcat Goldthwait when they were up-and-coming comics in the '80s. The two men spoke to Fresh Air in 2015 about their documentary Call Me Lucky.

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John Oliver Finds Humor In The News No One Wants To Hear About

Wednesday, March 07, 2018

On Last Week Tonight, Oliver dives into often obscure stories, like NRA TV and the laws that govern televangelism. He describes the show's style as "the slowest improv you've ever seen."

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Journalist Charts The 'Bizarre Twists And Turns' Of The Trump-Russia Dossier

Tuesday, March 06, 2018

New Yorker writer Jane Mayer explains how the infamous Russian dossier on Donald Trump was compiled — and why so little was done about its findings during the presidential campaign.

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Mexican-American Author Finds Inspiration In Family, Tragedy And Trump

Monday, March 05, 2018

Luis Alberto Urrea's The House of Broken Angels borrows from the story of his older brother, who died of cancer. He says the book went through a dramatic rewrite after Trump became president.

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Nick Kroll And John Mulaney Relive Raging Hormones And First Kisses In 'Big Mouth'

Thursday, March 01, 2018

The comic actors channel the indignities of puberty in their animated Netflix comedy series. Looking back on his own adolescence, Mulaney says: "I was always mystified."

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