Fresh Air
Weekdays, Noon-1pm
Fresh Air from WHYY, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs. Hosted by Terry Gross and Tonya Mosley, the show features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries. During the program, WDIY's local hosts bring you Lehigh Valley weather, traffic, and news.
Latest Stories
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Elizabeth McCracken's connected short stories chronicle a family's encounters with their eldest son's girlfriend and eventual wife. This slim collection is so engaging, you may want to read it twice. -
Roz Chast and Jason Adam Katzenstein discuss roaches, molding food and dysfunctional appliances. Their new graphic memoir, The Two Saddest Kitchens, reveals it all.
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Ndegeocello reflects on her musical influences. Ken Tucker reviews a new release of Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life. Gilpin seeks out "anti-algorithm" roles in The Lowdown and Widow's Bay. -
Lee Chang-dong's novelistic drama tells the story of two very different couples who meet during the filming of a documentary. -
Webb has written music for a host of superstars. Now 80, he has a new album of previously unreleased songs and he performs on PBS' Great Performances later this month. Originally broadcast in 2004.
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"There's an understandable pull in my industry to make things ... super safe, super familiar," Gilpin says. She wants to go the other way. Gilpin currently stars in the noir drama The Lowdown. -
In '72, filmmaker William Greaves hosted a cocktail party for the surviving members of the Harlem Renaissance. Our critic says the footage is "like watching a 50th college reunion set on Mt. Olympus."
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Election law expert Rick Hasen explains Trump's interference in the midterms, including threatening local officials with criminal prosecution unless they strike alleged noncitizens from voter rolls.
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Al Schmidt is the chief election official in the state of Pennsylvania. President Trump's insults put him in danger during the 2020 ballot count. Now Schmidt talks about preparing for the midterms.
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Writer David Treuer's Ojibwe mother saw America as a country that tried to destroy her people. For his father, a Jewish refugee, the U.S. was the country that saved his life.
