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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, the show features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries.

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Ratings
🌎 Global: 4.3 rating 35173 reviews
🇺🇸 USA: 4.3 ratings 33500 reviews
🇨🇦 Canada: 4.3 ratings 862 reviews
🇬🇧 UK: 4.5 ratings 325 reviews
🇦🇺 Australia: 4.5 ratings 310 reviews
🇮🇪 Ireland: 4.6 ratings 66 reviews
🇳🇿 New Zealand: 4.2 ratings 52 reviews
🇿🇦 South Africa: 4.7 ratings 32 reviews
🇸🇬 Singapore: 4.5 ratings 26 reviews
Episodes
0:00 44:39

Taylor Tomlinson Is Ready To Joke About Her Bipolar II. Mostly.

The After Midnight host was initially unsure about sharing her bipolar II diagnosis on-stage. But, she tells co-host Tonya Mosley, "I got such amazing feedback from people who had been struggling with their mental health." Her new Netflix comedy special is Have It All.

Also, David Bianculli reviews the new season of Only Murders in the Building.

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0:00 48:01

Best Of: SCOTUS Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson / Novelist Danzy Senna

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's new memoir, Lovely One, gives us a rare glimpse into her legal mind. And she gets personal about her childhood, marriage and her time as a public defender.

Also, we hear from writer Danzy Senna, who writes about the experiences of being biracial in America and the meaning of race itself. Her new novel Colored Television.

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0:00 46:58

Inside The Making Of 'The Sopranos'

25 years ago, The Sopranos premiered on HBO and changed expectations of what TV could be. There's a new two-part documentary, called Wise Guy, about the making of the show, centering on the series creator and executive producer, David Chase. We're using that as an excuse to revisit our interviews with Chase, as well as Lorraine Bracco, who played Tony's psychiatrist, Dr. Melfi, and Michael Imperioli, who played Tony's impetuous nephew.

Film critic Justin Chang reviews Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

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0:00 44:08

The Anti-Fascist Vigilantes Infiltrating White Nationalist Groups

New Yorker writer David Kirkpatrick says anti-fascists are using extra judicial methods to do what the FBI can't, by infiltrating white nationalist groups to expose them and their planned attacks.

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0:00 44:24

SCOTUS Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Gets Personal

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson talks with Tonya Mosley about her teen years, her time as a public defender, and the poem she keeps in her office. Her new memoir is called Lovely One.

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