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Fresh Air
Weekdays at Noon

One of NPR’s most popular programs, Fresh Air with Terry Gross is categorized as a talk show but hardly fits the mold. “I try to show the connections between the person’s work and their life that led to that work,” Gross says of her interviews. As a host, she takes time to get to know her guest from every angle, and her meticulous preparation shows. Gross links ideas and experiences in ways that help even the most quiet and reserved guests open up; at the same time she anticipates exactly what her listeners want to know next.

Nearly four million people a week turn on Fresh Air to hear fascinating stories and ideas from people who shape, record, and deconstruct the here and now. Guests are authors, artists, TV writers, historians, musicians, scientists, filmmakers, politicians, actors, and other influential people of today. Fresh Air complements these one-on-one interviews with commentary and criticism from a roster of nationally recognized experts.

URL: http://www.npr.org/freshair