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  1. Pinned Tweet
    17 Jul 2019

    This is big: For the first time, you can now search the entire Fresh Air archive -- over 40 years of interviews, 22,000 segments -- at . Let us know what you think!

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  2. 7 hours ago

    'Hatchet' author Gary Paulsen, who died Oct. 13, wrote over 200 books, many of which were tales of adventure aimed at young adults. In 1994, Paulsen talked about Alaska's Iditarod dog sled race. Listen:

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  3. 8 hours ago

    Review: Made by exactly the right filmmaker, Todd Haynes, this inventive, immersive movie takes you to the heart of the Velvet Underground’s radical, black-hole magic. Listen:

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  4. 11 hours ago

    TODAY: We remember Gary Paulsen, the author best known for his young adult novels, like Dogsong, Hatchet and The Winter Room. Each won a Newbery Honor for Children’s literature. Paulsen died last week at the age of 82.

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  5. Oct 19

    Fourteen years after his initial diagnosis, Billy Porter shared publicly that he is HIV-positive. He says being open about his health status felt like a rebirth: "I set myself free, honey. No more secrets."

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  6. Oct 19

    TODAY: . The 'Pose' and 'Kinky Boots' star has a new memoir called 'Unprotected.'

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  7. Oct 18

    "When you watch me sing, you'll see that I sing often with a bit of a smile on," Cynthia Erivo says. "One, I'm enjoying myself. But two, when you smile, everything else is relaxed."

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  8. Oct 18

    TODAY: Singer and actor Cynthia Erivo. She's received acclaim for playing Aretha Franklin and Harriet Tubman. Her debut album is 'Ch. 1 Vs. 1.' We'll also remember Colin Powell, who has died at age 84, by listening back to an excerpt of his 1995 interview with Terry Gross.

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  9. Oct 16

    Fresh Air Weekend: an

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  10. Oct 15

    TOADY: We're revisiting 's interview about her memoir, 'Maid.' It has been adapted into a Netflix series.

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  11. Oct 15

    Recording now with . Airs next week!

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  12. Oct 14

    . of is part of the team that sifted through millions of documents to reveal how dictators, oligarchs, drug dealers and others hide assets in secret accounts. Listen:

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  13. Oct 14

    Review: 'The Last Duel' is a sprawling, often ungainly movie — a talky, three-part Rashomon-style drama that mixes past and present-day politics — but there's a bracing intelligence to its messiness.

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  14. Oct 14

    TODAY: The Pandora Papers, explained. We talk with about how many heads of state, criminals and wealthy people have shielded assets in secret accounts, out of sight from tax authorities, creditors, and criminal investigators.

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  15. Oct 13

    Richard Antoine White is the first Black American to earn a doctorate in tuba performance. recounts the life-changing moment when he won a job at the NM orchestra. Listen:

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  16. Oct 13

    TODAY: A story of triumph over adversity. As a child, Richard Antoine White often slept in abandoned houses in Baltimore. But he found a stable home, discovered music and became a tuba player. is now principal tubist in the Santa Fe Symphony & New Mexico Philharmonic.

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  17. Oct 12

    . talks about the soundtrack of his life, beginning in 1971. His new book is 'Music is History.' Hear his picks:

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  18. Oct 12

    TODAY: returns! His new book is a year-by-year series of reflections, starting with 1971, the year he was born, in which he writes about memories and turning points in his life, and how they’re attached to the songs he was listening to at the time.

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    Oct 11

    A new documentary, "The Rescue," follows a team of elite cave divers who risked it all to rescue 12 boys and their coach from an underwater cave in Thailand in 2018.

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  20. Oct 11

    Rescue diver Rick Stanton says, "I describe it as a sort of letterbox that you had to post the child through. You couldn't see where the slot was. And you had to post the child through it ... and then follow through behind."

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  21. Oct 11

    TODAY: Filmmakers Jimmy Chin & Chai Vasarhelyi and cave diver Rick Stanton recount the 2018 rescue mission in Thailand that saved 12 boys and their coach from an underwater cave.

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