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Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency 44:29

8h ago44:29

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Bloomberg investigative reporter Zeke Faux says the Trump family's new crypto businesses have earned them tens of millions, while raising questions about political influence and ethics. Also, we remember Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, playwright and screenwriter Jules Feiffer. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoic…

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Hearing Voices as we Celebrate E200 FreshAirAtFive 36:01

7d ago36:01

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Hearing Voices as we Celebrate E200 FreshAirAtFive - FAAF200 In this 200th episode, I share my daily reflection posted on BlueSky and TwiX @bryoncar, from Jan 13th-17th, 2025 Check out the WHOLE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST I put together with all the listens mentioned below: >>> bit.ly/FreshAirAtFiveE200Playlist <<< 13th: Teach Happier S5E18 “Level Up: Intent…

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Pamela Anderson Is Still Reinventing Herself 44:46

1d ago44:46

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Pamela Anderson's role as a lifeguard on Baywatch made her a global sex symbol in the '90s. But she longed to be taken seriously as a performer and person. "I've always been carrying this secret. I feel like I've known I was capable of more, but I didn't know what," she says. She now stars in The Last Showgirl. She spoke with Tonya Mosley about her…

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Jesse Eisenberg Hated Bar Mitzvahs As A Kid 44:17

2d ago44:17

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Eisenberg's film, A Real Pain, follows two cousins on a Jewish heritage tour of Poland, which includes a stop at the Majdanek death camp. Eisenberg spoke with Terry Gross about tragedy tourism, and his own relationship to Judaism. The "Hebrew school dropout" says the suburban bar mitzvah scene made his 12-year-old stomach turn. Learn more about spo…

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MLK, The Organizer & Radical Thinker 45:06

4d ago45:06

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NYT columnist and sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom and scholar Eddie Glaude Jr. reflect on the struggle for civil rights and what it means to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the same day that President Donald Trump is sworn into office. "Perhaps the juxtaposition of seeing Donald Trump preside over the official state memorialization of M…

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Best Of: Learning From Silence / Comic Roy Wood Jr. 47:33

6d ago47:33

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Writer Pico Iyer lost everything in a 1990 California wildfire. After being rendered homeless and sleeping on a friend's floor, he was told about a Benedictine monastery. His time spent in silence on retreat there changed him both as a person and as a writer. He spoke with Terry Gross about his new memoir about the experience, Aflame. Also, comic a…

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The True Story Of Abuse And Injustice Behind 'Nickel Boys' 44:44

7d ago44:44

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Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Colson Whitehead's The Nickel Boys has been adapted for the big screen. In 2019, Whitehead spoke with Dave Davies when the book was released. It's set in the early '60s, based on the true story of the Dozier reform school in Florida, where many boys were beaten and sexually abused. Dozens of unmarked graves have been…

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The Secret History Of The Rape Kit 44:37

8d ago44:37

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Rape kits were widely known as "Vitullo Kits" after a Chicago police sergeant. But a new book tells the story of Marty Goddard, a community activist who worked with runaway teenagers in the 1970s. Also, TV critic David Bianculli reviews the Western miniseries American Primeval, now streaming on Netflix. Learn more about sponsor message choices: pod…

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How Losing Everything In A Wildfire Led Pico Iyer To Seek Silence 44:21

9d ago44:21

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In 1990, writer Pico Iyer watched as a wildfire destroyed his mother's Santa Barbara home, where he also lived. In Aflame, he recounts the devastation of the fire — and the peace he found living in a Benedictine monastery. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy…

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Can The U.S. Aquire Greenland? & Other Q's About Trump Foreign Policy 44:33

10d ago44:33

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In the past, Donald Trump talked about keeping America out of foreign conflicts — but lately he's talked about potentially using force or economic pressure to acquire Greenland, the Panama Canal, even Canada. We'll speak with Pulitzer Prize-winning NYT national security correspondent David Sanger. He'll talk about how Trump might handle the wars in…

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Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism 45:27

11d ago45:27

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A good comedian has to "know what regular people are going through," Roy Wood Jr. says. In his new Hulu special, Lonely Flowers, Wood riffs on how isolation has sent society spiraling. He spoke with Tonya Mosley about leaving The Daily Show, learning from other comics, and how an arrest pushed him to pursue stand-up. Learn more about sponsor messag…

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Best Of: Tilda Swinton / Adrien Brody 48:02

13d ago48:02

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Tilda Swinton stars as a woman with cancer who decides she wants to end her life in the new Pedro Almodóvar film The Room Next Door. She asks a friend to stay with her for her last weeks. She spoke with Terry Gross about the role and her own experience bearing witness to the deaths of loved ones. Also, we hear from award-winning actor Adrien Brody.…

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Almost at 200 - Grit and Human Intelligence 18:22

13d ago18:22

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Almost at 200 - Grit and Human Intelligence - FAAF199 In this 199th episode, I share my daily reflection posted on Twitter @bryoncar, from Jan 6-10, 2025 Check out the WHOLE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST I put together with all the listens mentioned below: >>> bit.ly/E199-FreshAirAtFivePlaylist <<< 6th: Tech Tools for Teacher E200 “EPISODE 200! Tech Tools for T…

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Joan Baez / Suze Rotolo / Al Kooper On Dylan 46:39

14d ago46:39

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A Complete Unknown – the film about Bob Dylan is in theaters. We're featuring interviews with three people depicted in the film: Suze Rotolo was his girlfriend and was photographed on his arm for the cover of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. She told Terry about that photoshoot. Folk singer Joan Baez was already a star when she met Dylan. She took him o…

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Remembering Jimmy Carter (Part II) 44:55

15d ago44:55

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The 39th president spoke with Terry Gross in 1995, 2001 and 2005 about poetry, Sept. 11 and his concerns about how intertwined politics and religion had become. Carter died on Dec. 29 at age 100. Today is his funeral. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy…

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Tilda Swinton Thinks About Her Death 44:24

16d ago44:24

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In Pedro Almodóvar's film The Room Next Door, Tilda Swinton plays a woman with late-stage cancer who wants to end her life. She asks a friend, played by Julianne Moore, to stay with her for her last month on Earth. Swinton's performance draws on her experiences supporting and bearing witness to loved ones at the end of their lives. "A life spent co…

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Adrien Brody Was Made For 'The Brutalist' 44:28

17d ago44:28

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Adrien Brody won a Golden Globe for his role in The Brutalist, as a Hungarian-Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor who seeks a fresh start in post-WWII America. "I just was in awe when I read the script," he says. Brody spoke with Tonya Mosley about how his family's history helped him with the role, and about his collaboration with Wes Anderson.…

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Getting In Sync With Your Inner Clock 45:23

18d ago45:23

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In an experiment, science journalist Lynne Peeples spent 10 days in an underground bunker, with no exposure to sunlight or clocks. She wanted to see what happened to her body and mind when it became out of sync with its natural circadian rhythm. She spoke with Tonya Mosley about what she learned, how we change with age, and the importance of sunlig…

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Merry New Year 2025 Weeks 14:13

20d ago14:13

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Merry New Year 2025 Weeks - FAAF198 In this 198th episode, I share my daily reflection posted on Twitter @bryoncar, from Dec 23rd, 2024 - Jan 3rd, 2025 Check out the WHOLE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST I put together with all the listens mentioned below: >>> bit.ly/E198FreshAirAtFivePlaylist <<< 23rd: House of EdTech E257 “House of #EdTech Smackdown” 2nd: What’…

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Best Of: Comic Ronny Chieng / Writer Miranda July 48:59

20d ago48:59

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After Trevor Noah started anchoring The Daily Show in 2015, he brought on Ronny Chieng as a field correspondent who could offer a global perspective. Now Chieng is one of the show's anchors. He's third generation Chinese Malaysian, and grew up in Malaysia, Singapore and the U.S. He has a new Netflix comedy special. Also, filmmaker and writer Mirand…

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Comic Nikki Glaser On Roasts & Hurt Feelings 46:05

21d ago46:05

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The comic is hosting the Golden Globes this Sunday. She spoke with Terry Gross back in July about roasts, hurt feelings, and just wanting to be liked. Her latest HBO comedy special is Someday You'll Die. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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Alex Van Halen / Selena Gomez 48:55

22d ago48:55

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We continue our series featuring some of our favorite interviews from 2024, this time with Alex Van Halen and Selena Gomez. Alex Van Halen talks about his life and the career he built with his late brother Eddie, and the formation of their band Van Halen. From growing up as immigrant kids in California, to the wild antics of life on the road as roc…

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Sterling K. Brown Was Told By Hollywood To Lose The "Smart-Guy Thing" 45:46

23d ago45:46

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Brown won an Emmy for his portrayal of Christopher Darden in The People v. O.J. Simpson, and another for This Is Us. He now appears in the film American Fiction. He spoke with Terry Gross about losing his father, how his feelings about the O.J. Simpson case changed, and prejudice he faced in Hollywood. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podc…

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Mark Ruffalo Hates The Hulk Suit 47:09

24d ago47:09

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Ruffalo played a debauched cad in Yorgos Lanthimos' bawdy, dark comedy Poor Things. It was a big departure from his previous work playing real people in dramas like Spotlight or Foxcatcher, or as the Incredible Hulk in the Marvel movies. The Oscar-nominated actor spoke with Sam Briger about these roles, how he got his start in acting, and how a bra…

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Remembering President Jimmy Carter (Part I) 46:26

25d ago46:26

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Jimmy Carter died Sunday at age 100. The 39th president spoke with Terry Gross a few times over the years about growing up on a Georgia farm, entering politics, and his career in human rights and conflict resolution. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy…

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Maggie Rogers / Kathleen Hanna 48:29

27d ago48:29

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In 2021, burnt out from the intensity of her early career, Maggie Rogers considered quitting music entirely. Instead, she took a detour — to Harvard Divinity School, where she earned a master's degree in religion and public life. Her 2024 album is Don't Forget Me. Kathleen Hanna's band Bikini Kill was the epicenter of the riot grrrl feminist punk m…

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Connie Chung Regrets Being A Good Girl 48:08

28d ago48:08

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This year TV news journalist Connie Chung wrote a new tell-all memoir. It's about breaking into the boys club of her industry, her marriage to Maury Povitch, and the big scoops of her career. The funny and off-the-cuff news icon spoke with Tonya Mosley. Also, jazz historian Kevin Whitehead remembers musicians who died this year. Learn more about sp…

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