Now Playing

Loading streams...

Podcasts & RSS Feeds

Fresh Air on wmukhd2RSS
All ContentRSS
View all podcasts & RSS feeds

WMUK Staff

Gordon Evans
Gordon Evans
News Reporter/Producer
Earlene McMichael
Earlene McMichael
Morning Edition Host
Cara Lieurance
Cara Lieurance
Announcer & Producer
Jack Perlstein
Jack Perlstein
Announcer & Producer
Lorraine Caron
Lorraine Caron
Announcer & Producer
Rebecca Thiele
Rebecca Thiele
Announcer & Producer
Andrew Robins
Andrew Robins
News Director
Mark Tomlonson
Mark Tomlonson
Chief Engineer
Klay Woodworth
Klay Woodworth
Program Director
Anders Dahlberg
Anders Dahlberg
Underwriting Director
Kim Willis
Kim Willis
Development Associate
Martin Klemm
Martin Klemm
Sound Engineer
Gordon Bolar
Gordon Bolar
General Manager

Fresh Air on wmukhd2

Weekdays at noon
Terry Gross

Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Terry Gross hosts this multi-award-winning daily interview and features program. The veteran public radio interviewer is known for her extraordinary ability to engage guests of all dispositions. Every weekday she delights intelligent and curious listeners with revelations on contemporary societal concerns.

Genre: 
News/Talk
Composer ID: 
5187f54fe1c89d4bb17accd4|5187f53be1c81793e592274e

Pages

Music Reviews
12:52 pm
Mon March 11, 2013

Tegan And Sara Reach Out To New Audiences With 'Heartthrob'

Credit / Courtesy of the artist
Twin sisters Tegan and Sara Quin have been writing songs since they were 15 and independently released their first full-length album in 1999. Since then, they've produced seven studio albums.
Share
E-mail
By

Originally published on Mon March 11, 2013 6:06 pm

Read more
Author Interviews
11:56 am
Mon March 11, 2013

'Frankenstein's Cat': Bioengineering The Animals Of The Future

Next imagePrevious image
Credit
Cover of Frankenstein's Cat
Credit Nina Subin / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Emily Anthes is a freelance journalist who writes about health and science.
Share
E-mail
By editor

Originally published on Mon March 11, 2013 1:52 pm

In her new book, Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts, science journalist Emily Anthes talks about how the landscape of bioengineering has expanded since Dolly the Sheep was cloned in 1996. Scientists, she says, are now working to create pigs that can grow organs for human transplant, goats that produce valuable protein-rich milk, and cockroaches that could potentially serve as tiny scouts into danger zones for the military.

Read more
Fresh Air Weekend
9:03 am
Sat March 9, 2013

Fresh Air Weekend: Mike White, Mike Piazza And David Bowie

Credit Lacey Terrell / HBO
In HBO's Enlightened, Laura Dern stars as corporate executive Amy Jellicoe, who returns from a post-meltdown retreat to pick up the pieces of her broken life. Series creator Mike White stars as Tyler, Amy's friend and co-worker.
Share
E-mail
By editor

Originally published on Sat March 9, 2013 10:50 am

Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week:

Read more
Author Interviews
12:37 pm
Fri March 8, 2013

The History Of The FBI's Secret 'Enemies' List

Credit Bob Mulligan / AFP/Getty Images
John Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation gives a speech on November 17, 1953, in Washington.
Share
E-mail
By editor

Originally published on Fri March 8, 2013 1:00 pm

This interview was originally broadcast on Feb. 14, 2012.

Four years after Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Tim Weiner published Legacy of Ashes, his detailed history of the CIA, he received a call from a lawyer in Washington, D.C.

Read more
Movies
12:04 pm
Fri March 8, 2013

'Oz': Neither Great Nor Powerful

Credit Walt Disney Pictures
James Franco stars as the Wizard of Oz before the Wizard meets Dorothy in Oz the Great and Powerful.
Share
E-mail
By

Originally published on Fri March 8, 2013 1:34 pm

Oz the Great and Powerful. Say that name aloud and you will smile, I guarantee you: It will conjure up so many images, characters, actors, songs. Then hold that smile as long as you can, because you won't be doing much smiling at the movie called Oz the Great and Powerful, the so-called "prequel" to The Wizard of Oz from Disney Studios.

Read more

Pages