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Colson Whitehead returns to 1970s NYC in 'Crook Manifesto' : Fresh Air
NPR· 1 hour agoWhitehead's sequel to Harlem Shuffle centers on crime at every level, from small-time crooks to Harlem's elite. "My early '70s New York is dingy and grimy ...
NPR Host Tonya Mosley Reveals Discovery Of Long-Lost Sister In Podcast
Black Enterprise· 2 days agoTonya Mosley, co-host of NPR’s Fresh Air, has undergone a journey of discovery for a sister she...
NPR's Tonya Mosley Learned She Had a Missing Sister She Never Knew, Then She Set Out to Get Answers
People via Yahoo News· 4 days ago“[I knew] the day would come when I would receive a call that would give me an understanding of...
MSNBC host Ali Velshi chronicles his ancestors’ migrations across three continents
NPR· 1 day agoDAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies. You might know our guest Ali Velshi from his work on MSNBC, where he's chief correspondent ...
NPR poll: Trump’s hush money trial is unlikely to sway most people’s votes; Giant pandas are heading...
NPR· 6 days agoHe replied no but offered to play her some music and let her name it. That's how the name Petunia stuck. Ma shared this story with Fresh Air< ...
'Merrily We Roll Along' Revival Is A Love Letter To Sondheim : Fresh Air
NPR· 2 days agoStephen Sondheim's 1981 flop is now a Broadway hit. This revival of Merrily We Roll Along is nominated for seven Tony Awards. Two of those nominees, actor Jonathan Groff and ...
For 'Such Kindness' novelist Andre Dubus III, chronic pain is a fact of life
NPR· 5 days agoHis new novel is called "Such Kindness." Andre Dubus, welcome back to FRESH AIR. Let's start with a very short reading from early in ...
Revisiting A Chicago Hate Crime And Its Aftermath : Fresh Air
NPR· 6 days agoYohance Lacour's Pulitzer Prize-winning podcast, You Didn't See Nothin', tells the story of Lenard Clark, a 13-year-old Black boy who was beaten into a coma by white teenagers ...
Carrying On After A Life-Changing Accident : Fresh Air
NPR· 5 days agoHow do you get on with life after an accident that leads to disability and chronic pain? That's the central question in Andre Dubus III's novel, Such Kindness ...
After losing their friend to an overdose, high schoolers in Colorado worked for change
NPR· 4 days agoRAMSEY: Seeing it actually pass and seeing people agree with it... PETERSON: We made it happen. RAMSEY: ...It was like a deep breath, a breath of fresh air