Broadway producer Jeffrey Seller played a key role in the production of RENT, Hamilton, In the Heights, Avenue Q, and the revival of Sondheim?s Sweeney Todd that starred Josh Groban. His memoir traced his path from ?Theater Kid? to producer of Broadway mega-hits.

Also, film critic Justin Chang reviews ?Silent Friend.? 


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Nathan Lane just received a Tony nomination for his starring role as Willy Loman in ?Arthur Miller?s Death of a Salesman.? He?s a veteran of the stage ? often in comedic and musical roles. But in the role of Loman, which he does eight times a week, he?s noticed something different in the audience. ?There?s an old joke ? my job is just to keep 1600 people from coughing. It's kind of true, but when you hear what we hear during ?Salesman,? you hear people weeping in the dark.?  At the age of 70, Lane says this production of ?Salesman? is the thing he?s most proud of. He spoke with ?Fresh Air? guest interviewer Sam Fragoso, host of the podcast ?Talk Easy.?  

Later, Ken Tucker reviews new songs by Ella Langley, Robyn, and Allison Russell. 


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Atlantic writer George Packer discusses how tech venture capitalists, who are heavily invested in AI and cryptocurrency, aligned with Trump and influenced policies related to their own investments. 

Also, David Bianculli reviews the new Netflix/BBC miniseries adaptation of ?Lord of the Flies.? 


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Crenshaw named two of the most contested ideas in American politics: intersectionality and critical race theory. Her new book is called ?Backtalker: An American Memoir.? It takes us to her childhood in Canton, Ohio, and along her path through Cornell, Harvard Law, and the University of Wisconsin, where, in 1988, as a graduate student, she sketched a diagram of an intersection to explain how race, class, and gender overlap. She spoke with Tonya Mosley about these moments in her career, and how she?s thinking about America?s 250th anniversary. 

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Like a number of his characters, Booker Prize-winning novelist Douglas Stuart grew up working class and queer in Glasgow. He went on to have a career in fashion, which plays into his latest novel, John of John. ?It's hard to tell people about grief. It?s hard to talk to people about poverty... and so I?d got very used to the silence in my own life, and my writing is the only thing that allows me to connect with myself,? Stuart told Terry Gross.

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Flea co-founded the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1982. The bass/trumpet player spoke with Terry Gross about how his music and his life have changed. ?Thank God I've changed. I was a lunatic. I was 19 going on 10.? He has a new solo jazz album called ?Honora.? 

Also, we?ll hear from Nick Offerman. He stars in the new series ?Margo's Got Money Troubles,' about a bright college freshman who gets pregnant and decides to keep the baby. Offerman plays her estranged father, a former pro wrestler who comes back into her life to help. The ?Parks and Rec? actor spoke with producer Ann Marie Baldonado about transforming for the role. 

TV critic David Bianculli will review Zach Galifianakis? new gardening show.


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We remember conductor, composer and musician Michael Tilson Thomas, who died April 22 at age 81. He was a longtime music director of The San Francisco Symphony, known for his innovation, his ability to translate classical music for the general public, and for fostering contemporary music. He founded the New World Symphony for young players. He got his musical inheritance from his grandparents, who were stars of the Yiddish theatre. When he was a kid, his grandmother took him on stage and pointed up to the last row in the balcony, telling him: ?Up there are the cheapest seats and in those seats are the people who love the show the most. Whatever you?re doing you must remember that it must reach those people.? He spoke with Terry Gross in 1994 and 2012. 

John Powers reviews ?The Devil Wears Prada 2.?

Correction: A previous version of this episode incorrectly said that both Anne Frank and Audrey Hepburn were born in Holland. Anne Frank was born in Germany, and Audrey Hepburn was born in Belgium.


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?Baby Reindeer? was an unexpected hit on Netflix in 2024. Now its creator and star is back with ?Half Man,? an HBO series about two boys who become brothers after their mothers fall in love in 1980s Scotland. Gadd spoke with Tonya Mosley about exploring toxic masculinity, becoming famous overnight, and bombing stand-up sets. 

Also, book critic Maureen Corrigan recommends three playful novels: ?Yesteryear,? ?American Fantasy,? and ?Enormous Wings.?


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?New Yorker? staff writer Elizabeth Kolbert says EPA chief Lee Zeldin has rescinded regulations, cut or eliminated departments and terminated the jobs of many scientists. Trump calls Zeldin "our secret weapon." The Pulitzer Prize-winning environmental journalist spoke with Terry Gross. 


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The Red Hot Chili Peppers have sold tens of millions of albums and taken home multiple Grammy Awards. Now in his 60s, more than four decades after that band formed, Flea is releasing his first solo album. ?Honora? is a jazz album that connects back to his childhood. The legendary bassist spoke with NPR?s Terry Gross about some of his wild antics, his ?blood bond? with his band, and finding beauty in the world.


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Best known for his role as Ron Swanson on ?Parks and Recreation,? Nick Offerman plays a former professional wrestler reconnecting with his estranged daughter in ?Margo's Got Money Troubles.? He spoke with producer Ann Marie Baldonado about transforming into a wrestler, his ?Parks? group chat, and advice for young woodworkers. 

Also, John Powers reviews ?Big Mistakes,? starring Dan Levy on Netflix.


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Malala Yousafzai was 15 when a Taliban gunman shot her for advocating for girls' education in her native Pakistan. She understood that she was a target. ?I had pictured it many times that this could happen. I had pictured it at school. I had pictured it in my school bus. I knew that the Taliban could do anything,? she told Terry Gross. Yousafzai won the Nobel Peace Prize when she was just 17 years old. In an interview from a live event onstage, she talks about her childhood before the incident and finding herself after being in the public eye for so long.

Also, we hear from actor Oscar Isaac. He?s currently starring in the Netflix series ?Beef' and recently played Dr. Victor Frankenstein in Guillermo del Toro's adaptation of ?Frankenstein.? 

Book critic Maureen Corrigan recommends three books for the spring: ?Yesteryear,? by Caro Claire Burke; ?American Fantasy,? by Emma Straub; and ?Enormous Wings,? by Laurie Frankel.


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?Schmigadoon!? is now on Broadway. Adapted from the Apple TV series that lovingly satirized musicals of the ?40s and ?50s, we?ll hear from the co-creator, co-writer and songwriter of the series, Cinco Paul, who also wrote the book and songs for the Broadway show. He spoke with Terry Gross in 2021. 

Also, film critic Justin Chang reviews ?Blue Heron.? 


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In ?The Secret War Against Hate,? historian Steven J. Ross details the racist, anti-Semitic groups that sprung up after WWII, in the later half of the 20th century ? and the spy network that worked to bring them to justice. He spoke with Terry Gross about that, and how it connects to the Dept. of Justice?s recent indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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A former pro-wrestling executive, Linda McMahon is now the Education Secretary Trump tasked with abolishing her agency. ?New Yorker? staff writer Zach Helfand explains how her WWE experience led her to this role.


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Oscar Isaac stars in season 2 of the Emmy-winning Netflix series ?Beef,? which is an anthology about the unexpected consequences of everyday conflict. Isaac plays Josh, the manager of an upscale Los Angeles country club, whose life is unraveling. He spoke with Tonya Mosley about the series, his friendship with ?Frankenstein? filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, and being a ??vulture? of his own life. 

Also, David Bianculli reviews ?Margo?s Got Money Troubles,? starring Elle Fanning on Apple TV. 


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Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai spoke with Terry Gross about bravery, marriage, and defying cultural norms. She was 15 when a Taliban gunman shot her, in response to her advocacy for girls? education. ?When I look back, I'm like, yes, that was a crazy thing that I did. I put my life at risk. But, at the time, what scared me more was a life without an education as a girl. It terrified me.? 


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Amanda Peet is in the new film ?Fantasy Life? and the series ?Your Friends & Neighbors.? In a recent piece in ?The New Yorker,? she wrote about being diagnosed with breast cancer while both of her parents were in hospice. ?I didn?t really have that ?why me?? thing. Maybe because I am Jewish and am always waiting for that other shoe to drop. In this case it was three shoes,? she told Terry Gross. 

Also, we?ll talk about Toni Morrison with Harvard professor Namwali Serpell. She says no matter how many times she returns to Morrison?s work, she finds something new.  She?s still haunted by the last sentence of the novel ?Sula.? ?When that sentence comes into my life, whether I'm reading it to teach, whether I'm rereading it to write, whether I'm reading it out loud, even just now, tears always spring to my eyes," Serpell says. She spoke with Tonya Mosley.   

David Bianculli reviews the new Apple TV series ?Margo?s Got Money Troubles.?


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We celebrate the 80th birthday of the filmmaker known as ?The Pope of Trash? and ?The Prince of Puke,? John Waters. He's spent a career violating taboos and pushing boundaries. His films include the cult classic ?Pink Flamingos? and the relatively mainstream ?Hairspray,? which was adapted into a hit Broadway musical. He spoke with Terry Gross in 2014 and 2019. 


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Israeli Maoz Inon's parents were killed by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attacks. Palestinian Aziz Abu Sarah's brother died after being tortured in an Israeli military prison. Their new book, ?The Future Is Peace,? chronicles their eight day drive across Israel and Palestine, through checkpoints, holy sites, refugee camps, and separation walls. 

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Amanda Peet is always waiting for the other shoe to drop. Except last year there seemed to be three different shoes, as she faced her parents' deaths and a breast cancer diagnosis. Peet spoke with Terry Gross about her ?Season of Ativan,? navigating middle age in Hollywood, and her memories of Diane Keaton from the set of ?Something?s Gotta Give.? Peet stars in the new film ?Fantasy Life? and in the Apple TV series ?Your Friends & Neighbors,? now in its second season. 


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The war entered a new phase when President Trump began a U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Aaron David Miller of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace explains what this means.


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In a new book, Harvard professor Namwali Serpell makes the case that we have been reading one of the most celebrated writers in American history all wrong. ?On Morrison? is a deep dive into the Nobel Laureate?s complete body of work ? her 11 novels, plays, and criticism. Serpell has been teaching Morrison for nearly two decades, and she says no matter how many times she returns to the work, she still finds something new. 

Jazz historian Kevin Whitehead reviews two new biographies of composers and pianists born 40 years apart.


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Arsenio Hall grew up in Cleveland dreaming of being the next Johnny Carson ? kind of. ?I wanted to do this show that didn't exist when I was a kid, and I knew the talent was out there.? Hall spoke with Tonya Mosley about his groundbreaking talk show, ?The Arsenio Hall Show,? and why he decided to end it, despite its massive success. 

Before he was a comic, producer and the ?roastmaster,? Jeff Ross was a kid growing up in his family's kosher catering hall in New Jersey, serving weddings and bar mitzvahs. ?My bar mitzvah was like something between a Super Bowl halftime show and like something Saddam Hussein would throw for one of his kids,? he tells Terry Gross. Ross shows his more vulnerable, introspective side in his new Netflix comedy special, ?Take a Banana for the Ride.? 


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Singer, songwriter, and guitarist St. Vincent is known for her powerful guitar riffs and dark, poetic songs. Her early influences were Nirvana and David Bowie. ?I've always felt like gender and identity were a performance. I've been aware of that since I was a young child and learning how to code switch growing up in Texas,? she told Terry Gross in 2024. She's backed by an orchestra at London?s Royal Albert Hall on her new live album.  

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Nancy Foley's debut novel ?I am Agatha,' and TV critic David Bianculli reviews the brief return of the TV sitcom ?Malcolm in the Middle.? 


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Dr. Mary Fariba Afsari's book, ?Labor,? is a portrait of reproductive healthcare in post-Dobbs America, serving a community in Oregon with an RV clinic. She also talks about her Iranian heritage and her grandmother's death from an illegal abortion. 

Also, Ken Tucker reviews ?After the Flood,? by Robert Polito, a book about Bob Dylan?s past 30 years. 

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In 2020, writer Annabelle Gurwitch went to urgent care for a COVID-19 test and learned she had stage 4 lung cancer. She writes about life as a "cancer slacker" in her memoir, ?The End of My Life is Killing Me.? The humorist spoke with Terry Gross about facing her mortality, divorce, and going on a tour with her boyfriend and a young heavy metal band.

Also, John Powers reviews the Nordic noir series ?Jo Nesbø's Detective Hole? on Netflix. 


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Known for his ruthless celebrity roasts, Ross turns inward in his Netflix special, ?Take a Banana for the Ride,? which details the loss of his parents and grandfather. The comic spoke with Terry Gross about working at his family?s catering business, his breakthrough ?Letterman? set, and living with alopecia. And, upon Terry?s request, he roasts her.

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Hall grew up in Cleveland dreaming of being the next Johnny Carson. He got close ? closer than anyone expected ? and then he walked away. Thirty years later, he's finally telling the full story in a new memoir. ?I wanted to do this show that didn't exist when I was a kid and I knew the talent was out there,? he tells Tonya Mosley. I found Bruno Mars and put him on the show when he was two feet tall. I wanted those things that Johnny didn't do.? He talks about some of the iconic moments of 'The Arsenio Hall Show,' his decision to end it, and his friendships with Jay Leno and Richard Pryor.

Jazz historian Kevin Whitehead marks the 100th birthday of the composer Randy Weston.


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We talk with John Lithgow, veteran of hundreds of performances on stage, screen and television. He?s currently starring in the play ?Giant? on Broadway. He plays renowned children?s book author Roald Dahl, caught in a public controversy after he wrote an article laced with antisemitic statements. Also, we?ll talk about Stephen Sondheim?s life and music with Daniel Okrent, author of a new book ?Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn't Easy.?  


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As a gay, atheist teenager in El Salvador, Julio Torres felt like an alien. He was legally labeled ?alien? when he came to the U.S. on a student visa, and then tried to get a work visa.  The comic/filmmaker drew on those experiences to write, direct, and star in the satirical film, ?Problemista.? He spoke with Terry Gross in 2024 about immigrant stress, his odd form of comedy, and why he's attracted to difficult people. ?I don't see difficult people as nightmares to escape. I'm really drawn to them like a moth to a flame,? he says. His new comedy special on HBO is called ?Color Theories.?

Also, film critic Justin Chang reviews ?The Drama.? 


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Lithgow, 80, plays an intelligence agent in the FX action series 'The Old Man,' and he's currently starring in the Broadway production of 'Giant,' about a dark side of children's book author Roald Dahl. He spoke with Dave Davies. 

Also, John Powers reviews 'Stay Alive' by Ian Buruma, about daily life in Nazi Berlin. 

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In award-winning journalist Beth Gardiner?s new book, ?Plastic Inc.,? she traces how plastic went from a wartime miracle to the survival strategy of the fossil fuel industry. What Gardiner found after years of reporting is that while millions of us were recycling and using less fuel, the companies that make plastic are producing more to make up for it. She spoke with Tonya Mosley about recycling, microplastics in the human body, and the environmental impact.   

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews the new album from Megan Moroney, ?Cloud 9.?


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The Trump era has brought a resurgence of the ?alpha male.? ?New Yorker? writer Charles Bethea reports on camps where men crawl through mud and sit in ice baths, in an effort to reclaim masculinity. Bethea says what he found underneath all the warrior posturing surprised him: men in genuine pain who felt lonely and desperate for connection. He spoke with Tonya Mosley about his reporting. 

Also, book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews the new novel by Tana French, ?The Keeper.?


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Josh Owens spent four years as a video editor and field producer for Jones' Infowars media company. "It was all about making things look cinematic," he says. Owens' memoir is ?The Madness of Believing.? He spoke with Dave Davies about how he got into Infowars, the ?nonsense? and ?lies? the company sold, and how he got out.

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R&B artist Jill Scott shares some of the lessons she learned from the legends who came before her, including the moment she first met Aretha Franklin. Scott?s new album is ?To Whom This May Concern.? 

Also, actor Riz Ahmed talks about his Prime Video series, ?Bait.? He plays a British Pakistani actor auditioning to be the next James Bond. He talks about drawing from moments in his own life, battling self-criticism and chasing acceptance. 


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We remember martial arts champion turned Hollywood action hero Chuck Norris, who died last week at age 86. In addition to his many kung fu and action films, he was the star of the long-running TV show, ?Walker, Texas Ranger.? He spoke with Terry Gross in 1988 about the karate he learned while stationed in Korea. 

Also, we remember Tex-Mex musician Augie Meyers of the Texas Tornadoes, who died March 7 at age 85.  His signature sound was created on the vox organ, an instrument made in Britain. When he went to England in the ?60s he got a call at his hotel. ?George Harrison and John Lennon called the hotel and wanted me to come to the studio because they wanted to see how they had a vox organ but they couldn't get the sound I had out of mine,? he told Terry Gross in 1990. 

Justin Chang reviews the film ?Miroirs No. 3? and David Bianculli reviews ?Marshals? and ?The Madison.?


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?Project Maven? is the story of how the U.S. spent a decade building an AI warfare system that's now being used in the war in Iran. Author and Bloomberg journalist Katrina Manson reveals the people behind that mission, and their belief that AI could make war more precise and save lives. She spoke with Tonya Mosley about the ethics of this technology. A troubling research study found AI models placed in simulated nuclear crisis scenarios chose the nuclear option 95% of the time. Also, Carolina Miranda reviews a Los Angeles art installation that harkens to the old days of cinema.

Also, Carolina Miranda reviews a Los Angeles art installation that harkens to the old days of cinema.

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In his second term, President Trump has ordered the removal of monuments, plaques and exhibitions related to slavery, and the history of racial injustice in the U.S. Meanwhile, human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson has been working to ensure evidence of America's painful past is not erased. His organization, the Equal Justice Initiative, founded the Legacy Museum to show us the truth of our history. ?You can't get the beautiful ?R? words, like redemption and reconciliation and restoration and repair, unless you first tell the truth,? he tells Terry Gross.

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New Yorker writer Jon Lee Anderson describes conditions in Cuba, why it's vulnerable now ? and what regime change would mean ? considering the Castro family's entrenchment in the Cuban government.

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In his new Prime Video series, ?Bait,? Riz Ahmed plays an actor auditioning to be the next James Bond. Ahmed says Bond is a "symbol of aspiration, this unattainable kind of self" his character is pursuing. He spoke with Tonya Mosley about being his own worst critic, why he connected to Hamlet, and his early days as an MC on pirate radio. 


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Harrison Ford spoke with Terry Gross about his role in the Apple TV series ?Shrinking,? as a therapist who has Parkinson's Disease. He also talks about how he landed the role of Han Solo in ?Star Wars.?

Also, we?ll hear from British novelist Francis Spufford. His new book, ?Nonesuch,? follows a young woman in WWII London trying to survive the Blitz, navigate romance, and fight time-traveling fascists. He spoke with Executive Producer Sam Briger.

Critic David Bianculli reviews the new film ?Peaky Blinders,? which is a follow up to the hit British TV series starring Cillian Murphy. 


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?Jury Duty? is the Prime Video series about one unwitting regular guy who becomes part of a staged fake jury, not knowing that everyone around him is an actor. Season two is now streaming, with a new setting. It?s called ?Company Retreat.? We?re listening back to our interview with James Marsden, who played a satirical version of himself in the first season. 

Also, we remember raconteur Roy Book Binder, known for playing southern blues and hillbilly music. He died March 3rd at age 82. 

Justin Chang reviews the new Ryan Gosling space epic, ?Project Hail Mary.?


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The Grammy-winning R&B star spoke with co-host Tonya Mosley about making her new album, ?To Whom This May Concern,? finding inspiration in the poetry of Nikki Giovanni, and growing up in a multigenerational household. 


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In Francis Spufford?s new novel, ?Nonesuch,? magical, time-traveling fascists want to go back in time and murder Winston Churchill before he shores up Britain's will to fight the Nazis. The book?s hero, a young woman named Iris, is trying to survive the Blitz while navigating her love life and sexism in ?40s London. The author spoke with Fresh Air Executive Producer Sam Briger.

TV critic David Bianculli reviews the new movie adaptation of the TV series ?Peaky Blinders.?


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With the Strait of Hormuz blocked, policy expert Karim Sadjadpour says the war in Iran is becoming increasingly complicated: "I don't think President Trump ... understood what he was getting into." Sadjadpour spoke with Terry Gross about the historical context of the conflict, the four priorities for the U.S. government, and the likelihood of escalation to WWIII. 


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Daniel Okrent?s new biography, ?Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn?t Easy,? offers new insights into the renowned Broadway composer and lyricist. Okrent talks with Terry Gross about Sondheim?s often toxic relationship to his mother, his drinking and substance use, and finding himself through his art. ?There are two major arcs to [Stephen Sondheim?s] life. One is from absolute alienation to finally, near the end of his life, connection,? he says. ?The other is from an ambivalence that could be crippling at times, to resolution, to knowing who he was and what he was capable of doing.?

Also, book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews the novel ?Now I Surrender.?

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Delroy Lindo stars as Delta Slim, a gifted and haunted blues musician, in ?Sinners.? It's a performance that has earned Lindo his first Academy Award nomination. He wants to win, but he says he won't let it define him either way. ?I have never taken my marbles and gone home as a result of whatever disappointments, the vicissitudes of the industry.?

Also, we hear from novelist Tayari Jones. Her new book ?Kin? is a story of two motherless girls in 1950s Louisiana who became each other?s chosen family. The idea for the book came from her own experience of losing a friend. ?When you're friends with someone, you know your name will not be listed in any obituary. But it breaks your heart to lose your friends,? she tells Tonya Mosley. 


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Benicio del Toro is nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in ?One Battle After Another,? where he plays a karate sensei who runs what he calls a "Latino Harriet Tubman" operation. He was also in Wes Anderson?s latest film, ?The Phoenician Scheme.? He spoke with Tonya Mosley last year.

David Bianculli reviews ?Scarpetta,? the new Prime Video series starring Nicole Kidman, based on a series of books by Patricia Cornwell, and John Powers reviews the new Netflix series ?How to Get to Heaven from Belfast,? by the creator of ?Derry Girls.? 


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As part of his investigation into sports betting, Atlantic journalist McKay Coppins gambled $10,000 during last NFL season. He spoke with co-host Tonya Mosley about his experiment, what he learned, and what the explosion of betting is doing to society. ?It?s turning all of American life into a Las Vegas table game. There?s always this kind of glittering mirage of profit that you?re chasing, when, in reality, it?s designed to sort of demoralize and crush every regular person who plays.? They also talk about how betting has expanded to politics and international conflict. 


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