Terry Gross

Hear neurologist Oliver Sacks and rock critic Ken Tucker on this edition of Fresh Air....

The late writer, Carol Shields on this edition of Fresh Air. Carol Shields discusses her life, her work, and her diagnosis of stage 4 breast cancer...

Veteran actress Angela Lansbury on this archive edition of Fresh Air. She's spent over 50 years in the business on stage, and in film and television....

Actors Morgan Freeman and Tim Roth on this archive edition of Fresh Air. Morgan Freeman is one of the stage and screen's most acclaimed actors for his ability to immerse himself....

Computer programmer Linus Torvalds on this edition of Fresh Air. He is the creator of Linux, a computer operating system intended to improve upon Unix...

Actor John Travolta on this edition of Fresh Air. Travolta plays an ex-Army Ranger turned DEA agent in the new film Basic....

Near Easter Studies professor Bernard Lewis and Robert Jay Lifton on this edition of Fresh Air. Bernard Lewis, Ph.D is a Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University...

Writer/producer Andy Breckman, actor Tony Shalhoub, writer/director Nicole Holofcener and actress Catherine Keener on this edition of Fresh Air. Andy Breckman of the new USA Network series, Monk...

Actor, singer, and drag queen Ru Paul and cartoonist Craig McCracken on this edition of Fresh Air. At 6'7", Ru Paul is even taller in heels and...

Author Martin Amis is considered one of the leading British writers of the late twentieth century and one of the most controversial....

Middle East historian David Fromkin on this edition of Fresh Air. David Fromkin is a professor of International Relations, International Law, and Middle Eastern Politics at Boston University....

Religion scholar Bart D. Ehrman on this edition of Fresh Air....

Irish writer Nuala O'Faolain on this archive edition of Fresh Air. Her latest book is her first novel called My Dream of You...

This audio is like an informal writing clinic, as you listen to these writers talk about their lives, experiences and, of course, their writing....

British actor Colin Firth on this edition of Fresh Air....

Soviet born journalist Masha Gessen and poet Li-Young Lee on this archive edition of Fresh Air. Masha Gessen edited a collection...

Musician, producer, arranger, composer Quincy Jones on this 70th birthday rebroadcast edition of Fresh Air...

We celebrate the centennial of Bing Crosby's birth with jazz critic and writer Gary Giddins. His biography of Bing Crosby is called, Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams - the Early Years, 1903-1940...

Former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and actor Peter Gallagher on this archival edition of Fresh Air....

Humorist Fran Lebowitz and writer Anne Lamott on this archive edition of Fresh Air. The Washington Post called Fran Lebowitz "The funniest woman in America"....