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The Migrant Crisis In NYC
February 15, 2024 21:30 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBHow is New York City coping with the 175,000 migrants from the Southern border? New York Times reporter Andy Newman says the city's legal mandate to provide shelter to any who need it is being tested by a stream of migrants — some of whom were sent on buses by Southern governors. Also, Maureen Corrigan reviews Francis Spufford's Cahokia Jazz. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Remembering Longtime NPR Host Bob Edwards
February 14, 2024 19:50 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBWe remember Peabody award-winning broadcast journalist Bob Edwards, who died on Saturday at the age of 76. He was the first and longest-serving host of NPR's Morning Edition, from the show's inception in 1979 until 2004. Terry Gross recorded two interviews with Edwards. Also, John Powers review Perfect Days, the new film from director Wim Wenders. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Mark Ruffalo
February 13, 2024 19:55 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBRuffalo plays a debauched cad in Yorgos Lanthimos' bawdy, dark comedy Poor Things. The role 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 brain tumor changed his life. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Molly Ringwald
February 12, 2024 20:13 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBMolly Ringwald became a film icon in the '80s after starring in a trio of films: Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, and Pretty in Pink. "I don't like to use the word iconic because it's overused — but they really are. Those films are really iconic," she tells Tonya Mosley. Now she's in the new Ryan Murphy series Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, about the high society women that novelist Truman Capote loved and betrayed. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR...
Best Of: The Race Card Project / The Early AIDS Crisis
February 10, 2024 08:00 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBJournalist Michele Norris has spent the last 14 years collecting what she describes as "an archive of the human experience" with The Race Card Project. She wanted to see how Americans really talk and think about race, so she asked people to share their thoughts in six words. Norris adapted the project into a memoir called Our Hidden Conversations. Also, we'll hear from Kai Wright, host of the WNYC podcast Blindspot: The Plague in the Shadows about the early years of the AIDS epidemic, when ...
Remembering MC5 Guitarist Wayne Kramer / Carl Weathers
February 09, 2024 20:16 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBWe remember Wayne Kramer, the guitarist of the late '60s proto-punk band MC5. The revolutionary band's idols were the Black Panther party, Malcolm X and John Coltrane. Kramer died last week at 75. He spoke with Terry Gross in 2002. Also we listen back to our 1988 interview with actor Carl Weathers, who played Apollo Creed in the Rocky movies. He died at 76. Justin Chang reviews the French film The Taste of Things. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR...
The Surprisingly Lax Regulation Of Our Railroads
February 08, 2024 20:02 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBAward-winning ProPublica reporter Topher Sanders has spent the last two years investigating America's aging freight train system. He says the Federal Railroad Administration monitors "less than 1% of what's happening on the rails." Sanders talks about the toxic East Palestine, OH derailment, the prevalence of blocked railroad crossings, and why railway safety legislation is yet to be passed. Also, rock critic Ken Tucker shares three new songs. Learn more about sponsor message choices: pod...
The Life and Legacy Of Medgar & Myrlie Evers
February 07, 2024 20:23 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBThe civil rights leader Medgar Evers is maybe more known for his assassination in 1963 than the work he did to fight for voting rights and desegregation. MSNBC host Joy-Ann Reid tells the story of Medgar and his wife Myrlie in a new book. Evers was the NAACP field secretary in Mississippi, a state that lynched more Black people than any other. The risks of the job created a lot of tension in their marriage — and after Medgar's death, Myrlie's fury drove her to be an activist herself. Learn m...
A Foster Parent On Loving & Letting Go
February 06, 2024 20:08 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBWhen Mark Daley and his husband, Jason, became foster parents to two brothers, they fell in love with the children right away. But Daley and his husband also know that their family could change at any moment. Eventually, the boys were reunified with their biological parents. Daley's memoir is Safe: A Memoir of Fatherhood, Foster Care, and the Risks We Take for Family. Daley talks about the foster care system at large, as well as the joy and pain he and Jason experienced as foster parents. Al...
What Americans Really Think About Race
February 05, 2024 19:13 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBJournalist Michele Norris has spent the last 14 years collecting what she calls "an archive of the human experience." She wanted to see how Americans really talk and think about race, so she asked people to share their thoughts in six words. The results were overwhelming. Eventually, the project moved online and got more than half a million entries from over 100 countries. Norris turned the project into a new book called Our Hidden Conversations. Also, John Powers reviews a biography of Fra...
Best Of: Emma Stone / The Birth Of Psychedelic Science
February 03, 2024 08:00 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBEmma Stone is nominated for an Oscar for her starring role in Poor Things. She spoke with Terry Gross about the film and her relationship to her anxiety. David Bianculli reviews Ryan Murphy's FX anthology series Feud: Capote vs. The Swans. Also, Benjamin Breen talks about his book, Tripping on Utopia: Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science. It's about the pioneering work anthropologists Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson did on the use of psychedelics as...
'Oppenheimer' Dir. Christopher Nolan / Mark Ronson On The 'Barbie' Soundtrack
February 02, 2024 20:11 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBOppenheimer and Barbie have been nominated for 13 and 8 Oscars, respectively. We feature our interview with Christopher Nolan, who wrote and directed Oppenheimer, about the making of the atomic bomb. Also, we hear from prolific music producer Mark Ronson about the soundtrack and score of Barbie. He co-wrote one of the songs that's been nominated for an Oscar and a Grammy, "I'm Just Ken." David Bianculli reviews the latest installment of Ryan Murphy's FX anthology series Feud, this time abo...
The Forgotten Heroes Of The AIDS Crisis
February 01, 2024 21:15 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MBKai Wright's WNYC podcast, Blindspot, revisits the early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, focusing in particular on populations that are frequently overlooked — including the pediatric patients at Harlem Hospital. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Emma Stone
January 31, 2024 19:27 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBStone has two Oscar nominations for Poor Things: One for best actress and one for best picture, as a producer. She spoke with Terry Gross about working with an intimacy coordinator, why she sees her anxiety as a superpower, and how Superbad changed her life. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Unpacking The Immigration Crisis
January 30, 2024 20:42 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MBHundreds of thousands of people, mostly from Central America, arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border every year. What to do with these migrants is one of the most divisive issues in Washington. New Yorker staff writer Jonathan Blitzer says the crisis is partially the result of decades of American policy. Blitzer's new book is called Everyone Who is Gone is Here. He also recounts the stories of those attempting to cross the border. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoi...
Inside A Jim Crow-Era Asylum
January 29, 2024 19:50 - 45 minutes - 42 MBNBC journalist Antonia Hylton spent more than a decade piecing together the history of Maryland's first segregated asylum, where Black patients were forced into manual labor. Her new book is Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum. Also, Ken Tucker reviews the new album The Interrogator from The Paranoid Style. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Best Of: Tracee Ellis Ross / Racism In Medicine
January 27, 2024 08:00 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBTracee Ellis Ross co-stars in the new movie American Fiction, which is nominated for five Oscars, including Best Picture. For eight seasons, she starred in the ABC comedy series Black-ish. Ross played the mother, Bow, and she worked with the writers to make sure her character wasn't just what she calls "wife wallpaper." She spoke with Tonya Mosley about those roles. Also, Dr. Uché Blackstock talks about her new book, Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons With Racism In Medicine. Maureen Corr...
Remembering Composer Peter Shickeley / Shangri-Las Lead Mary Weiss
January 26, 2024 20:07 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBWe remember composer and classical music satirist Peter Schickele, whose alter ego was "P.D.Q. Bach." His comic music arrangements were funny, but the level of musicianship was no joke. He spoke with Terry Gross in 1985. Also, we remember Mary Weiss, lead singer of the Shangri-Las, the girl group whose biggest hit was "Leader of the Pack." From working-class Queens, they acquired a tough girl image, in contrast to the glamor girl groups of the era. Weiss was on Fresh Air in 2007 when she re...
How The War Between Israel And Hamas Is Widening
January 25, 2024 19:34 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBNew York Times correspondent David Sanger says that Iran and its proxies are posing new challenges: "We're seeing outbreaks of low-level but highly damaging conflict all over the region." Also, John Powers reviews the new Mexican film Tótem. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Tracee Ellis Ross
January 24, 2024 19:08 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBTracee Ellis Ross co-stars in the Oscar-nominated movie American Fiction. For eight seasons, she starred in the ABC comedy series Black-ish. We talk about her new projects, her superstar mother, Diana Ross, and forging her own path outside of her mother's success. We also talk about how she's come to embrace, at 51, never having children or being married. Also, film critic Justin Chang reviews the new Vietnamese drama Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell and book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Ka...
How War Changed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
January 23, 2024 19:51 - 46 minutes - 42.1 MBTime correspondent Simon Shuster has been interviewing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy since 2019, when Zelenskyy was still a famous entertainer and satirist. Shuster talks about Zelenskyy's rise to power, the infamous call with Trump that led to Trump's first impeachment, and how the war with Russia has changed him. Shuster's new book is The Showman. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Reckoning With Racism In Medicine
January 22, 2024 19:52 - 45 minutes - 42 MBDr. Uché Blackstock was one of the first doctors to raise the alarm that COVID-19 was disproportionately impacting Black people. She spoke with Tonya Mosley about how medical schools contribute to inequities in health care, and what we can do about it. Her book is Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Best Of: 'Origin' Dir. Ava DuVernay / How Algorithms 'Flatten' Culture
January 20, 2024 08:00 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBAva DuVernay's new film Origin explores a new way to consider the historical subjugation of Black people in America: as the adverse result of a caste system. The film is inspired by Isabel Wilkerson's book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. In the movie, Wilkerson embarks on a journey to learn about caste, traveling to Germany and India to get to the root of the Black experience in America. Also, we'll talk about how algorithms flatten culture with journalist Kyle Chayka. He says algorit...
A 'Succession' Appreciation
January 19, 2024 15:16 - 46 minutes - 43 MBHBO's Succession swept at the Emmys, winning six awards for its fourth and final season. We compiled interviews with show creator/head writer Jesse Armstrong and actors Kieran Culkin and Matthew Macfadyen. Also, David Bianculli reflects on the 25th anniversary of The Sopranos. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
The Home Schooling Surge
January 18, 2024 19:40 - 46 minutes - 42.1 MBHome schooling is now America's fastest growing form of education, but Washington Post reporter Peter Jamison tells Dave Davies, "It's remarkable how little oversight there is of home-schooled children." Also, we remember TV critic Tom Shales. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
How Algorithms 'Flatten' Culture
January 17, 2024 19:08 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBFilterworld author Kyle Chayka examines the algorithms that dictate what we watch, read and listen to. He argues that machine-guided curation makes us docile consumers. Also, Maureen Corrigan reviews You Only Call When You're in Trouble, a new novel from Stephen McCauley. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
The Birth Of Psychedelic Science
January 16, 2024 20:16 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBYou may have heard about the pioneering research of anthropologist Margaret Mead, but do you know about her work with psychedelics? Mead and her husband, Gregory Bateson, thought psychedelics might reshape humanity by expanding consciousness. We'll speak with author Benjamin Breen about that research and how it led to the CIA's secret experiments in the '50s and '60s, using psychedelics in interrogation. He also shares with us details about a NASA-funded experiment to try to get dolphins to t...
Ava DuVernay Illuminates America's Caste System with 'Origin'
January 15, 2024 08:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBAward-winning director Ava DuVernay's new film Origin explores a new way to consider the historical subjugation of Black people in America: As the adverse result of a caste system.The film is inspired by Isabel Wilkerson's book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. In the movie, Wilkerson embarks on a journey to learn about caste - traveling to Germany and India to get to the root of the Black experience in America. DuVernay also directed 13th, When They See Us, and Selma. Learn more about ...
Best Of: Sterling K. Brown / Paul Giamatti
January 13, 2024 12:00 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBActor Sterling K. Brown co-stars in the new film American Fiction. We'll talk about his role in that, as well as playing O.J. Simpson prosecutor Christopher Darden. Also, we'll hear from Paul Giamatti. He just won a Golden Globe for his role in The Holdovers, as a pompous and disliked teacher at a boys boarding school. The Holdovers is the second collaboration between Giamatti and director Alexander Payne. The first was the surprise hit movie Sideways. Learn more about sponsor message choi...
Josh Groban's Sweeney Todd
January 12, 2024 12:00 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBThe Grammy-Award winning baritone first auditioned to play the Demon Barber of Fleet Street back in high school. He didn't get the part then; but he starred in in the latest Broadway revival. Groban will leave the role this month. He spoke with Fresh Air's Ann Marie Baldonado about his affinity for Stephen Sondheim, poking fun at his own image on TV, and starting his singing career as a teen. Also, Justin Chang reviews the new film Memory. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastc...
The Movement To Dismantle Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Initiatives
January 11, 2024 20:15 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBWashington Post reporter Julian Mark talks about the resignation of Harvard President Claudine Gay, and the broader movement to dismantle DEI practices in academia and corporate America. Also, TV critic David Bianculli reviews Monsieur Spade, starring Clive Owen on AMC. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Paul Giamatti On 'The Holdovers'
January 10, 2024 19:14 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBGiamatti says his latest movie, filmed at various prep schools in Massachusetts and directed by Alexander Payne, triggered memories of the time he spent as a day student at a private school. He spoke with Sam Briger about his reunion with Payne after 20 years, Billions, and what he loves about acting. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
The Long Recovery Back From Traumatic Brain Injury
January 09, 2024 20:03 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBAnnie Liontas experienced three brain injuries in the span of one year, which led to dizziness, memory fog and anger — and impacted Liontas' marriage and sex life. Their memoir is Sex with a Brain Injury: On Concussion and Recovery. Also, David Bianculli reviews HBO's True Detective: Night Country starring Jodie Foster Kali Reis. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Sterling K. Brown
January 08, 2024 20:27 - 45 minutes - 42 MBBrown 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: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Best Of: Making 'Maestro' / A Restaurateur's Journey
January 06, 2024 08:00 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBBradley Cooper talks about writing, directing, and starring in the new film Maestro, in which he portrays conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein. Also with us is conducting consultant Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. The film focuses on Bernstein's music and his relationship with his wife, including the friction caused by his affairs with men. Also, we hear from restaurateur Rose Previte, author of the new cookbook Maydān:...
Remembering The Smothers Brothers, Who Changed TV
January 05, 2024 19:36 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBWe remember Tom Smothers, of the comic folk duo the Smothers Brothers, who died last week at the age of 86. Their popular TV variety show in the late 1960s captured the spirit of the counterculture, and was often censored by network execs. We feature our interview with Tom and Dick Smothers and have an appreciation by TV critic David Bianculli. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
The Ozempic Revolution
January 04, 2024 19:23 - 44 minutes - 41 MBBloomberg News reporter Emma Court explains how these so-called "miracle" weight loss drugs work, and discusses side effects, long-term impacts, and what it all means for the body positivity movement. Also, John Powers reviews Michelle Yeoh's Netflix comedy-thriller series The Brothers Sun. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Restaurateur Rose Previte's Lessons Learned From Around The World
January 03, 2024 19:58 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBIn her new cookbook, Maydān: Recipes from Lebanon and Beyond, Rose Previte writes about what it's like to be a women restauranteur in a male-dominated industry, and what it was like to grow up in rural Ohio in a Sicilian-Lebanese household. She shares her mother's staple recipes and dishes she learned from other women from around the world. Also, we remember Full Monty actor Tom Wilkinson, who died on last week at the age of 75. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/...
Bradley Cooper & Yannick Nézet-Séguin On 'Maestro'
January 02, 2024 19:52 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBIn his new biopic Maestro, Bradley Cooper was determined not to imitate the legendary Leonard Bernstein. Instead, the actor worked with conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin to find his own rhythm. They spoke with Terry Gross about conducting, Bernstein's legacy, and playing with batons when they were kids. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Taraji P. Henson / Pianist Brad Mehldau
December 30, 2023 08:00 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBTaraji P. Henson stars as jazz singer Shug Avery in the new musical adaptation of The Color Purple. She spoke with Tonya Mosley about what the play means to her. Also, we'll hear from Brad Mehldau, one of the most acclaimed and influential jazz pianists of his generation. He joins us at the piano, for music and conversation. And Justin Chang will share his list of the best movies of 2023. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Jazz With The EarRegulars
December 29, 2023 11:29 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBOur dark week continues with a performance by and conversation with two of the best traditional jazz musicians around, trumpeter Jon-Erik Kellso and guitarist Matt Munisteri. In 2007, they founded the band The EarRegulars which plays Sunday nights at a very old bar in Greenwich Village called the EAR inn. They spoke with Fresh Air producer Sam Briger. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Roots Co-Founder, Black Thought (Tariq Trotter)
December 28, 2023 19:14 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBWe continue our series of some of our favorite interviews of the year with co-founder and lead MC of the Roots, Tariq Trotter, a.k.a. Black Thought. When Trotter was a teen, he experienced one of the biggest tragedies of his life, the murder of his mother, and it was his friend and creative partner Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson who took him in. Together they co-founded The Roots. We talk about growing up in Philly and landing the house band gig at The Tonight Show. His memoir is called The Upcyc...
Brooke Shields
December 27, 2023 19:35 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBWhen Shields was 11 months old, she was in soap commercials and print ads. At the age of 12, she starred as a child prostitute in the film Pretty Baby. In her teens, she modeled jeans for Calvin Klein and became a household name. A Hulu documentary examines how she was sexually objectified as a child and teen actress. She spoke with Tonya Mosley about her life and career. Rock critic Ken Tucker shares two great albums that he feels were overlooked this year. Learn more about sponsor messag...
Allison Russell's Road To Self-Love
December 26, 2023 19:13 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBCanadian musician Allison Russell talks and sings about the abuse she endured from her racist adoptive father — and about how she learned she was worthy of being loved. Her 2023 album is The Returner. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Merry Questlove Christmas
December 25, 2023 08:00 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBAhmir "Questlove" Thompson has put together a playlist of some of his favorite Christmas recordings. Questlove is co-founder of The Roots, which is among other things, is the house band for The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Also, roots and rockabilly musician JD McPherson plays some of his own Christmas tunes. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Best Of: David Byrne's Xmas Playlist / Nicolas Cage
December 23, 2023 08:00 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBIt's a David Byrne Christmas. The cofounder and frontman of Talking Heads has put together a playlist of his favorite Christmas songs for us. Also, we'll hear from actor Nicolas Cage. In the new movie Dream Scenario, he plays a college professor who becomes a star on the internet after he mysteriously appears in the dreams of millions of people. He talks about how that relates to his own experience of becoming an internet meme. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/a...
Timothy Olyphant On 'Justified'
December 22, 2023 08:00 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBFrom now until the end of 2023, we're listening back to some stand-out interviews from this year. Timothy Olyphant is best known for portraying lawmen in cowboy hats. He reprises the role of U.S. marshal Raylan Givens in the eight-part sequel, Justified: City Primeval, based on Elmore Leonard's novel. He also played Sheriff Seth Bullock in Deadwood. He spoke with Dave Davies about the roles. Film critic Justin Chang reviews The Zone of Interest. Learn more about sponsor message choices: po...
Nicolas Cage
December 21, 2023 19:34 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBCage has been acting for almost 45 years, and has appeared in more than 100 films. Dream Scenario is one of five scripts he's encountered in his career that he knew, immediately upon reading, he had to take on. He spoke with Dave Davies about becoming a meme, changing his name from Coppola to Cage, and maybe breaking into TV. Also, jazz critic Kevin Whitehead remembers composer Carla Bley, who died this year. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Priva...
A David Byrne Christmas Special
December 20, 2023 19:43 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBThe singer-songwriter and Talking Heads frontman presents some of his favorite holiday music — including songs by The Pogues, James Brown, LCD Soundsystem and Paul Simon. The playlist on Apple Music The playlist on Spotify Also, David Bianculli shares highlights from TV this year. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Remembering Actor Andre Braugher
December 19, 2023 20:43 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBBraugher died of lung cancer last week at age 61. He's best known for his portrayals of police in two opposite genres: in the comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which lampooned cop shows, and in the drama series Homicide: Life on the Street. We have two interviews with him — one from 1995 and one from 2006. Also, Kevin Whitehead shares a remembrance of jazz musicians who died this year. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy