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President Trump's Conflicts Of Interest
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/07/1249592912/president-trumps-conflicts-of-interest
Published: May 7, 2025 18:47
New York Times reporter Eric Lipton says the Trump family businesses, including their crypto company, are capitalizing on the President's position, and creating unprecedented conflicts of interest.Learn more about sponsor message choices:…
Michelle Williams Insists On Finding Pleasure & Humor Alongside Pain
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/06/1249331196/michelle-williams-dying-for-sex
Published: May 6, 2025 18:17
Michelle Williams' FX/Hulu series Dying For Sex follows a woman with terminal cancer who decides to pursue her own sexual pleasure. She says the show is about sex, friendship and "being scared and brave at the same time."Learn more about sponsor message…
Sarah Snook Almost Didn't Audition For 'Succession'
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/05/1249236663/sarah-snook
Published: May 5, 2025 18:56
Snook, who played Shiv Roy on Succession, was just nominated for a Tony for playing all the characters in The Picture of Dorian Gray on Broadway. "I don't know what comes after this," she says. She talks about playing 26 different parts in Dorian, why she…
Best Of: Inside The Pronatalist Movement / Making Sense Of Trauma
Published: May 3, 2025 07:00
We're diving into the resurgence of the pronatalism movement, the belief that having more babies will save a failing civilization. With new Trump-backed policies promising "baby bonuses" and even a "National Medal of Motherhood," pronatalists are warning…
A Story Of Shipwreck, Mutiny And Murder
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/02/1248664731/a-story-of-shipwreck-mutiny-and-murder
Published: May 2, 2025 07:00
David Grann's book, The Wager, is about an 18th century British warship that wrecked on an island after passing through the treacherous waters of Cape Horn. The castaways faced terrible conditions and starvation, and descended into chaos, including…
Terry Gross Remembers Her Late Husband, Francis Davis
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/01/1248444386/terry-gross-husband-obit
Published: May 1, 2025 18:39
Fresh Air host Terry Gross lost her husband, acclaimed writer Francis Davis, on April 14. They were together for 47 years. Today, she shares some of Francis with the audience, including the story of how they met and became a couple.Also, we listen back to…
Baby Bonuses, Trad Wives & The Pronatalist Movement
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/30/1248091515/pronatalism
Published: April 30, 2025 18:32
A once-fringe movement claims having more babies is the only way to save civilization. NPR reporter Lisa Hagen and sociologist Karen Guzzo explain who's empowering pronatalism today.Plus, jazz critic Martin Johnson reviews a new album from Wilco guitarist…
How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/1247777229/project-2025
Published: April 29, 2025 18:50
Journalist David Graham says the aim of the creators of the conservative action plan Project 2025 aim is to push the federal government "as far to the right as they can." His new book is The Project.Also, TV critic David Bianculli reviews a new PBS…
How Trauma Shapes Us
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/28/1247707500/how-trauma-shapes-us
Published: April 28, 2025 18:29
Daria Burke spent several years digging into the science of how our brains and bodies carry the imprint of early experiences. She wanted to understand the trauma she lived through growing up in 1980s Detroit with a mother who battled addiction. She…
Best Of: 'The Pitt' Star Noah Wyle / 'Sinners' Director Ryan Coogler
Published: April 26, 2025 07:00
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ryan Coogler's movies include both Black Panther films and Creed. His latest fillm, Sinners, is a vampire thriller about twins, both played by Michael B. Jordan, opening a juke joint in 1930s Mississippi. The film explores race,…
Merle Haggard On Hopping Trains And Doing Time
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/25/1247139365/fresh-air-draft-04-25-2025
Published: April 25, 2025 14:20
Before he became a musician, Merle Haggard lived the kind of life that's often mythologized in song: Hopping freights and doing prison time. When he became a star, he acquired his own observation car. Now that coach is part of the Virginia Scenic Railway.…