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Saturday Night Live (SNL) players Horatio Sanz and Amy Poehler sitting at the anchor desk during a segment of Weekend Update
14 Segments

SNL: Live from New York

Since it debuted in 1975, Saturday Night Live has launched the careers of some of comedy's biggest names. Over the years, many of the show's actors, writers, and creators have sat down with Terry Gross to talk about their auditions, the culture of the show, and life after SNL.

Profile photo of Apple founder and former CEO Steve Jobs
10 Segments

The Futurists

What will life be like in the future? In this collection, you'll hear interviews with Steve Jobs, Michio Kaku, and other leading scientists, technologists, and environmentalists as they predict the world of our future.

James Gandolfini, as Tony Soprano, standing in a cemetery surrounded by his Sopranos cast stars in a still image from an episode of the HBO show The Sopranos
11 Segments

The Sopranos

If you're a fan of dark, cinematic TV dramas like Breaking Bad, True Detective, and The Walking Dead, you've got The Sopranos to thank. From 1999 to 2007, Tony Soprano was among the first of a new generation of flawed yet relatable anti-heroes, setting a new standard for the small screen that many have emulated but few have matched.

Donald Trump speaking at a campaign event in a MAGA hat with an American flag backdrop
14 Segments

The Trump Years

As his time in office comes to a close, we reflect on the tumultuous presidency of Donald Trump.

 

Listen to the journalists and officials (and some comedians) who've documented one of the most chaotic administrations in American history.

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11 Segments

TV Gone Too Soon

Did your favorite show get canceled? We get it. Curated by Fresh Air in collaboration with our friends at the Museum of Pop Culture, this collection features interviews with the people behind some of our favorite, dearly departed TV shows:

 

Freaks and Geeks | My So-Called Life | The Break with Michelle Wolf | The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore | Twin Peaks | GLOW | Chappelle's Show

 

On the left, an election judge looks at Florida butterfly ballot during the 2000 recount. On the right, a woman in a mask exits a 2020 voting booth.
8 Segments

U.S. Elections: 2000 to 2020

We look at the 2020 election and the chaotic 2000 presidential recount.

 

In this collection, listen as law professors and journalists discuss some of the challenges that candidates, voters, and election officials may face this year, from voter suppression to foreign interference to problems with electronic ballots. You'll also hear reflections on the contested election of 2000, when a series of controversial events led the Supreme Court to declare that George W. Bush had won the presidency, defeating Al Gore in Florida by a margin of just 537 votes.

A soldier looks into the distance in this promotional image from the PBS series World on Fire.
13 Segments

World on Fire: An Oral History of WWII

Hear the oral history of World War II as told by the veterans who fought in it, the filmmakers who captured it, and the historians who sought to understand it. Listen to these first-person interviews and watch history unfold in World on Fire, a new seven-part series by Masterpiece. The story begins Sunday, April 5, 2020 at 9/8c on PBS.

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