Terry Gross

We remember writer, activist and feminist crusader GLORIA STEINEM. She died Wednesday at the age of 92. We'll listen to excerpts of two interviews with her. Her memoir, My Life on the Road, was dedicated to the doctor who helped Steinem get an illegal abortion when she was 22. She talks about the choices she made in her life--a life that has profoundly influenced women around the world. She helped to launch Ms. Magazine: created, owned, and operated by women, and targeted at increasingly self-aware women of the 1970s. It proved widely popular and hugely influential.

Director PAUL GREENGRASS. His new film, The Uprising, tells the story of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, when tens of thousands of English farmers and laborers rose up against the crown. It stars Andrew Garfield. Twenty years ago, Greengrass made United 93, which re-creates in real time the hijacked flight on September 11th where passengers fought back. He built it from the official record and interviews with more than a hundred family members of those on board. And he directed Captain Phillips about a cargo ship seized by Somali pirates, which starred Tom Hanks..

Film critic JUSTIN CHANG reviews the new drama Filipiñana (Fi-li-pee-NYAH-nuh), which follows a teenage girl who’s just started working at an upscale resort in Manila. It’s the first feature from the Filipino writer-director Rafael Manuel.

New York Times reporter NATASHA SINGER covers the intersection of technology, business, and education. She's written a new book titled Coding Kids: Big Tech's battle to Remake Public Schools.

Journalist ANNIE LOWREY is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where she covers economic policy. Her new book is The Time Tax: How the Government Wastes Our Time, and How to Fix It. She argues that the red tape in American life isn't an accident. It's a policy choice, one that determines who gets food assistance, health care, even the ability to vote. Her previous book is Give People Money about universal basic income. (INTERVIEW BY TONYA MOSLEY) (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW).

Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews two new albums by the Womack Sisters and Margaret Glaspy.

(2.) Actor RHEA SEEHORN<RAY Seehorn>. The former co-star of “Better Call Saul” is nominated for an Emmy for her starring role in “Pluribus,” the Apple TV series created by Vince Gilligan. Terry Gross spoke with RHEA SEEHORN last year about the “Pluribus”. “Pluribus” is nominated for eighteen Emmys, including one for SEEHORN as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. The Emmys are scheduled for September 14th. (THIS INTERVIEW ORIGINALLY AIRED 12.09.2025)

(1.) Actor, writer, and producer RIZ AHMED. He’s nominated for an Emmy for his starring role in the Prime Video series “Bait” in which he plays a British Pakistani actor auditioning to be the next James Bond. AHMED is also a writer and creator of the series.

Jazz critic MARTIN JOHNSON reviews the new album by Cecil McLorin Salvant, “With Every Breath I Take.”

We remember DOLLY PARTON, singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur and philanthropist. PARTON died yesterday in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80 years old. Dolly Parton made her debut at the Grand Ole Opry in 1959 when she was just 13. Since then, she wrote thousands of songs, including "Coat of Many Colors," "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You," which was later a hit for Whitney Houston. PARTON was one of the few performers who was successful enough to start her own theme park.