The 39th president spoke with Terry Gross in 1993, '95, '96 and '98 about growing up on a Georgia farm, entering politics and his advocacy for human rights and peace. Carter died Dec. 29 at age 100.

Brown won an Emmy for playing Christopher Darden in The People v. O.J. Simpson, and another for his role in This is Us. He spoke to Fresh Air on Jan. 8, 2024, about the film American Fiction.

In part two of our interview, Batiste joins us from the piano and plays some of his favorite Christmas songs. He's the former ...

The folk singer, who died in 2014, was famous for his songs about working people, unions and social justice. In this 1984 interview, Seeger cited Woody Guthrie as one his most important influences.

Roots co-founder Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson shares his Christmas playlist, which includes songs by DRAM, James Brown, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder. Originally broadcast Dec. 21, 2022.

The singer-songwriter and Talking Heads frontman presents some of his favorite holiday music — including songs by The Pogues, James Brown and LCD Soundsystem. Originally broadcast Dec. 20, 2023.

Springsteen spoke about New Jersey, masculinity and wishing to be his stage persona: "People see you onstage and, yeah, I'd want to be that guy. ... I want to be that guy myself very often." ...

Glaser made headlines for her roast of Tom Brady. "All I want is people to like me," she says of her comedy. Glaser's latest HBO special is Someday You'll Die. Originally broadcast July 29, 2024.

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Christmas has inspired some great songs in every genre and some really bad ones. Today, we'll hear some great ones. We'll start with Jon Batiste at the piano ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. It's become a new FRESH AIR holiday tradition to invite musicians we love to play some of their favorite Christmas songs. It started two years ago when Ahmir ...

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it was all there, all their true feelings." This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. My guest, Miranda July, was a bit afraid of what people would think of her after publishing her second novel ...