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'Mad Max' director George Miller: the audience tells you 'what your film is' (2016 interview)
The fifth installment of the "Mad Max" series of post-apocalyptic action films is roaring into theaters. It's called "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga," and it's a prequel to the 2015 film, "Mad Max: Fury Road," which earned 10 Oscar nominations. This week, Fresh Air is revisiting our 2016 interview with director George Miller.
This interview originally aired February 8, 2016.
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Years ago, a psychic told Kristen Wiig to move to LA. She left the next day | Fresh Air
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The SNL alum co-stars with Carol Burnett in "Palm Royale," an Apple TV series about a former pageant queen who wants to break into high society. Wiig talked with Ann Marie Baldonado about working with Burnett, the rush of SNL, and co-writing the mega hit movie Bridesmaids. This interview originally aired May 21, 2024. LISTEN TO DAILY EPISODES OF FRESH AIR www.npr.org/podcasts/381444908/fresh-ai...
Canadian author Alice Munro (1997 interview) | Fresh Air
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The writer Alice Munro was a craftsman, known for her intricately paced short stories that could devastate a reader. Her characters often lived in rural Ontario, like Munro herself. In an interview after winning the Nobel Prize, she said that living in a small town gave her the freedom to write. "I don't think I could have been so brave if I had been living in a town, competing with people on w...
Brittney Griner reflects on 'Coming Home' after nearly 300 days in a Russian prison | Fresh Air
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Brittney Griner spent nearly 300 days incarcerated in Russia after authorities at the Moscow airport found two nearly empty cartridges of cannabis in her luggage. The WNBA star spoke with Terry Gross about the dehumanizing prison conditions, her release, and return to the court. Griner, who is 6'9", says she felt like a zoo animal in prison. "The guards would literally come open up the little p...
Writer Paul Auster (2002 interview) | Fresh Air
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Best-selling author Paul Auster, whose novels addressed existential questions of identity, language, and literature and created mysteries that raised more questions than they answered, died earlier this week. He was 77. In memoriam, we're revisiting a 2002 interview with Auster, in which he discusses his novels "The Book of Illusions" and "I Thought My Father Was God." This interview originally...
Artist Faith Ringgold on learning to represent Black people (1991 interview) | Fresh Air
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Artist Faith Ringgold combined painting and quilt-making to create brightly colored and patterned story pictures. She lived in Harlem and taught half the year at the University of California at San Diego. Her picture book for children, "Tar Beach," was inspired by her story quilt of the same name. This interview originally aired March 29, 1991. LISTEN TO DAILY EPISODES OF FRESH AIR www.npr.org/...
Salman Rushdie on surviving attempted murder | Fresh Air
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Salman Rushdie was onstage at a literary event in 2022 when he was attacked by a man in the audience: "Dying in the company of strangers - that was what was going through my mind." His new book is "Knife." This interview originally aired April 16, 2024. LISTEN TO DAILY EPISODES OF FRESH AIR www.npr.org/podcasts/381444908/fresh-air LISTEN TO OTHER FRESH AIR INTERVIEWS ON UA-cam (published once a...
Andrew Scott on 'Ripley,' 'Fleabag,' and more | Fresh Air
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Andrew Scott (best known as "hot priest" from 'Fleabag') plays con artist Tom Ripley in the Netflix adaptation of 'The Talented Mr. Ripley.' He says his job is to advocate for his characters, not judge them. He spoke with Terry Gross about finding soul in comedy and lightness in drama. This interview originally aired April 8, 2024. LISTEN TO DAILY EPISODES OF FRESH AIR www.npr.org/podcasts/3814...
Why college basketball is more exciting than the NBA (1988 interview) | Fresh Air
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March Madness is upon us, so we're revisiting a 1988 interview with sportswriter John Feinstein, who says there's nothing more exciting than watching a college basketball game from the stands. In his book "A Season Inside," Feinstein looks at the failures and success of young athletes, and argues that coaches are the real heroes of the game. This interview originally aired December 2, 1988. LIS...
Baseball legend Pete Rose (2004 interview) | Fresh Air
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LA Dodgers superstar pitcher Shohei Ohtani is adamant that he did not bet on baseball. And the mystery behind his ties to sports gambling is a sore spot on opening day. But long before the inquiry into Ohtani's ties to betting, there was Pete Rose. The Cincinnati Red was a consistent hitter with a brash personality. This week, we're revisiting an archival interview with Rose from 2004. In it, h...
For Christine Blasey Ford, the fallout of the Kavanaugh hearing is ongoing | Fresh Air
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In this episode, Christine Blasey Ford describes what it was like to come forward and testify that Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in high school. Her 2018 testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee threatened to derail his confirmation, but Kavanaugh succeeded in being becoming a supreme court justice. Ford still requires security for protection. After mostly avoiding the media, sh...
Jimmy Kimmel: Making late night a family affair | Fresh Air (2013 interview)
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In light of comedian Jimmy Kimmel hosting this year's Academy Awards, we're revisiting his "Fresh Air" interview from 2013. In the episode, he talks about setting up camp in the 11:35 p.m. slot, which put him head-to-head with Jay Leno and Kimmel's idol, David Letterman. The late-night talk-show host put a personal mark on his show by bringing in his family to help him make it happen. This inte...
RuPaul reflects on growing up Black and queer - and forging his own path | Fresh Air
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The Emmy-winning host of RuPaul's Drag Race describes himself as "an introvert masquerading as an extrovert." In a new memoir, he writes about growing up Black and queer in San Diego. And how he forged a new and glamorous identity in the punk rock and drag scenes of Atlanta and New York City. The memoir is titled "The House of Hidden Meanings." This interview originally aired March 4, 2024. LIS...
'American Fiction' star Jeffrey Wright searches for 'strange humanness' in roles | Fresh Air
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'American Fiction' star Jeffrey Wright searches for 'strange humanness' in roles | Fresh Air
Mark Ruffalo shed the Hulk suit and had 'a blast' making 'Poor Things' | Fresh Air
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Mark Ruffalo shed the Hulk suit and had 'a blast' making 'Poor Things' | Fresh Air
How 'Poor Things' actor Emma Stone turns her anxiety into a 'superpower' | Fresh Air
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How 'Poor Things' actor Emma Stone turns her anxiety into a 'superpower' | Fresh Air
What does it mean to be Black enough? Cord Jefferson explores this 'American Fiction' | Fresh Air
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What does it mean to be Black enough? Cord Jefferson explores this 'American Fiction' | Fresh Air
'Succession' actor Brian Cox can't defend Logan Roy, but he can relate to him | Fresh Air
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'Succession' actor Brian Cox can't defend Logan Roy, but he can relate to him | Fresh Air
Scientist and Pulitzer Prize winner Carl Sagan (1996 interview) | Fresh Air
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Scientist and Pulitzer Prize winner Carl Sagan (1996 interview) | Fresh Air
Norman Lear looks back on his life in 'Even This I Get To Experience' (2014 interview) | Fresh Air
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Norman Lear looks back on his life in 'Even This I Get To Experience' (2014 interview) | Fresh Air
Longtime 'Fresh Air' contributor Dave Davies signs off (sort of) | Fresh Air
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Longtime 'Fresh Air' contributor Dave Davies signs off (sort of) | Fresh Air
Native American playwright Larissa FastHorse takes on the 'wild mess' of Thanksgiving | Fresh Air
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Native American playwright Larissa FastHorse takes on the 'wild mess' of Thanksgiving | Fresh Air
Healing the 'Invisible Ache' behind the suicide crisis among Black men and boys | Fresh Air
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Healing the 'Invisible Ache' behind the suicide crisis among Black men and boys | Fresh Air

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @angelabuscemi4875
    @angelabuscemi4875 2 години тому

    Another GREAT Podcast By A GREAT Political ADVOCATE for Our CONSTITUTIONAL Rights!

  • @thestig007
    @thestig007 4 години тому

    Interesting to hear Steve Jobs predict the Apple TV in 1996.

  • @PremjitTalwar
    @PremjitTalwar 5 годин тому

    Rachel Maddow stands out as the pinnacle in her field. Her humanity is an example to follow. ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @janpercell-ph3ig
    @janpercell-ph3ig 15 годин тому

    To yelltell...you need to listen to history and realize its come full circle today with your hero the orange ogre!

  • @WhatAboutBob516
    @WhatAboutBob516 18 годин тому

    Jeeze the show had a hundred breaks smfh

  • @nancycornett9949
    @nancycornett9949 День тому

    Thank you! Even without her testimony, it should have been obvious to anyone that kavanaugh is one of the creepiest and most disgusting persons I’ve ever seen. There were lies galore in his testimony!

  • @Davett53
    @Davett53 2 дні тому

    Cool!

  • @philgiglio7922
    @philgiglio7922 2 дні тому

    How doe, or does, Smedley Butler figure into this plot?

  • @joylynne1343
    @joylynne1343 3 дні тому

    This is fascinating - It seems to me that Trump & Co. have studied, and have been "living out" this Fascist Play Book for many years.. The Trump era has been very painful for many people ... But Rachel's reporting about this similar era from the past will help educate and guide us moving forward ... Thank you.

  • @injujuan8993
    @injujuan8993 3 дні тому

    It’s a nice thing in life to be comfortable with how you speak

  • @baxatakbaxatak2014
    @baxatakbaxatak2014 3 дні тому

    Good old President Klansman.

  • @DeCleyre161
    @DeCleyre161 4 дні тому

    Bless this man

  • @Amber90125
    @Amber90125 6 днів тому

    Peter Edward Rose deserves to be in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Especially now since MLB has embraced gambling with sponsorship deals. You cannot talk about baseball without Pete Rose. I would include in his plaque that Pete was suspended for gambling on baseball as a manager of the Cincinnati Reds.

  • @CharlieStoebe
    @CharlieStoebe 6 днів тому

    Great interview, but some facts in the opening aren’t quite accurate!

  • @Annaortigara1
    @Annaortigara1 6 днів тому

    Love this!!

  • @Anni.things
    @Anni.things 6 днів тому

    “All for the best”. From Godspell. Look it up. 🥷🏽🖖

  • @GusMalle
    @GusMalle 7 днів тому

    Thank you for sharing Fresh Air Channel Sunday June 9, 2024 4:52 pm EST USA Live from Detroit on CBS TONIGHT 7 pm EST USA The Great Spirit The Creator Has A Master Plan

  • @BaldwinFanonGarveyTureShakurX
    @BaldwinFanonGarveyTureShakurX 7 днів тому

    "They look cool," being their "enduring legacy," is the most porcelain thing I've ever heard to describe the Panthers. 😂😂

  • @BaldwinFanonGarveyTureShakurX
    @BaldwinFanonGarveyTureShakurX 7 днів тому

    This POV by a "biracial" guy who is beholden to the power structure is hilarious. It's on brand with the children of African men and Anglo women, similar to Obama. So far removed from our experience, but charged with representing us by the power structure. This guy is as sociopolitcally Black as Drake. 16:20 is a perfect example of that. It sounds like he himself agrees with his handlers, that Black ppl can't and shouldn't govern themselves and better let Anglos overlook their organizations... or else. The question should've been posed to him: why can't Anglos donate to, and not seek to tear down organizations that don't center them? 😒 Notes on the BPP mascot: 21:15

  • @aphronium7688
    @aphronium7688 8 днів тому

    Toni Morrison 🙌🌸🌼🌸🌼 You will forever be a beacon of light🙏

  • @Davett53
    @Davett53 8 днів тому

    All in the family, was a great TV show that reflected my own family in many ways. Probably all our families. Mom was creative and open minded,.....My Pop grew up during a time when men were men and behaved a certain way. My Pop never kissed me on my cheek,....he preferred to shake my hand. Certain times I had to refer to him as "Sir", showing him much respect and never sassing him back. He was stern, but fair,.....but was incapable of showing showing his (love) of me. Or his emotions. Many years later, when he saw how my brother-in-law's father behaved, where father and son exchanged kisses on their cheeks, every day. He awkwardly tried to emulate that, a few times. I was more than happy to shake his hand,....although a good, sincere hug, would have been icing on the cake. I don't recall him ever hugging me. My Mom liked to kiss me on my cheek, and offered up great hugs.

  • @porterhutch
    @porterhutch 9 днів тому

    did he mean herschell gordon lewis? not stuart gordon for sure

  • @strantheman
    @strantheman 10 днів тому

    1996 phrases no one says now: World wide web Federal Express Steven Jobs

  • @treytechie
    @treytechie 13 днів тому

    Great post! There was a closeness captured, in Mr. King’s presence during this interview/conversation, that will keep me coming back to this specific post. Thank you!

  • @anaarredondogarcia
    @anaarredondogarcia 13 днів тому

    ❤️❤️❤️ I really like molly

  • @jpan7071
    @jpan7071 13 днів тому

    The most prolific, most talented writer of his generation. Thank you, Mr. King, for all of it. And keep them coming. Because you’re just getting started.

  • @MarianCalhoun-eb2pb
    @MarianCalhoun-eb2pb 13 днів тому

    Just read your book. Too funny. Had to look you up on UA-cam. Hilarious stuff!

  • @larrytrasciattiqueenspa
    @larrytrasciattiqueenspa 14 днів тому

    I 👀have always wanted to join the 🍅society.

  • @corrieallen9818
    @corrieallen9818 14 днів тому

    😂 As a felon, Donald Trump can no longer travel to 38 countries

  • @susanbrush758
    @susanbrush758 14 днів тому

    Classic Narcissistic Family who typically selects one child to be the "Golden Child" who can do no wrong while selecting another child to be " tbe family Scapegoat" who is blamed for everything from toddler-hood until the day they die." The Narcissistic parent offloads their shame, self-loathing projections onto the Scapegoat child. This Scapegoat child is typically the kind & sensitive child like Marys father. I know her father is so proud of her now as she has walked in his shoes to complete his legacy. Narcissistic parents typically pit all their children against each other so that the conflict between them will assure that the parent will receive all the love. I think Mary is phenomenal. She has tremendous courage to speak out and shes doing it for the greater good. Her father would have done the same had his evil heartless father had not broken him. ❤️ to Mary.

  • @brigitayantie
    @brigitayantie 17 днів тому

    Posix

  • @barbaramcfadden527
    @barbaramcfadden527 18 днів тому

    Re-reading these incredible stories by Alice Munro. A truly gifted writer.

  • @Davett53
    @Davett53 18 днів тому

    Wanda on "Curb",...was golden. I loved her cutting Larry down to size. She's funny no matter where she lands.

  • @cahg3871
    @cahg3871 19 днів тому

    I have been accused of being a villain and I approve of this message.👍😎

  • @TinLeadHammer
    @TinLeadHammer 19 днів тому

    I would have liked "The Devil Wears Prada" and Streep's role in it more, if it was not just an advertisement for an Italian fashion house that struggled through the late 2000s and needed all help it could get.

  • @Davett53
    @Davett53 19 днів тому

    For the love of god,...please don't have kids! My father was completely absent in my life. He lived in our house, he worked and supported us with his earnings. He was known by others as a good man, which he was, but he had no personality. He lived like a machine,....he worked and made the money. He knew nothing about his house, or where things were. He only knew how to put on his clothing and go to work. He was never home, he was at work all day and night, and every weekend. I kind of had the feeling he only had kids, because it was what men of his generation were expected to do. He was a totally "hands-off' father. My older sister felt the same way about his being totally unconnected with us and our mother. Luckily our mom was very plugged in, and lively. She raised us all by herself, he contributed nothing,....so no fatherly advice. He made the money and paid the bills. Our mom did everything else. They didn't even sleep together, he slept on the couch down stairs. He rarely talked to us, or my mother. He didn't even work at a job he liked, he inherited his father's business, and managed to keep it a float, for 50 years. He had no hobbies, no vices, no outside interests. His long time employees, said he had no personalty, he never joked around or engaged idle chit-chat. At times I hated him, but it was hard to hate a machine. He didn't know what I liked, what I studied, or what I did for a living. He didn't bother to know about my successes, or my struggles.

  • @MrCharlyAndy
    @MrCharlyAndy 19 днів тому

    Thank you, Rachel, for your dedication to the truth. These days that is nothing short of an heroic climb. You’re leading the way for a lot of us.

  • @Davett53
    @Davett53 21 день тому

    He's had some character roles in Larry David's "Curb" comedy. He likes to spar with Conan O'Brien, too.

  • @eduard5524
    @eduard5524 22 дні тому

    He had a fresh view on technology, great to listen still today, smart.

  • @TinLeadHammer
    @TinLeadHammer 23 дні тому

    "The whole thing just feels yucky!" "Doubly dishonest and triply deceptive?" "Yeah!" Clearly, she needs someone to write more eloquent lines for her.

  • @olive3700
    @olive3700 23 дні тому

    George Floyd didn't have a father around when he was growing up, when he became a father he wasn't there for his children either. Ultimately George Floyd became a career criminal who died of a heart attack while resisting arrest. The death of this man should be an example of how not to live your life. Finish school, don't get women you barely know pregnant, after you do, don't renege on your responsibility to support your five children, earn money by working regular jobs, don't look for easy money through dealing drugs or stealing, don't commit armed robbery, don't do drugs, don't pass counterfeit bills and don't resist arrest.

  • @TinLeadHammer
    @TinLeadHammer 23 дні тому

    Huh, so Tonya Mosley is black. She does not sound like it. Color me prejudiced. Quite relevant to the topic of the interview.

  • @TinLeadHammer
    @TinLeadHammer 23 дні тому

    9:20 - He totally missed the point about how one can write or consume satire when the world is so crazy right now, a gross caricature of itself, so over the top that it cannot be satirized.

  • @TinLeadHammer
    @TinLeadHammer 23 дні тому

    He was fortunate to see pioneering developments made elsewhere, and smart and relentless in incorporating these inventions into his own products. He is no different in this regard from Bill Gates. Both of them are no different from Thomas Edison, who was known to appropriate others' inventions and make them his own.

  • @TinLeadHammer
    @TinLeadHammer 23 дні тому

    "Then we had a classic Marxian profit realization crisis" - Good leaders understand that Marxism is not just about Communism as the next big thing, but moreso about how capitalism works.

  • @MsKentta
    @MsKentta 23 дні тому

    I love Palm Royal and how the storyline is building. Congrats on the series

  • @Davett53
    @Davett53 23 дні тому

    Mark's great in everything he's been in. "Spotless mind", movie with Jim Carey,...very good.

  • @Davett53
    @Davett53 23 дні тому

    Love Kristen Wiig! her SNL bits were delightful, so funny.

  • @Davett53
    @Davett53 23 дні тому

    I love Molly, she is a great person to interview. She has done dozens of them over the years, and they are all so enlightening and entertaining. As a former Clevelander, I am proud of her.

  • @Davett53
    @Davett53 23 дні тому

    2024.......Judd is now a national treasure. He's come a long way since this interview. I love his take on life and people. All his interviews are a learning experience. Freaks and Geeks was great.