TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Terry Gross. Today we remember Jimmy Carter and listen back to excerpts of the interviews I recorded with him over the years. He died at the age of 100 and had been the oldest living former president in American history. In The New York Times, Peter Baker…
New Year’s Eve is the only holiday with so much built-in pressure that even those standing under the ball in Times Square are wondering if there’s a better view elsewhere—an evening that, for some, is a social-anxiety cocktail of FOMO mixed with the wish to be in bed by 9 P.M. Here are the components…
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NPR’s Life Kit has tips for how to reflect on the past year. ANDREW LIMBONG, HOST: For a lot of folks, the time around New Year’s is synonymous with parties and gathering with friends and family. But, you know, New Year’s can also be a golden opportunity to seek out quiet and turn inward, to…
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NPR’s Sarah McCammon speaks with screenwriter Julie Sherman Wolfe about holiday movies she’s written for the Hallmark Channel. SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: Holiday rom-coms have become a staple for many families this time of year. They tend to be safe to watch with multiple generations in the room. They’re also a big business for cable and…
TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Terry Gross. It’s becoming a FRESH AIR tradition that for Christmas, we ask someone who’s deep into music and whose work we love to choose some of their favorite Christmas recordings. We started this two years ago with Questlove. Yesterday, we featured Jon Batiste at the piano,…
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Open on a tidy suburban street rendered melancholic by snowfall. Bouncy yet melancholic jazz piano plays. Charlie Brown and Linus rest their arms on a sturdy yet melancholic brick wall. CHARLIE BROWN: I think there must be something wrong with me, Linus. The election is over and the wrong people won, but I don’t feel…
Hasan Minhaj’s Off With His Head, Hannah Einbinder’s Everything Must Go, and Ronny Chieng’s Love to Hate It were some of the specials that cracked us up this year. Netflix; Max; Netflix hide caption toggle caption Netflix; Max; Netflix “In some ways, stand-up comedy is like a documentary of your own life,” explains Mike Birbiglia…
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Some scenes just stay with you. Clockwise from left, I Saw the TV Glow, My Old Ass, Trap, Tuesday. A24/Screenshot by NPR; Marni Grossman/Amazon Content Services; Warner Bros. Pictures; A24 hide caption toggle caption A24/Screenshot by NPR; Marni Grossman/Amazon Content Services; Warner Bros. Pictures; A24 As a critic, I’m sometimes asked about my note-taking habits:…
DAVID BIANCULLI, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m David Bianculli. One of this year’s Kennedy Center honorees is singer and songwriter Bonnie Raitt. She’s a 10-time Grammy Award winner, best known for her soulful voice and her hit singles from the late 1980s – “Something To Talk About” and “I Can’t Make You Love Me.”…
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A television camera operator is dressed as Santa Claus during the Baltimore Ravens and San Diego Chargers game on Dec. 18, 2011, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. Donald Miralle/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Donald Miralle/Getty Images Netflix is gearing up to stream two NFL games this Christmas Day: the Kansas City Chiefs vs….
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