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As longtime co-host of All Things Considered, Stamberg was the first woman to anchor a national news program in the U.S. People weren't used to hearing women's voices on the radio. "We were imitating men, so I was lowering my voice to sound as authoritative as I could," she said. Stamberg died Oct. 16. She spoke with Terry Gross in 1982, 1993, and 2021. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
3When Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro was a kid growing up in Guadalajara, Mexico, he would draw monsters all day. His deeply Catholic grandmother even had him exorcised because of it. But when del Toro saw the 1931 film Frankenstein, his life changed. "I realized I understood my faith or my dogmas better through Frankenstein than through Sunday mass." His new adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic book drops on Netflix Nov. 7. He spoke with Terry Gross about getting over his fear of death, the design of Frankenstein's creature, and his opinion on generative AI. Also, Justin Chang reviews the Palme d'Or-winning film It Was Just An Accident. Follow Fresh Air on instagram @nprfreshair, and subscribe to our weekly newsletter for gems from the Fresh Air archive, staff recommendations, and a peek behind the scenes. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
How are changing tariffs, the AI boom, immigration policies and uncertainty in employment and the stock market impacting the economy? Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief of The Economist, explains.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
After surviving the Taliban's 2012 attempted assassination, activist Malala Yousafzai didn't back down. She continued to advocate for girls' education across the globe. In 2014, Yousafzai became the youngest person to win a Nobel Prize, an honor that weighed on her when she went off to college. In Finding My Way, she writes about her life at Oxford and beyond. She spoke with Tonya Mosley about reliving childhood, PTSD, and her decision to get married. Also, TV critic David Bianculli reviews the new Apple TV+ docuseries Mr. Scorsese. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Burns' new six-part PBS documentary series includes the perspectives of women, Native Americans and enslaved and free Black people — all of whom were initially excluded from the declaration "all men are created equal." The series begins Nov. 16. Also, Lloyd Schwartz reviews a recording of Handel arias from soprano Julia Lezhneva.Follow Fresh Air on instagram @nprfreshair, and subscribe to our weekly newsletter for gems from the Fresh Air archive, staff recommendations, and a peek behind the scenes. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Julian Brave NoiseCat's Oscar-nominated documentary Sugarcane is about the mostly Catholic missionary boarding schools which Indigenous children, including older members of his family, were required to go to get "assimilated." Many were physically and sexually abused. While making the film and writing his new memoir, NoiseCat learned why minutes after his father was born, he was abandoned in a boarding school trash incinerator room. His memoir is We Survived the Night. Also, Grammy-winning Icelandic musician Laufey plays guitar and sings some songs for us.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
The new movie Fairyland, produced by Sofia Coppola, is adapted from the memoir by Alysia Abbott. She wrote about being the child of a gay single father at the dawn of the gay liberation movement. He raised her in 1970’s San Francisco, after her mother died. He later died from complications from AIDS. Abbott spoke with Terry Gross in 2013. John Powers reviews the new film Blue Moon, directed by Richard Linklater.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Filmmaker and writer Julian Brave NoiseCat is the son of an Indigenous Canadian father and white mother. After a cultural genocide, he says, living your life becomes an existential question. "To live a life in an Indigenous way is a kind of profound thing, and it has been really beautiful to get to make art and tell stories from that position." NoiseCat spoke with Terry Gross about his father's origin story, dancing at powwows, and the bonds of kinship. His new memoir, We Survived the Night, takes its name from a translation of the Secwépemc morning greeting. His Oscar-nominated documentary Sugarcane is on Hulu/Disney+.Also, Maureen Corrigan reviews Daphne Du Maurier's collection of short stories, After Midnight. Follow Fresh Air on instagram @nprfreshair, and subscribe to our weekly newsletter for gems from the Fresh Air archive, staff recommendations, and a peek behind the scenes. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Former State Department negotiator Aaron David Miller, now a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, attributes the Gaza deal in part to Trump's transactional nature and breaking of traditional diplomatic crockery. Miller spoke with Dave Davies about the prospects for lasting peace and recovery in the territory. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
The incomparable Diane Keaton died last week at age 79. Her career spanned more than five decades and 60 film and TV roles, including standout performances in Marvin's Room, Reds, The First Wives Club and Something’s Gotta Give. But it was her starring role in the Woody Allen classic Annie Hall that made Keaton an American film icon. The Oscar-winning actor spoke with Terry Gross in 1997 about finding the character's voice, her audition for The Godfather, and what she wants in a director. Also, TV critic David Bianculli reviews a new documentary about SCTV and Spaceballs star John Candy. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Albom's new novel, Twice, asks a question most of us have daydreamed about: what if you could go back and relive any moment of your life? In the book, a man is born with that exact power, but every second chance comes with a cost. Albom talks with Tonya Mosley about his new book, and the lasting influence of Morrie Schwartz, his old college professor who died in 1995 of ALS. Nearly 30 years ago, Albom chronicled their weekly visits in his bestselling book Tuesdays With Morrie. Since then, he has written several more bestsellers, exploring love, loss, and what it means to live fully in the face of mortality.Follow Fresh Air on instagram @nprfreshair, and subscribe to our weekly newsletter for gems from the Fresh Air archive, staff recommendations, and a peek behind the scenes. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
WWE superstar Dwayne Johnson plays MMA fighter Mark Kerr in Benny Safdie's The Smashing Machine. "The Rock" spoke with Terry Gross about the role, his many injuries, and his wrestling personas.For the first seven years of her life, Cristela Alonzo lived in an abandoned diner in a south Texas border town. She spoke with Terry Gross about the culture shock of having money after growing up so poor and the recent ICE raids in L.A. Her new Netflix stand-up special is called Upper Classy.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Today we’re remembering renowned primatologist Jane Goodall, known for her work researching the behavior of chimpanzees and protecting their habitats. She died last week at the age of 91. "Every time somebody discovers an animal doing something that we used to think was unique to us, there is this scientific uproar, because we [humans] have to keep our uniqueness. And of course the chimps have challenged this belief again and again and again," Goodall told Terry Gross in 1999. John Powers reviews the Netflix thriller film A House of Dynamite, directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
President Trump has deployed National Guard troops to Portland, Chicago and D.C., and while Democrat-led states are fighting back, some Republican-led states are welcoming the troops -- even requesting them. Tonya Mosley talks with Atlantic national security staff writer Nancy Youssef about these deployments and the tensions building inside the Pentagon. Defense Secretary Hegseth has told military leaders the “old military is over." "The decisions that are being made now will reshape the military for many years," Youssef says. Film critic Justin Chang reviews Luca Guadagnino's After the Hunt. Follow Fresh Air on instagram @nprfreshair, and subscribe to our weekly newsletter for gems from the Fresh Air archive, staff recommendations, and a peek behind the scenes. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Icelandic jazz-pop star Laufey spoke with Terry Gross about her classical training in cello, breaking out online during COVID, and her first arena tour. "I've been inspired by Golden Age films, the va-va-voom of it all," the Grammy-winning artist says. Laufey sings and plays in the studio throughout the conversation. Her new album is A Matter of Time. Also, Ken Tucker reviews Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl. Follow Fresh Air on instagram @nprfreshair, and subscribe to our weekly newsletter for gems from the Fresh Air archive, staff recommendations, and a peek behind the scenes. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Journalist and Dopesick author Beth Macy returned to the Ohio factory town where she grew up to find jobs have left, families are struggling and old friends now embrace conspiracy theories. She spoke with Dave Davies about her new memoir, Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America. Also, TV critic David Bianculli shares an appreciation of Twilight Zone writer/producer Rod Serling. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
As the nation’s 24th Poet Laureate, Ada Limón has spent her career writing about the hardest parts of being human: loss, grief, longing, and our relationship to nature. She believes that poetry can sometimes tell a better story than a traditional memoir. Limón spoke with Tonya Mosley about her new collection, Startlement.Also, Ken Tucker reviews the re-release of the album Buckingham Nicks.Follow Fresh Air on instagram @nprfreshair, and subscribe to our weekly newsletter for gems from the Fresh Air archive, staff recommendations, and a peek behind the scenes. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Oscar-nominated actors Scarlett Johansson and June Squibb talk about their new film, Eleanor The Great. In Johansson's directorial debut, a woman starts passing off her deceased friend's Holocaust survival story as her own.Also, Grammy-winning producer Mark Ronson talks about his memoir Night People—a love letter to the '90s club scene in New York City. He's 50 now and still DJing, but some things have definitely changed. "I used to be leaving the club and dialing the dealer on the way out of the club -- and now I'm making an appointment with my acupuncturist online as I'm leaving the club because my back is just so jacked." Follow Fresh Air on instagram @nprfreshair, and subscribe to our weekly newsletter for gems from the Fresh Air archive, staff recommendations, and a peek behind the scenes. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
A film about a man trying to fund a gender-affirming operation by robbing a bank sounds like a modern-day plot. But 50 years ago, that was the scenario for the classic film Dog Day Afternoon. We're featuring our interviews with director Sidney Lumet and with Al Pacino, who starred as the bank robber. Lumet gave his lead license to take the role as far as he wanted, and then pushed Pacino to do more. "It's really one of the best pieces of movie acting I've ever seen. It was blinding in its intensity, agonizingly painful," he told Terry Gross in 1988.Also, Maureen Corrigan reviews The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai which has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Follow Fresh Air on instagram @nprfreshair, and subscribe to our weekly newsletter for gems from the Fresh Air archive, staff recommendations, and a peek behind the scenes. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
The WWE superstar considered pursuing a career in mixed martial arts before realizing, "I don't like getting punched in the face." Johnson plays MMA fighter Mark Kerr in Benny Safdie's The Smashing Machine. He spoke with Terry Gross about his many injuries, his relationship with his late father, and his wrestling personas. Follow Fresh Air on instagram @nprfreshair, and subscribe to our weekly newsletter for gems from the Fresh Air archive, staff recommendations, and a peek behind the scenes. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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This isn't, "How Trauma Shapes Us," but, "How trauma affected this one person." They continued to try to fake us out by claiming at the beginning that the writer learned about the psychology of trauma, so I sat through her backstory thinking they'd get around to the science eventually. Turns out she just learned enough pop psychology buzz words to find new ways to brag about how special she is. Yawn.
Please let's stay on topic for the episode. If you can't do it, go take a time out. Love all ya'll.
So so wonderful, this episode. Terry Gross is a treasure, a real gem.
What a great episode. I’ve listened to Terry gross and fresh air among all the npr shows in my state of Michigan since I was a young adult. It’s just a waste that Trump cut funding for public radio. It’s one of the crimes he’s committed. Thank God I had npr in my life. #NPR #terrygross
fantastic episode!
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Also, many patients think benzos equal opioid and doctors are shy because of liability.
What I see in the last 10 years with younger adult women is that they are having more babies without any thought for the future and how they will provide for them. It’s crazy to me to keep having kids when they can’t afford the first one. It’s hard enough for younger adults to get by and have a job, a home and food for their kids. But yet they continue to have another and another. I wish schools would teach girls how easy it is to get pregnant and how they’d have to provide for them.
The grad speaker was a heroine!!!! And the positive reaction shows that she was not alone. I was active during the 70's and 80's when sex was NOT SHAMEFUL. I feel such sadness that these young women are being dragged back into the the dark ages of the 1950's.
This is a really interesting conversation but the vocal fry in the voice of the guest was really grating .
Excuse me, but who the fuck wants to hear about the future of maga?? We're ready for the demise!
No--hard NO. You ALL are disgusting on so many levels. we are slipping into authoritarianism and you're sensationalizing an ex-president with cancer...while the current president--who has more scandals of consequence in a single afternoon than Biden EVER did-- and whose actions are killing people every day. I just removed ALL CNN media from my feeds
Also, men are not a monolith. Talking about men as though we all share the same patriarchal beliefs and goals is a bit dishonest and is not going to help persuade any man on the fence to come to your way of thinking. this was not done so literally or directly, but it was certainly implied in a number of statements here. There's also a lack of admission that some of the public figures and writers that perpetuate the stereotypes or expectations mentioned in this episode are themselves women.
I feel like the host and the guests both miss the point of the fact that there were diary entries going back to the 1800s all with the same theme of girls pursuing whatever the ideal was at that time. To me, the fact that each of those decades had a different ideal, and yet the girls were all still doing the same thing means that pursuing an ideal version of yourself is more of a human trait and not something that is exclusive to women.
What are ANY of these crazy lunatics doing to make the Earth a better place to be? A place women actually want to bring children into?
Teachers and doctors have no problem suggesting any adhd meds and especially in grade school. There’s so much more than adhd meds to deal with adhd or add. Especially in grade school meds are really pushed to keep the kids from fidgeting and not sitting still all day. Drs and teachers really need to learn how to approach children and their opinions on adhd meds.
Because I wasn't "hyperactive", I was teased by the cousins, etc. and punished by my understand ably clueless parents for being " absent minded " careless " lazy " "tardy". Meanwhile Stanford Benet said 149 IQ. Teacher strike destroyed my referral to the only Gifted/Talented (That's what they used to call it) program in the parish. I am living to my full potential now,, but it needn't have been so hard to get here if I had only been diagnosed when girls weren't considered hyperactive.
I wonder my potential as a female in the '70s undiagnosed ADD impulsive type. I'm grateful my family MD recognized it in my 30s. Meds AND systems in place (e.g.spiral keyring on my elbow loading/unloading car prevent locked keys in car, white board checklist, stickies could have changed my life alone) Diagnosed, got AAS. COTA/ age 47. Meds and behavior systems in place can coexist without all the judgement. BTW, don't need meds now but will never rule out arbitrarily without an expert opine
In an odd way this was comforting to learn that there is heartfelt conviction behind this project rather than just the insatiable ego of one unhealthy man. That aside, what has caused me the most anguish is the Nazi-ish power and cruelty of ICE and the lack of our constitutionally enshrined and rightfully cherished due process for the "others" who are being deported. Is white supremacy and the creation of a secret police part of Project 2025?
Also that this episode focuses only on medication is an oversimplification of what we currently know about treatment of ADHD. It takes a multi-modal approach to improve outcomes. For some people, medication is a part of that, but for others it is not. Other important things are strategies and tools for managing tasks and emotional regulation, physical exercise, nutrition, sleep, the flexibility to use unconventional strategies/accomodations at school and work.