Fresh Air is an American radio interview program that began locally in Philadelphia in 1975 and expanded to national distribution through NPR in 1987, built around long-form conversations with guests drawn from entertainment, literature, journalism and public affairs. The program has been hosted for nearly its entire run by Terry Gross, whose sustained, research-driven interviewing style became closely identified with the show and helped make it one of public radio's signature programs. Fresh Air has won multiple Peabody Awards and was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame, and by the mid-2010s it had also become one of the most downloaded podcasts distributed in the United States.
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Where does Fresh Air come from and how large is its audience?
It comes from WHYY in Philadelphia and averages 5 million weekly listeners.
Fresh Air with Terry Gross originates from WHYY in Philadelphia, where it began as a local program in 1975 and has run as a daily national broadcast on National Public Radio since 1987. The Peabody Awards describe it as an hour-long show that averages 5 million weekly listeners and is dedicated to lengthy interviews with artists, including musicians, actors, directors, playwrights, authors, poets and showrunners, along with film, TV and book reviews from guest contributors.
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Fresh Air is an American radio talk show broadcast on National Public Radio stations across the United States since 1987.
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Fresh Air is an American radio talk show broadcast on National Public Radio stations across the United States since 1987.
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Fresh Air is an American radio talk show broadcast on National Public Radio stations across the United States since 1987.
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Fresh Air is an American radio talk show broadcast on National Public Radio stations across the United States since 1987.
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It won Peabody Awards in 1994 and 2022.
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