Jul 16th, 2008 · The best little bar-band in Texas is back with more ballads of heart ache and anthems for getting over it. The Old 97's have just released Blame It On Gravity. Font-man Rhett Miller joins Fresh Air to talk about the recording and to perform some new songs.
May 27th, 2008 · Gnarls Barkley is best known for its massive 2006 summer hit "Crazy" from their debut album St. Elsewhere. The duo's follow-up The Odd Couple meshes classic R&B with infectious hip-hop grooves and cinematic production. Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse speak with Fresh Air's Terry Gross about crafting their new album.
Apr 4th, 2008 · Taylor Branch spent nearly 24 years researching and writing a three-volume biography of Martin Luther King Jr. He joins Fresh Air to disccuss the struggles and triumphs of the last three years of King's life.
Apr 4th, 2008 · Martin Luther King Jr. was in Memphis in 1968 rallying for fair treatment and pay of African-American sanitation workers when he was assassinated. American history professor Michael Honey joins Fresh Air to discuss his book on the labor campaign King was leading at the time of his death.
Apr 3rd, 2008 · Perplexed by the U.S. economy? You're not alone. Law professor Michael Greenberger joins Fresh Air to explain the sub-prime mortgage crisis, credit defaults, the shaky future of other types of loans and what we can expect from the U.S. financial markets.
Mar 24th, 2008 · "Bush's War," a two-part special from the PBS series Frontline, investigates the lead-up to -- and the justification for -- the U.S. war in Iraq. Journalist and Frontline producer Michael Kirk joins Fresh Air to discuss the program.
Mar 6th, 2008 · David Simon, creator and executive producer of HBO's series The Wire, joins Fresh Air to talk about his career and the genesis of the show. Simon writes many of the episodes -- and some story lines come from his former job as a police reporter for the Baltimore Sun.
Feb 26th, 2008 · Director Brett Morgen joins Fresh Air's Terry Gross to discuss his new film, Chicago 10. The film mixes trial footage and animation to tell the story of the "Chicago 8" -- protesters held accountable for violence that erupted with police outside the Democratic Convention in Chicago in 1968.