Well done

Stop calling these hellholes what the administration wants you to call them. They’re concentration camps. Period. A concentration of targeted people who are abused, neglected, tortured &killed.

Tonya, please pronounce English words correctly. It hurts my ears when you mispronounce aberration. Thank you!

No way Tonya could of spoken with Peter Ashner the way Terry does and the way Terry knows all about everything. Give Tonya her own show, if must.

Unexpectedly outstanding!

Radio listener 20+ years, I including 10 by pod. I bailed. Sorry terry. Lost its edge some how 🤙

I find myself getting angrier and angrier at the normalization I’m seeing in fresh air’s episode titles. For example “inside trumps campaign to acquire Greenland.” I’m sorry do you mean invade and terrorize a sovereign nation? You don’t acquire a country, as if this was just another business transaction. Today the title is telling me that the anti-feminism movement i.e. misogyny is now mainstream! Ok I guess it’s acceptable now. Do better. Words matter.

Wendell Pierce & Tonya Mosley: Perfect conversation. Beautifully done.

I have been listening to fresh air for years. I have appreciated the range of guests— such a bright cross-section. The interviews are informative. Terry Gross is a legend and Tonya is terrific. Dave Davies is always smooth, engaging, and a pleasure to listen to. I am grateful for the podcast because I don’t always get to catch it when it airs in my city.

Tonya’s interview style is flat and syncophantic. The racial themes are tiresome and the content overall is uninteresting. Not the Fresh Air I’ve loved in the past.

I miss Terry’s interviews. There was always some interview technique or approach that I would try to use at work or in real life. The move to Tonya has been a disappointing journey and I’ve definitely given it more than enough time. Her interview style is just to be the subject’s number one fan. Not insightful and very ordinary like I could do it. Also the subject matter now is nearly half about the black experience - I get exposing the audience to it, but it’s become almost the primary theme of the show.

I love Fresh Air and think the new hosts add more fresh air to the podcast.

Has Fresh Air changed its direction? It’s full of mindless celebrity interviews. I could go to YouTube for any of it. Long gone are the days when you turn on Fresh Air and you would find hard hitting news.

I used to listen fresh air from 1980 until 1986. I used to get it on cassette tape at the library at the University of South Florida. I thought I would go back just to see and all I saw was far left liberal talking points. No thanks. Defund ALL public broadcasting

This is the second time in consecutive weeks that my Saturday morning email from Molly Seavy-Nesper has enhanced my enjoyment of the podcasts. Last week’s frantic behind the scenes production of the Stephen Ross interview & this week’s cute text pitch fail (“Oh good god”) with guest interviewer Sam Fragoso. Wasn’t sure where to post my 5 stars so I put it here.

Please Tonya. Pay attention so that you pronounce names correctly. Ma-Oz not maUz.

Terry Gross is fantastic

Love the wide variety of topics & in depth interviews

Shame on Fresh Air for giving this charlatan one second of time.

Wow Terry. As the conversation progressed I could clearly see how biased this was. I guess being Jewish you’re still trying to hold onto the tired narrative that Israel good & Iran bad. Having guests that craftily still paint the story that way. We the public have woken and know now that Israel is the culprit. I still love Terry but damn?!

Morgan Neville over 100 “you knows” in 45 minutes. Impressive, you know.

I am so grateful for the addition of Tonya Mosley to the fresh air team. Her perspective as a journalist and as a black American woman is so valuable in her interviewing and the kind of question she asks. Keep up the amazing work!

Powers over annunciates so badly he sounds like a Simpson character. Mosley has a monotone voice that has no life. Sorry FA I know you are planning for the future but these two aren’t it!

Such a profound, intelligent interview. Hard to argue when Meacham can quote past presidents/founders/leaders. I fear for our future.

I was floored by the lack of sensitivity this journalist extended to the guest, Loubna Mrie Her questions to Loubna were centered on U.S. events and scandals raher than having Loubna’s memoir speak to her experiences on its own terms very disappointing this is the level of journalism the fresh air production considers worthy I urge you to do better and to create a safer environments for guest

This episode is an example of what I love about Fresh Air—guests who have thought deeply about a subject and can reflect about it personally as well as more abstractly. Each episode is like a world. Fresh Air has been a through-line in my life, having begun to listen with early national episodes, and has helped me to understand and enjoy this complex place that is in such a crisis now. The defunding of NPR exemplifies this forced, unnecessary crisis. Racism is clearly part of why this is happening and so I value even more this interview that explores how racism continues to hurt the country and families and individuals. Thank you.

I used to love fresh air but the interviews seem to be a lot shorter and it seems like it is about 30% ads

I was so excited to hear Sam Fragoso as guest host! He is an amazing interviewer. More Sam!

Thank you for the clarity and excellent reporting day in and day out. You are among the only voices I rely on.

Great show. Forever a fan.

..and that chipper sound. I’m out.

This scholar is too optimistic. Where are the solutions. We are under attack. This administration is very likely to be sustained. Her argument of being so close is bad and send a bad message to African Americans. See reconstruction see Jim Crow. Constant attacks on the lives and citizenship of Black Americans

Tonya’s inflection when speaking of Trump carries a flare of middle school gossip. Pass. Bias.

A salute to the producers who always pick the most timely interviewees!

Fresh Air used to be interesting and engaging, nowadays it's all about celebrity interviews. Gross.

With every interview, I learn something new about the person, place or the topic. The questions are thought-provoking, researched and always interesting. Honestly, I don’t know what I would do without fresh air.

It’s the best!

Fresh air has long been my gold standard for an interview podcast. Their detour into partisan political evangelism is hard to understand. I guess writing off 50% of their potential listeners is ok if they have the wrong politics. Count me out

Excellent interview and reporting. Independent journalism is the best way to marginalize the demagogues and mobs fracturing our country “The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” -Thomas Jefferson, 1787

I really enjoy the diverse nature of this show and how much it helps to educate people on a very cerebral level. Great interviewers and I find Terry’s voice quite soothing.

It ended with a review of John Candy’s new documentary which was nothing more than a paid ad by Amazon prime. The ad disguised as a film review ends with ( you can also stream John Candy’s films on Amazon Prime. Does NPR believe most of their listeners are fools?

Tonya, thank you for that episode. It was a beautiful interview with a beautiful person.❤️

Not sure what people are commenting on. I find the show, as it is today, well rounded in topic selection, thoroughly inquisitive, and entertaining. Keep it up :-)

love this show. staple in my podcast line up.

She is one of the OGs in this format and has entertained me for countless hours by interviewing all types of interesting people.

Been listening for a thousand years, I love this show so much

I listen daily — it’s thoughtful, fact-based journalism that keeps me informed on current events and world affairs and entertained.

Her honest and real interview style with that side of warmth and humor is wonderful she’s an admirable and inspiring person Sam is a new discovery for me

What a tremendous interview that included some really delicate and difficult moments. Wishing all the best for Billy and his young family, thanks for sharing your music with us.

Thank you for this amazing work