From the pandemic to porn, here's how norms around sex are shifting for Gen Z
Journalist Carter Sherman says that members of Gen Z are having less sex than previous generations — due in part to the political and social climate. Her new book is The Second Coming.
'Fresh Air' marks the centennial of the 'Queen of Blues' Dinah Washington
Washington, who died in 1963, was born in Alabama and got her start singing in church. Throughout her relatively short, two-decade career, she boasted — and proved — that she could sing anything.
Celebrating movie icons: Isabella Rossellini
Rossellini talked about being the daughter of movie icons Ingrid Bergman and director Roberto Rossellini and about playing playing an abused woman in Blue Velvet.
Celebrating movie icons: Dennis Hopper
Hopper, who died in 2010, became famous for the 1969 hippie biker road trip movie, Easy Rider. "There was a lot of smoking grass on that picture. ... I didn’t do it. But I drank," he said in 1990.
Celebrating movie icons: Sidney Poitier
In this 2000 interview, Poitier talked about his disastrous first audition, why reading was a struggle and how he went on to become the most famous Black actor of his generation.
Celebrating movie icons: Meryl Streep
In 2012, the Oscar-winning actor talked about shifting accents for various roles, including her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady: "It's work, but it's not a struggle; it's fun."
Celebrating movie icons: Molly Ringwald
Ringwald represented teen angst in '80s films like Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club. She's also worked as a jazz musician, an author and a translator. Originally broadcast Feb. 12, 2024.
Celebrating movie icons: Anthony Hopkins
Hopkins won an Academy Award for his portrayal of the cannibalizing serial killer Hannibal Lector The Silence of the Lambs. He spoke to Fresh Air in 1991 about the character's distinctive voice.
Celebrating movie icons: Jodie Foster
As a kid, Foster appeared in both the Disney film Freaky Friday and as a child prostitute in Taxi Driver. She later won an Oscar for The Silence of the Lambs. Originally broadcast June 17, 2002.
Celebrating movie icons: Michael Caine
Over the course of his decades-long career, Caine has appeared in well over 100 films, including Alfie, The Ipcress File and The Dark Knight Batman films. Originally broadcast in 1992.
Celebrating movie icons: Robert Duvall
Duvall has starred in epic movies and intimate dramas. In 1996, he reflected on playing the Corleone family lawyer in The Godfather films, and about delivering the most famous line in Apocalypse Now.
Remembering pioneering film star Gena Rowlands
Rowlands, who died Aug. 14, was known for the raw and improvised independent films she made in the 1970s and 1980s with her husband, John Cassavetes. Originally broadcast in 1996.
