About 'Fresh Air'

Fresh Air with Terry Gross and Tonya Mosley is a nationally recognized radio program and podcast, featuring in depth conversations exploring a wide variety of popular culture, news and issues. The show sets the standard for long form audio interviews. Presenting Fresh Air with its second Peabody Award, Stephen Colbert said "This NPR staple is where many of us come for some of the most insightful interviews anywhere, a place where artists, musicians, actors, directors, playwrights, authors, poets, showrunners [and] talk show hosts, open up about their work, their process and their life."

Fresh Air is one of public media's most popular programs, with millions of people tuning in each week on over 650 NPR stations. For over 35 years, co-executive producer and host Terry Gross has engaged in conversations with newsmakers to open windows into their hearts, minds and work. In 2015, President Obama presented Gross with a National Humanities Medal, which recognized how her interviews have "pushed public figures to reveal personal motivations behind extraordinary lives — revealing simple truths that affirm our common humanity." A regular contributor since 2021, award-winning public media journalist Tonya Mosley was named co-host of Fresh Air in April 2023.

Prior to joining Fresh Air, Mosley was a correspondent and host of Here & Now, NPR's midday radio show. She is also the creator and host of the award-winning podcast Truth Be Told. Mosley has also served as the Silicon Valley bureau chief for KQED in San Francisco and a television anchor, producer, reporter and correspondent in several markets, including Boston, Detroit, Louisville, Kentucky and Seattle.

Fresh Air is produced at WHYY Inc. the leading public media organization in the greater Philadelphia region and distributed nationally by NPR. In addition to Terry and Tonya, Fresh Air's roster of commentators add reviews of books, music, film, TV and podcasts. Fresh Air has received two Peabody Awards. The 1994 Peabody citation recognized the program for its "probing questions, revelatory interviews and unusual insights," and in 2022 Fresh Air won its second Peabody in the Institutional category.

Fresh Air Staff

Terry Gross
Host and Co-Executive Producer

Tonya Mosley
Co-Host

Dave Davies
Interview Contributor and Fill-In Host

Danny Miller
Co-Executive Producer

Phyllis Myers
Producer

Roberta Shorrock
Director

Ann Marie Baldonado
Director of Talent Development and Interview Contributor

Sam Briger
Producer and Interview Contributor

Lauren Krenzel
Producer

Therese Madden
Producer

Molly Seavy-Nesper
Producer of Digital Media

Thea Chaloner
Producer

Susan Nyakundi
Associate Producer

Audrey Bentham
Technical Director

Critics and Commentators

David Bianculli, Television

Justin Chang, Film

Maureen Corrigan, Books

John Powers, Critic-at-Large

Nick Quah, Podcasts

Lloyd Schwartz, Classical Music

Ken Tucker, Rock, Hip-Hop and Country Music

Kevin Whitehead, Jazz