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Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.

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An appraiser examines a painting at the Antiques Roadshow taping at Winterthur. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

‘Antiques Roadshow’ appraisers pan for TV gold at Winterthur

The popular PBS show, along with its crew of expert appraisers, pans for gold in the heart of Delaware antiques country.

7 years ago

Sesame Street's Big Bird, Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Abby Cadabby attend HBO Premiere of Sesame Street's The Magical Wand Chase at the Metrograph in 2017 in New York City.
(Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

50 years young: How the music of ‘Sesame Street’ keeps up with the times

As the iconic TV program has aged, it has managed to stay musically apace with its forever-young audience

7 years ago

Scene from Philadelphia's 30th annual PrideDay on Sunday, June 10, 2018. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Community

Philly Pride is ready for its TV debut

On the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, Philadelphia’s Pride parade will be taped for a future broadcast.

7 years ago

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Comedian Joel Hodgson, known for his show
Arts & Entertainment

New Jersey, Trenton honor native son Ernie Kovacs, TV comedy pioneer

Kovacs, who kept TV weird in the ‘50s and ‘60s, would have been 100 this year. To honor the Trenton native, New Jersey declared it Ernie Kovacs Day.

7 years ago

Listen 1:31
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Goodbye Game of Thrones

How will Game of Thrones end? It’s the question on the minds of over 40 million fans, who are eagerly anticipating the series’ final episode this Sunday.

Air Date: May 17, 2019 10:00 am

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This June 28, 1989 file photo shows Fred Rogers as he rehearses the opening of his PBS show
Lifestyle

Mister Rogers’ home state plans day of kindness in his honor

Residents of Fred Rogers' home state of Pennsylvania will be encouraged to exhibit acts of kindness in honor of the beloved PBS children's show host.

7 years ago

Hill Harper (The Philadelphia Tribune, file)
Education
The Philadelphia Tribune

‘Good Doctor’ star to deliver graduation speech at Temple

Activist, author and actor Hill Harper will address the graduating class of Temple University's College of Education next week.

7 years ago

Alisha Boe, from left, Katherine Langford, Derek Luke, Dylan Minnette and Miles Heizer arrive at the
Health

Does watching `13 Reasons Why’ help some viewers? Yes, Penn study says

The controversial Netflix series graphically depicts a suicide. Researchers wondered how much harm does the second season might do.

7 years ago

The Brady Bunch, circa 1970, with oldest sister Marcia seated in front. In one episode of the show from 1969, the sisters and brothers all stay home from school with measles. (ABC Photo Archives/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

‘Brady Bunch’ episode fuels campaigns against vaccines — and Marcia’s miffed

"If you have to get sick, sure can't beat the measles," sister Marcia says, as the older Bradys sit around a Monopoly board on one of the kid's beds.

7 years ago

Danny Simmons, creator of Def Poetry Jam, has organized a reunion of Def poets at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

‘Def Poetry Jam’ sounds again at Philadelphia Museum of Art

Seventeen years after the HBO show ‘Def Poetry Jam’ went off the air, co-creator Danny Simmons is reviving the spoken word showcase in Philadelphia.

7 years ago

Writers Guild of America West President David Goodman speaks in Los Angeles at the 2019 union award ceremony. The WGA instructed is writers to fire their agents on Friday. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

‘Uncharted waters’: Union tells Hollywood writers to fire their agents

The abrupt directive on Friday followed a breakdown in talks over proposed changes to the agreement that has guided the basic business relationship between writers and agents.

7 years ago

Close up of the Game of Thrones logo at the Game of Thrones Premiere, held at Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Friday, April 12, 2019. (Liam McBurney/PA Wire/Press Association via AP Images)
Lifestyle

From sword battles to cosplay, Philly is ready for ‘Game of Thrones’ final season

The first episode of the fantasy saga’s final season airs Sunday night. People are hosting viewing parties from their businesses and living rooms.

7 years ago

Language creator David Peterson created the fictional languages Dothraki and High Valyrian for
Arts & Entertainment
Marketplace

He brought ‘Game of Thrones’ languages to life

David Peterson won a contest to create a fictional language for the show called Dothraki.

7 years ago

(Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty Images)
Arts & Entertainment
Marketplace

Holy franchise, Batman! You’re 80!

For eight decades, the Caped Crusader has kept watch over the streets of Gotham City and beyond. In honor of the Dark Knight, Marketplace does the numbers.

7 years ago

Make a choice to see the next phase of the story. (Netflix)
Arts & Entertainment
The Conversation

Beyond ‘Bandersnatch,’ the future of interactive TV is bright

The December 2018 premiere of Netflix’s “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch” offered consumers a new way to influence the entertainment they’re watching.

7 years ago

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