Paddling in the middle of a fast moving stream of news and information. Did your agent send them a picture? So I bald my head, cut off all my hair, and I was like, I'm the new Seal. You know, I come from a, you know, there's a lot of things in my past, some that I did, some that happened to me that, you know, caused, you know, a lot of scars, you know. I went to BMCC, which is Borough of Manhattan Community College. The original starred Neil Patrick Harris. You know, he's going for cereal. Mother-daughter actors Laura Dern and Diane Ladd share all in You know, I was dancing. I'm going to hold on to that for as long as I can, I think. We come in, we talk to each other, sometimes were not as polite as we could be. This is FRESH AIR. Is Terry Gross okay If you want to do a daily show, its a pretty consuming thing. You know, having played a character like this, I would have never have thunk that what we did as a family down in Baltimore would have created this type of response and admiration that we've gotten. Life is very cheap on those streets. Some people will count the number of likes that a guest said. Im a cruel and thoughtless person. One is I have a very imperfect memory. I'm Terry Gross. Television 2016: Actor Michael K. Williams On Lucky Breaks And Letting Go Of Omar TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Vinograds lawsuit claims that since she has spoken out, she has been stripped of all her work responsibilities and that CBS has failed to give Cassie a single assignment. He comes from a very humble place. WILLIAMS: So this particular scene was when - it was in Season 1. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. If (emphasis on the word if) Gross or the show blatantly ignored Drivers either literal or implied request and the interview went down as is being reported, its hard to find fault with what Driver did. Thats always amazing to me. So, you know, he ended up getting home - going home safe. WILLIAMS: I was in a bar, and a friend of mine from Brooklyn was surrounded by a group of guys who - they wanted to jump him. You know, that was the first time I actually walked into a church and felt like it's OK. Terry Gross: Yes, but not a reporter. Thank you so much. This morning, as I record this, his death is being investigated as a possible drug overdose. Take, for example, people bickering onMeet the Press.And, to be fair, the Goldberg-McCain exchange was more than what we typically see on TV. So, its great for me to not have to prepare an interview for Friday so that I could do the other stuff I need to do to keep the show going. And couldnt it have edited the clip in after the interview? Because its all about prompting people to share their expertise, or tell their stories, or just like reflect on their lives, or their faith, or their experiences. That's why I take it. For more information, please see our He was somewhere else in the Bronx preaching at another church when I first went there. Terry: Yeah. Impact Journalism: A reporter joins the Reckoning Project in Ukraine, Fadeout: Indias clampdown on documentaries. Ugandas Twitter Battleground: Eron Kiiza defends the press against an unjust government, I Dont Want to Take a Rest: Reconnecting with Myanmars press. Ive learned that there is a distinction between shy and insecure. He died Monday. Ambivalence in Exile: After fleeing Pakistan, Ahmad Noorani attempts to regain his footing as a journalist, The Fight for Good Information: A journalist and an anthropologist on how to understand Brazil. About. Then Ill go to a screening of the movie, or theyll get me a link to that film or a DVD of the film, and then Ill watch it before the interview. Who are they gonna get to fill my time slot, fucking Rachel Martin? Accuracy and availability may vary. In 2016, she won an Emmy award for her PBS series Beyond Ferguson, and national awards for her radio series Black in Seattle. She has been a John S. Knight journalism fellow at Stanford University. Chalky was a releasing, you know. And it speaks to what's happening today, you know, in our society. It was, I, you know, like, it was like my crutch. Those who cover the media rarely back away from a good on-air squabble regardless of who is involved. WILLIAMS: Music videos, going on tours and stuff. Until about a month ago, and were recording this April 21, 2017, when I was interviewing an author, I would take home the new book as well as perhaps earlier books. Our sympathies to his friends and family. Its a goal I failed at time and time again, though the volume is less now. As a nonprofit organization, we rely on financial support from readers like you. They just have different brains than I have, and they come up with things that Id never come up with myself. Don't tell us about anything that hasn't happened yet. What do you mean you're going to quit school and your good job to become a dancer? Sometimes they tell the truth, and sometimes they dont. Like, how do you come to these two dark-skinned, strong-minded Black men, strong-willed Black men - as we say in the hood - these two kings? I just wonder if you ever imagine what your life would have been like had it not been so subsumed by this one monstrous project. Podcast. Sign uphere. Tom Jones is Poynters senior media writer for Poynter.org. Fresh Air Id go through every page of the new book, reading it very quickly, just trying to pick out what I need to know for the interview. And what's even scarier is I don't even know if I want to shake it. GROSS: What did he do for you? Hands. WILLIAMS: (As Freddy Knight) You see, us in the guards, we often the same hood. You know, how do you deal with that? Scan this QR code to download the app now. Jock Terry Gross After Raunchy Interview Goes From my perspective, that works out fine. It was more of a spiritual awakening than anything religious. Reporters Without Borders is out with its sobering numbers for 2019. Oh, I stayed in the mix. In "When They See Us," he played Bobby McCray, the father of Antron McCray, one of five youths wrongfully convicted on charges related to the rape of a woman jogging in Central Park in 1989. I was background dancing a lot. It's just - I think she's just happy to see me alive and happy doing something I like to do. Jesse: Are you concerned about the life of the artist that youre talking to, first and foremost, or the work of the artist that youre talking to? Its more about, No, this is what you said, and this is what you did. He will continue to contribute interviews occasionally. A great interview is one of the journalists most powerful tools. So how did you find that place in yourself so that you could portray that kind of power? The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. And I didn't want to disrespect anybody in the gay community, either. You know, before "The Wire," I, you know, did several "Law & Orders," did a film with Nicolas Cage, Martin Scorsese, "Bringing Out The Dead." And it worked. HECTOR: (As Marlo Stanfield) Wear it in health. He simply took off his headphones and walked out, ultimately missing out on publicity for his projects. How Malditas BuloBs helped residents battle scams and hoaxes despite threats, Organizations in South Sudan, Ukraine, Nepal and other countries join the growing community this year. He says, so what do you want to be called, man? He died Monday at the age of 54. And he says, write your full name down and your email, said, I'm going to go get you a Bible, man. 2008: Michael K. Williams Is Only Playing Tough, 2016: Actor Michael K. Williams On Lucky Breaks And Letting Go Of Omar. Latest Show. Did you hear a lot of Rikers Island stories when you were WILLIAMS: Yeah, D-Block, yeah, House of Pain, One Main, House of Pain. They're not your friends. Solutions for journalists are sparse. We'll continue our tribute to him after a break and hear an excerpt of my 2016 interview with him. 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Catching up with NPR icon and Fresh Air host Terry Gross, who shares her hardest interviews and secret Twitter account, as she celebrates 45 years in radio. I stayed in areas like Broadway Dance Center. (Courtesy of Fresh Air). The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. But it wasn't long. He went on to co-star in "Boardwalk Empire" as Chalky White, a powerful bootlegger in Atlantic City during prohibition. Mosley said she is honored to be working with Gross, calling her a beacon., Fresh Air is unmatched in its ability to remind us of our humanity, she said. Or am I perpetuating the problem? I don't think I'll ever get it that intensely again in this business. Chalky White got shot by a firing squad - you know, ironically - of all Black men in Harlem. Those two things dont match up. I think you have to approach political interviews with a kind of toughness, and I dont mean being like rude or crude, but with just a sense of these are the people who are responsible for our country. In the moment! It meant a lot to me that this character be taken seriously by my peers and by my community. And I kind of stuck my nose in it. wrong place, wrong time. Terry: I always was shy. And it's like - there's, like, I don't know, five gangsters who just kind of line up and shoot you with it. I left "Boardwalk" feeling lighter as I should, feeling in myself, in my mind, in my skin, feeling lighter like I had left some things there, you know. I always have. So I assume there was some kind of, like, religious transformation along the way. But she is fine, and looking forward to getting back on the air sometime next week. Why Freddy takes an interest in Naz and summons Naz to his cell. Fresh Air for June 26, 2023: Laure Dern Hear the Fresh Air program for June 26, 2023. And you have to be concerned about, What if its adversarial?. They think youre wonderful. After they get out of office is a different story. Ive outgrown a lot of that shyness by virtue of the work that I do. I was - it was a real experience. I just kept going to laughter. And that's - I identify a lot with him on that level, you know, having overcome a lot of pain in life and stuff. Fresh Air Shes not fit to eat my vaginal discharge, followed by a flushing toilet sound effect. You know, growing up in the hood, we always knew the quiet one, the one that would kind of go inside. Thank you for reading and enjoy the holidays! I was always up there bothering somebody or - you know, Stepping Out Studios. This is not an indication that we dont know how to deal with each other on camera. WASHINGTON National Public Radio parted ways with long-time Fresh Air host Terry Gross yesterday after the controversial Philadelphia radio personality asked guest U.S. God is never going to want me. Jesse Thorn: Do you think of yourself as a journalist? He never, you know, he just nudged, you know. And I felt that my ancestors were proud of me. I'm dirty. Fresh Air with Terry Gross I'm guessing she's just on vacation or something lol. I couldn't fathom anybody would, you know, run away from me in total fear. I always felt like, you know what? He died Monday at age 54. It isn't a Muslim family. I'm Terry Gross, and this is FRESH AIR. and Word Up! Chances are its brand new, and most people havent gotten to see it, or read it, or hear it yet. It was a release. Kind of like it was interesting to see that happen. If its a movie, theyll go to a screening first and then come back and say, This is a movie we should cover, or this is a movie we shouldnt cover, and theyll suggest we should have on this actor or this director. It has become abundantly clear that Ms. Grosss humor is wholly inconsistent with NPRs values, said NPR Chief of Staff Christopher Turpin. Terry: No, because I felt that being an interviewer just suited me. WILLIAMS: 12 or 13, 12, somewhere up in there. - those publications at the time. And I just, like, you know, I just didn't think I was going to be living very much longer. The Turnaround is available on MaximumFun.org. And so it wasn't something where I needed to do research to understand that world. Hell, no, I didn't feel worthy of opportunity like that. Though I have to say that doesnt happen that much. Jesse: At any point along the way, did you think that you should be doing something else? 30:05 30-Minute Listen Playlist Download Embed Transcript Mellencamp had big hits in the '80s, including "Jack and Diane" and "Small Town." Terrys acerbic wit and take-no-prisoners attitude has entertained generations of morning commuters, but she has crossed our standards of decency for the last time. GROSS: Tell us how you got the part of Omar. The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes. So its very useful to do that. Im canceling my recurring donation and RSVPing no to the MacArthur Foundation gala. The show began in 1975 at WHYY, with Judy Blank as host. But, you know, you move on. Thursday nights the producers all give me materials from the people who they think are the finalists to become guests on the show. I dont know how people do it. Terry: Im going to give you a before and after here. Nothing happened to him. But I think of myself as a journalist because I follow what I think are the ethics a journalist would follow. WebTerry Gross (born February 14, 1951) is an American journalist who is the host and co-executive producer of Fresh Air, an interview-based radio show produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and distributed nationally by NPR. To help me get to who the person is, and to use the persons life to help us understand the larger things that theyve crystallized in their works, I see that as a kind of feedback loop. In this case, if Driver asked to not have clips played while he was doing the interview, it seems like a fair request especially because Fresh Air wasnt being asked to stay away from some sensitive topic. I was taking up business there and got a good job at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals. I feel like I would be doing our listeners a disservice if I wasnt able to deliver on all of that. So I wrote my full name down, Michael Kenneth Williams. What was it about? But Ive learned to make my way in the real world, too. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday nights Im preparing interviews. Tonya Mosley, who recently was a host of the NPR show Here and Now, will share interviewing duties with Gross. And, man, here goes Janet Jackson dancing her big old butt across my screen, talking about "Rhythm Nation." I just quit school. Fresh Air From WHYY in Philadelphia. Terry: Okay, what do they complain about? Managements been tying Terrys hands for years, but how are they gonna fire her for this? This Man Turns Into a Diet and Fitness Expert Every Time He Sees an Article About Lizzo on Facebook, Help! I wasn't going around robbing people or anything stupid like that. I felt comfortable doing it. I still visit my family that's incarcerated. You know, and then, you know, you mix that with the whole, you know, dark skin just became popular. Or is it not a problem for you? June 16, 2023 We're revisiting Terry Gross's 2009 interview with musician John Mellencamp. [5] WILLIAMS: When I came around, I was broken. Yet again (laughter), he makes another left turn. Jesse: Are you able to prevent people from bothering you while youre preparing to do an interview in your office? GROSS: In fact, the opposite. (Photo by Jason Mendez/Invision/AP). Miller told The Daily Beast, We dont really understand why he left, adding that Gross said she thinks Driver is a terrific actor and that he was a great guest in 2015. WILLIAMS: Yeah. She's seen enough dark days herself, you know? That's the trick. The work leads to the artist, the artist leads back to the work, and you could just keep going deeper and deeper into both of them in what I hope is a fulfilling way, in which you get something about both the work and that artist as a human being. So they know that, you know, he ain't coming to rob them. WILLIAMS: This was, I would say, around the second, more like third season of "The Wire." And, you know, some razor blades came out of some mouths. And so when "The Wire" and the character of Omar ended, I had zero tools, personally speaking, in how to deal with letting that go. Terry: Sure, but not in a crippling, incapacitating kind of way. After we take a short break, TV critic David Bianculli will review the new remake of "Doogie Howser, M.D." The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user. WILLIAMS: I never even locked into that. Her latest piece about asex trafficker killed by one of his victimsis another case of her outstanding work. Its all good. Driver also likely comes off looking like a diva. Jesse: Hey, Ive had drinks with your producers after public radio conferences. So, you know, if you remember, Omar doesn't curse. And so I just didn't have that skill. The first episode was about carjacking in Newark, N.J. You interview a minister, Reverend Ronald Christian, who ran the Christian Love Baptist Church, a church that bordered Newark in Irvington, N.J. There's no need to carry my gun right now, really, you know? I'm like, no one in their right mind who knows me - I said, it's over now. And it doesn't make you less of a man. It becomes your job to make them accountable if they dont tell the truth, which is among the reasons I dont do that kind of interview very much. And so I go to the other actor, you know, Michael Darnell. People who are running for office tend to shape their biography to suit their needs to get votes. Later, we'll hear the interview I recorded with Michael K. Williams in 2016. But, like, I, you know, I said earlier, Omar doesn't - he doesn't operate from a you better fear me, you know, and I'm the bad - the big, bad wolf, and I'll kill everybody. After Russian troops invaded Ukraine, she was twice exiled. Fresh Air Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you. And he stopped everything he was doing, ran back to New Jersey just because his team at the church told him that some, you know, some guy named Omar was in trouble and needed to speak to him. GROSS: What's one of the most fearless things that you had to portray Omar doing up until this point in the series? Send us your comments, questions and suggestions. It's weird. You know, I just - I was hungry. You could argue that he, not Gross, is more hurt by this. I Learned to Code but the Instructions Were From 2001 and Now I Only Know How To Make Farscape Fan Sites, All Dogs Go to Heaven: How To Exploit That Loophole by Impersonating a Dachshund at All Times, So You Made Plans on Adderall: Heres Five Ways To Fake Your Death, We Ranked the Top 20 Punk Christmas Songs and Deeply Regret Picking Such a High Number When We Pitched This List, Christmas List Confused for Set List Leads to Multiple Songs About Tonka Trucks, Coward Hour Coil Exclusive: Entrapped by the FBI. Get the Poynter newsletter that's right for you. When we spoke, he was also hosting a documentary series on Viceland called "Black Market" about underground economies. Tonya Mosley has been named the new co-host of "Fresh Air." Thanks for your time. WILLIAMS: Oh, don't get it twisted. For all fans of public radio, this is a community designed to showcase really good radio stories -- and the people who make them. And he's a very, very sensitive dude. You know, I went somewhere personally. Did that figure into your life at all? All rights reserved. I have different approaches to interviewing depending on who Im talking to and what Im talking about. Terry Gross How did you get the scar? Did - was there a religious transformation in your life?
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