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Fresh Air for May 11, 2024: WNBA star Brittney Griner; Discovering plant 'intelligence'

Fresh Air Weekend: WNBA star Brittney Griner; Discovering plant 'intelligence'

Brittney Griner stands in a defendants' cage before a court hearing in Khimki, Russia, on Aug. 2, 2022. Evgenia Novozhenina/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Fresh Air Weekend: WNBA star Brittney Griner; Discovering plant 'intelligence'

Fresh Air Weekend: WNBA star Brittney Griner; Discovering plant 'intelligence'

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Fresh Air for May 10, 2024: 'Sympathizer' author Viet Thanh Nguyen

Fresh Air for May 9, 2024: Remembering painter and sculptor Frank Stella

Fresh Air for May 8, 2024: Celebrating 'Black Twitter'

Beautifully acted 'Shardlake' brings 500-year-old Tudor intrigue into the present day

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Beautifully acted 'Shardlake' brings 500-year-old Tudor intrigue into the present day

Beautifully acted 'Shardlake' brings 500-year-old Tudor intrigue into the present day

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Fresh Air for May 7, 2024: WNBA star Brittney Griner on imprisonment and release

Brittney Griner reflects on 'Coming Home' after nearly 300 days in a Russian prison

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Brittney Griner reflects on 'Coming Home' after nearly 300 days in a Russian prison

Brittney Griner reflects on 'Coming Home' after nearly 300 days in a Russian prison

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Fresh Air

The Peabody Award-winning weekday arts and issues magazine.