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Every year, 8 million tons of plastic wash into the oceans. The biggest sources are in Asia. In the Philippines, one man is going head-to-head with multinational corporations to stop the plastic tide.

Postpartum psychosis is rare but very real, doctors say. And, unlike in some countries, U.S. moms who need inpatient psychiatric care can't bring along their babies, adding to the trauma.

The 32 artists and speakers scheduled to attend Aretha Franklin's funeral all have a personal connection to the Queen of Soul, whether friend, acquaintance or protégé.

Mudbound follows two families — one white and one black — just before, during and after WWII. Rees' experiences growing up in Nashville, Tenn., informed her film. Originally broadcast Nov. 14, 2017.

Hunter, who died Sunday, made more than 50 films, including Damn Yankees, Battle Cry and That Kind of Woman, before coming out as gay later in life. He spoke to Fresh Air in 2005.

Gillian Jacobs and Paul Rust play two people on the brink of becoming a couple in Love, the new comedy series co-created by Judd Apatow, Rust and Rust's wife, Lesley Arfin.

ProPublica senior reporter Andrew Revkin discusses President Trump's possible cuts to the EPA, as well as the potential impact of pulling out of the Paris climate accord.

This week, we're listening back to some favorite Fresh Air interviews from the past decade. The Nobel Prize winner, who died in 2019, spoke about aging and regret in this 2015 interview.

DuVernay's When They See Us, which is up for 16 Emmys, chronicles five black and brown teenagers who were manipulated into falsely confessing to a brutal rape. Originally broadcast June 19, 2019.

Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle are nominated for an Emmy for their writing on PEN15, a Hulu comedy series in which they play 13-year-old versions of themselves. Originally broadcast May 6, 2019.