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Since its national debut in 1987, Fresh Air with Terry Gross has been a highly acclaimed and much adored weekday magazine among public radio listeners. Each week, nearly 4.8 million people turn to Peabody Award-winning host Terry Gross for insightful conversations with the leading voices in contemporary arts and issues. The renowned program reaches a global audience, with over 620 public radio stations broadcasting Fresh Air, and 3 million podcast downloads each week. Fresh Air has broken the mold of 'talk show' by weaving together superior journalism and intimate storytelling from modern-day intellectuals, politicians and artists alike. Through probing questions and careful research, Gross's interviews are lauded for revealing a fresh perspective on cultural icons and trends. Her thorough conversations are often complemented by commentary from well-known contributors. Fresh Air is produced at WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and broadcast nationally by NPR., (1.) Journalist MATT APUZZO. He's part of the investigative team with The Associated Press who just yesterday were named Pulitzer Prize winners for Investigative Reporting. The other members of the team are Adam Goldman, Chris Hawley and Ellen Sullivan. Their months-long series looked into the New York Police Department's surveillance of Muslim neighborhoods since the 9/11 terror attacks. You can read those stories here http://ap.org/media-center/nypd/investigation. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW). (2.) Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD reviews Mischief & Mayhem the new album by violinist Jenny Scheinman and her band also named Mischief & Mayhem. (3.) Film critic DAVID EDELSTEIN reviews the French Canadian film Monsieur Lazhar. It was nominated for an academy award for best foreign-language film.