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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.) New York Times national correspondent DANA GOLDSTEIN talks about new laws and regulations banning books and prohibiting speech in the classroom, including in Florida, where there are now limits on discussion of race, gender and sexual orientation, and dozens of math textbooks have been rejected for incorporating what's described as critical race theory. Florida has rejected 42 of 143 math texts because they incorporated prohibited topics or unsolicited strategies, including what's described as critical race theory. Florida officials have given little evidence to back up these claims. DANA GOLDSTEIN got access to 21 of the rejected math textbooks and analyzed their contents. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES THROUGH TO THE END OF THE SHOW).

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.) Education reporter DANA GOLDSTEIN (GOLD-steen). She's the author of the new book, The Teacher Wars: A History of America's Most Embattled Profession. She also covers criminal justice and the school-to-prison pipeline for The Marshall Project, a new non-profit online news site dedicated to covering America's criminal justice system and the need for reform (www.themarshallproject.org). GOLDSTEIN has also written for Slate and The Atlantic. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW). (2.) Tech contributor ALEXIS MADRIGAL considers the way we make restaurant reservations now, thanks to the internet.