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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 CLAIRE HOFFMAN is the author of the new memoir Greetings From Utopia Park: Surviving a Transcendent Childhood, about growing up in a community devoted to Transcendental Meditation. She was meditating at the age of 3. HOFFMAN is a magazine writer, and a former staff reporter for The Los Angeles Times. (INTERVIEW BY DAVE DAVIES - CONTINUES INTO SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW)(2.) TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews "BrainDead" a new political satire series on CBS. It premiers tonight (6/13/16).