New York Times Magazine Profiles 'National Interviewer' Terry Gross

This fall marks her 40th anniversary hosting NPR's Fresh Air.

For 40 years now, Terry Gross has been meticulously getting to the bottom of the who, what, where, when and WHYY. The WHYY being the Greater Philadelphia public media provider through which the 64-year-old host of NPR’s Fresh Air makes it all come together.

In this weekend’s New York Times Magazine, Susan Burton celebrates the quiet flair of Gross. At the top of the piece, she puts forth an intriguing idea:

Over the years, Gross has done some 13,000 interviews, and the sheer range of people she has spoken to, coupled with her intelligence and empathy, has given her the status of national interviewer.

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