NPR’s ‘Fresh Air’ Host Terry Gross Receives Peabody’s Institutional Award, Presented by Stephen Colbert

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Wilson Chapman editorTerry Gross has received Peabody’s Institutional Award, for her work on the long-running NPR radio program “Fresh Air.” The annual Institutional Award is presented to institutions and programs for their body of work and their impact on the media landscape.

The honoree is selected by the Peabody’s Board of Jurors, and presented ahead of the regular announcement of this year’s 30 Peabody Awards winners.

Gross and the team behind “Fresh Air” were presented with the award by “The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert, who introduced a sizzle reel of notable interviews that Gross has done with figures such as Ray Charles, Gene Robinson, Maurice Sendak, Lynsey Addario and Lin-Manuel Miranda. “There’s nothing out there quite like ‘Fresh Air With Terry Gross,'” Colbert said during his introductory speech. “This NPR stable is where many of us go for some of the most insightful interviews anywhere.

Over the decades, it’s become a place where artists, musicians, actors, directors, playwrights, authors, poets, showrunners, talk show hosts open up about their work, their process and their life.” Gross accepted the award with her longtime co-executive producer Danny Miller.