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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., INT. 1: Writer and Nobel Peace Prize recipient ELIE WIESEL. He's the author of over 30 books. WIESEL, a survivor of the Holocaust, is known for his work which bears witness to that tragedy. WIESEL has just published the first volume of his memoirs, All Rivers Run to the Sea. In this book WIESEL writes about his childhood before the war, the horrors of Auschwitz, and his life after the war as a Paris based journalist, and as a New York writer, who struggled with the tragedies of the past, and the commitment to not letting the world forget what happened. The memoir is described by Publishers Weekly as "immensely moving, unforgettable... This haunting, impassioned book will make you cry yet, somehow, leave you renewed, with a cautious hope for humanity's future." INT. 2: Interview with ELIE WIESEL continued. REV. : Linguist GEOFF NUNBERG on what it means to rename something.