Former congresswoman Liz Cheney says a second Trump presidency would be an "existential threat" to democracy: "There's simply no defense, no excuse for putting that power back in the hands of Donald Trump." Her new memoir is Oath and Honor. Also, Terry Gross interviews Dave Davies, Fresh Air's longtime fill-in host. He's cutting back on his workload at the show. We're paying tribute to him by listening to clips of some of his memorable interviews. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
On the Ted radio hour, linguist Ann Curzan says she gets a lot of complaints about people using the pronoun they to refer to one person.
I sometimes get into arguments with people where they will say to me, but.
It can't be singular.
And I will say, but it is.
The history behind words causing a lot of debate.
That's on the Ted radio hour from NPR.
From why YY in Philadelphia, I'm Terry Gross with fresh air weekend talks about republican congressman who enabled Trumps false claim he won the election.
She lost her leadership position in the House after voting to impeach Trump.
She was one of two Republicans who served on the House select committee that investigated the January 6 attack.
Shes written a memoir.
Youre also likely to recognize our other guest.
This is FRESH AIR.
Im Dave Davies, in today for Terry Gross.
Today, Dave's not in for me.
He's with me so I can interview him.
Dave has been doing interviews on our show since 2001.
This year, he fulfilled his goal of doing fewer interviews.
This is our tribute to him.
That's coming up on fresh air weekend.
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