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Fresh Air

Best Of: Ben Stiller / Cynthia Erivo

Fresh Air

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🗓️ 22 November 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Ben Stiller talks about his new Apple TV+ documentary about his actor/comedian parents Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. In the ‘60s and ‘70s, they were famous as the comedy duo, Stiller and Meara. Ben talks about growing up in a showbiz family, where there was no separation between work and personal lives. 

Also, we hear from Cynthia Erivo. She stars in ‘Wicked: For Good,’ reprising her role as Elphaba. 

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From W.HYY in Philadelphia, I'm Terry Gross with Fresh Air Weekend. Today, Ben Stiller

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on his new documentary about his parents and being raised by them. Ben's father, Jerry

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Stiller, co-starred on Seinfeld as Frank Costanza, George's father. Ben's mother, Anne Mira, was an actress. In the 60s and 70s,

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they were famous as the comedy duo, Stiller and Mira. When Ben's parents were on the road,

0:46.8

he sometimes went rogue, like going to Studio 54 with his older sister when he was 13. He got

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past the bouncer, dressed appropriately.

0:56.1

They put me in a yellow and green polka-dotted Fiorucci shirt

0:59.1

and an army jacket and these Mickey Mouse sunglasses.

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Also, we hear from Cynthia Arrivo.

1:06.8

She stars on the new film, Wicked for Good.

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It's me!

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That's coming up on Fresh Air Weekend.

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Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation,

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working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all.

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On the web at theshmit.org.

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Our common nature is a musical journey with Yo-Yo Ma

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and me, Anna Gonzalez, through this complicated country.

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