Dave Davies

Dave Davies is a guest host for NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross.

In addition to his role at Fresh Air, Davies is a senior reporter for WHYY in Philadelphia. Prior to WHYY, he spent 19 years as a reporter and columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News, covering government and politics.

Before joining the Daily News in 1990, Davies was city hall bureau chief for KYW News Radio, Philadelphia's commercial all-news station. From 1982 to 1986, Davies was a reporter for WHYY covering local issues and filing reports for NPR. He also edited a community newspaper in Philadelphia and has worked as a teacher, a cab driver and a welder.

Davies is a graduate of the University of Texas.

'Jane the Virgin' writer recounts growing up undocumented in 'Illegally Yours'

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A pediatric neurosurgeon reflects on his intense job, and the post-Roe landscape

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A novelist's time in the MMA cage informed his book on memory loss and identity

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Fasten your seat belts, flight attendant-turned-novelist shares stories from the sky

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Users beware: Apps are using a loophole in privacy law to track kids' phones

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'River of the Gods' captures the epic quest to find the source of the Nile

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'1619 Project' journalist lays bare why Black Americans 'live sicker and die quicker'

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Anchor Katy Tur revisits her high-flying childhood — and the hurt that lingers

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Short-term profits and long-term consequences — did Jack Welch break capitalism?

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Country star Tim McGraw travels back in time to '1883' with wife Faith Hill

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