Ebon Moss-Bachrach Takes Us Inside 'The Bear' Kitchen
25 Jun 2025
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Ebon Moss-Bachrach has won two Emmys for his portrayal of Cousin Richie, the abrasive and ornery coo...
Will Israel And The U.S. Attacks On Iran Affect Tehran's Regime?
24 Jun 2025
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Iran expert Karim Sadjadpour has called Trump's bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities a once-in-a-gen...
Gen Z Is Having Less Sex. Why?
23 Jun 2025
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Journalist Carter Sherman says Gen Z — people ages 13 to 28 — are having less sex than previous ...
Best Of: Benicio del Toro / Molly Jong-Fast
21 Jun 2025
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Benicio del Toro talks about his leading role in Wes Anderson's new film, The Phoenician Scheme. He'...
Remembering Pioneer Of Gay Lit, Edmund White
20 Jun 2025
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Edmund White, one of the most eloquent and perceptive chroniclers of gay life and culture, died June...
Painter Titus Kaphar On 'Exhibiting Forgiveness'
19 Jun 2025
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When painter, sculptor, and installation artist Titus Kaphar's life was upended by his estranged fat...
Podcaster Dan Taberski's Investigation Into An Outbreak Of A Mysterious Illness
18 Jun 2025
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Dan Taberski's award-winning podcast Hysterical investigates a bizarre and unsettling phenomenon: a ...
'Seinfeld' Writer & 'Borat' Director Larry Charles
17 Jun 2025
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In his new memoir, Comedy Samurai, Larry Charles reflects on his career in comedy — from writing f...
Witnessing Executions In America's Prisons
16 Jun 2025
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The Atlantic staff writer Elizabeth Bruenig talks about her decision to serve as a witness to state-...
Best Of: Writer Ocean Vuong / Comic Atsuko Okatsuka
14 Jun 2025
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Poet and novelist Ocean Vuong talks with Tonya Mosley about his new novel, The Emperor of Gladness. ...
Remembering Brian Wilson, Leader Of The Beach Boys
13 Jun 2025
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Wilson, who has died at the age of 82, was the creative force behind The Beach Boys. He wrote and pr...
Benicio del Toro On Living In Wes Anderson's World
13 Jun 2025
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Benicio del Toro talks about his leading role in Wes Anderson's new film, The Phoenician Scheme. He'...
Inside DOGE, Post Elon Musk
11 Jun 2025
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Washington Post Reporter Hannah Natanson says DOGE's mass firings made the government more inefficie...
Molly Jong-Fast Grew Up With A Mother Addicted To Fame
10 Jun 2025
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MSNBC political analyst Molly Jong-Fast's mother Erica Jong became famous from her 1973 novel Fear o...
Comic Atsuko Okatsuka Is Owning Her 'Freak'
09 Jun 2025
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Okatsuka is known for her bowl haircut — and for finding humor in the dysfunction of her immigrant...
Best Of: The Innovation Of 'I Love Lucy' / Mark Hamill
Sat, 07 Jun
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Playing Ricky Ricardo on I Love Lucy, made Desi Arnaz a star. Behind the scenes, he created what bec...
Why We Remember / 'Simpsons' Composer Alf Clausen
Fri, 06 Jun
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Do you have trouble remembering names and faces, or where you put your keys? Neurologist Dr. Charan...
Ocean Vuong Sees Himself More As A Teacher Than A Writer
Fri, 06 Jun
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Poet and novelist Ocean Vuong joins us to discuss his new novel, The Emperor of Gladness. Set in a f...
The Face-Off Between Harvard & The Trump Administration
04 Jun 2025
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The Trump administration has frozen around 3 billion dollars in Harvard grants and contracts, and is...
To Shed Luke Skywalker, Mark Hamill Turned To Voiceover Work
Tue, 03 Jun 2025 19:47:54 +0000
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Mark Hamill played Luke Skywalker, one of the most iconic heroes in movie history. His latest film, ...
With 'I Love Lucy,' Desi Arnaz Changed TV Forever
Mon, 02 Jun
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The success of I Love Lucy is often credited to Lucille Ball's comedic talent, but biographer Todd P...
Best Of: Sarah Silverman / Cole Escola
Sat, 31 May
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Comic Sarah Silverman talks about her new Netflix special, PostMortem, about the death of her father...
A Veteran Stunt Performer Shares Tricks Of The Trade
Fri, 30 May
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Filmmaker and stunt coordinator David Leitch says it's easier to do stunts himself than direct his s...
Sarah Silverman Finds The Funny In Grief
Thu, 29 May 2025 18:54:16 +0000
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Silverman's father and stepmother are buried under one tombstone that reads: "Janice and Donald, who...
The Talented Mr. Vance
Wed, 28 May
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The Atlantic writer George Packer calls JD Vance the most interesting figure in the Trump administra...
Author James Patterson On The Art Of Collaboration
Tue, 27 May 2025 18:47:39 +0000
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James Patterson's books have sold over 400 million copies worldwide. He says he often gets ideas for...
Questlove On Sly Stone And The Burden Of Black Genius
Mon, 26 May
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For the holiday weekend, we're revisiting our recent interview with Questlove. His documentary, SLY ...
Best Of: Education & A.I. / Having A Child In The Digital Age
Sat, 24 May
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Professors and educators are now turning to A.I. to prepare lessons, teach, and even grade students'...
Remembering Broadway Composer Charles Strouse
Fri, 23 May
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We remember Broadway composer Charles Strouse, who died May 15 at age 96. He wrote the music for the...
Walton Goggins Was Raised By A Village
Thu, 22 May 2025 18:38:01 +0000
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Walton Goggins talks with Tonya Mosley about growing up poor in the Deep South, the travel that chan...
Professors Are Using A.I., Too. Now What?
Wed, 21 May
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Colleges and universities have been trying to fight against students using tools like ChatGPT to do ...
Inside The "Cover-Up" Of President Biden's Decline
Tue, 20 May 2025 18:49:46 +0000
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CNN host Jake Tapper's book, Original Sin, co-authored by Alex Thompson, describes a president who s...
Cole Escola's 'Stupid' Dream Came True With 'Oh, Mary!'
Mon, 19 May
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Escola gives former first lady Mary Todd Lincoln a wild second act in the Tony-nominated play Oh, Ma...
Best Of: Ramy Youssef / Danny McBride
Sat, 17 May
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Ramy Youssef's new animated comedy series, #1 Happy Family USA, is about an Egyptian American Muslim...
Zombies Frontman Colin Blunstone
Fri, 16 May
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There's a new documentary about the '60s British band The Zombies. It's called 'Hung Up on a Dream' ...
Navigating The 'Wellness' Epidemic
Thu, 15 May 2025 18:24:57 +0000
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Journalist Amy Larocca says our society's obsession with optimization and self-care has reached a fe...
His Cancer Meds Were Nearly $1K A Pill. How Did That Happen?
Wed, 14 May
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ProPublica reporter David Armstrong began investigating the pharmaceutical industry when he learned ...
Ramy Youssef Animates A Muslim Family's Post-9/11 Life
Tue, 13 May 2025 18:43:33 +0000
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Actor Ramy Youssef was in 5th grade and living in New Jersey when the Twin Towers fell. His new Amaz...
'Righteous Gemstones' Creator Danny McBride's Love Letter To The South
Mon, 12 May
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The Georgia native has seen how Hollywood traffics in stereotypes about the American South. He talks...
Best Of: Michelle Williams / Sarah Snook
Sat, 10 May
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Michelle Williams talks about starring in Dying For Sex — a dark but funny TV series based on a tr...
R. Crumb, King Of Underground Comics
Fri, 09 May
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R. Crumb created Zap Comix and such characters as Mr. Natural and Fritz the Cat. His comics were a s...
Having A Child In The Digital Age
Thu, 08 May 2025 19:45:43 +0000
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When NYT critic-at-large Amanda Hess learned her unborn child had an abnormality, she turned to the ...
President Trump's Conflicts Of Interest
Wed, 07 May
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New York Times reporter Eric Lipton says the Trump family businesses, including their crypto company...
Michelle Williams Insists On Finding Pleasure & Humor Alongside Pain
Tue, 06 May 2025 18:17:39 +0000
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Michelle Williams' FX/Hulu series Dying For Sex follows a woman with terminal cancer who decides to ...
Sarah Snook Almost Didn't Audition For 'Succession'
Mon, 05 May
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Snook, who played Shiv Roy on Succession, was just nominated for a Tony for playing all the characte...
Best Of: Inside The Pronatalist Movement / Making Sense Of Trauma
Sat, 03 May
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We're diving into the resurgence of the pronatalism movement, the belief that having more babies wil...
A Story Of Shipwreck, Mutiny And Murder
Fri, 02 May
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David Grann's book, The Wager, is about an 18th century British warship that wrecked on an island af...
Terry Gross Remembers Her Late Husband, Francis Davis
Thu, 01 May 2025 18:39:41 +0000
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Fresh Air host Terry Gross lost her husband, acclaimed writer Francis Davis, on April 14. They were ...
Baby Bonuses, Trad Wives & The Pronatalist Movement
Wed, 30 Apr
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A once-fringe movement claims having more babies is the only way to save civilization. NPR reporter ...
How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 18:50:27 +0000
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Journalist David Graham says the aim of the creators of the conservative action plan Project 2025 ai...
How Trauma Shapes Us
Mon, 28 Apr
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Daria Burke spent several years digging into the science of how our brains and bodies carry the impr...
Best Of: 'The Pitt' Star Noah Wyle / 'Sinners' Director Ryan Coogler
Sat, 26 Apr
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Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ryan Coogler's movies include both Black Panther films and Creed. His late...
Merle Haggard On Hopping Trains And Doing Time
Fri, 25 Apr
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Before he became a musician, Merle Haggard lived the kind of life that's often mythologized in song:...
Are Kids With ADHD Being Treated Effectively?
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 19:43:59 +0000
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ADHD has been considered a medical disorder, treatable with drugs like Ritalin, but New York Times M...
Ryan Coogler Paid A Steep Price For The Films He Made
Wed, 23 Apr
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The director of Black Panther and Creed talks about his new genre-bending vampire movie that takes p...
America's Path To 'Competitive Authoritarianism'
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 19:17:47 +0000
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Harvard professor of government Steven Levitsky studies how healthy democracies can slip into author...
Noah Wyle Is At Home In 'The Pitt'
Mon, 21 Apr
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After 11 seasons on ER, Noah Wyle thought he was finished with medical dramas: "I spent 15 years avo...
Best Of: Richard Kind / Melinda French Gates
Sat, 19 Apr
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You've seen Richard Kind on countless TV shows and films during his 40-year career — Only Murders ...
A Love Story At The Center Of The Civil Rights Movement
Fri, 18 Apr
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MSNBC host Joy-Ann Reid tells the story of Medgar Evers and his wife Myrlie. Medgar was the NAACP fi...
Starvation In American Jail Cells
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 18:16:00 +0000
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New Yorker staff writer Sarah Stillman says she's discovered dozens of cases where people in county ...
The Real-Life Russian Spies Who Inspired 'The Americans'
Wed, 16 Apr
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In The Illegals: Russia's Most Audacious Spies and Their Century-Long Mission to Infiltrate the West...
Melinda French Gates On Giving Away Her 'Absurd' Wealth
Tue, 15 Apr 2025 18:54:25 +0000
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In a new memoir, billionaire Melinda French Gates writes about the end of her marriage to Microsoft ...
Richard Kind Is Glad He's Not That Famous
Mon, 14 Apr
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Kind is the announcer and host sidekick on the Netflix show Everybody's Live with John Mulaney. "I d...
Best Of: Jason Isbell / David Tennant
Sat, 12 Apr
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Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Jason Isbell sings about his split from musician Amanda Shires on h...
'Hacks' Returns! With Jean Smart, Hannah Einbinder, Paul W. Downs
Fri, 11 Apr
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The Emmy and Peabody Award-winning comedy series returns for a fourth season this week. It's about t...
The Dark Secrets Of Johnson & Johnson
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 18:28:05 +0000
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Johnson & Johnson recently lost a bid to settle lawsuits that claimed its talc powder products, incl...
Trump's Tariffs & The Radical Remaking Of The Global Economy
Wed, 09 Apr
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President Trump's sweeping tariff policy has upended the global economy. Zanny Minton Beddoes, the e...
The 'Fog Of Delusion' In Biden's Inner Circle
Tue, 08 Apr 2025 18:43:22 +0000
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Author Chris Whipple says Biden's family and closest advisors operated in denial regarding his abili...
At 3 Years Old, David Tennant Knew He Wanted To Be Doctor Who
Mon, 07 Apr
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When David Tennant was three, he told his parents he wanted to grow up to play Doctor Who on TV. As ...
Best Of: Amanda Knox / 'Adolescence' Co-Creator & Actor Stephen Graham
Sat, 05 Apr
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Amanda Knox was convicted — and ultimately exonerated — for the murder of her roommate Meredith ...
Celebrating 20 Years Of 'The Office'
Fri, 04 Apr
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It's been 20 years since the debut of NBC's hit mockumentary sitcom The Office. To celebrate the ann...
Jason Isbell On Love, Heartbreak & Songwriting
Thu, 03 Apr 2025 18:20:26 +0000
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Isbell sings about his split from musician Amanda Shires on his latest album, Foxes in the Snow. "Wh...
ICE Campus Arrests & The 'Struggle For The Soul' Of America
Wed, 02 Apr
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As ICE agents arrest international students at campuses across the U.S., immigration law professor D...
Writer, Critic & Curator Hilton Als Looks For The Silences
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 19:07:27 +0000
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As a longtime staff writer at The New Yorker, Hilton Als's essays and profiles of figures like Toni ...
'Adolescence' Co-Creator/Actor Asks Not Whodunnit, But Why
Mon, 31 Mar
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The Netflix miniseries follows a 13-year-old accused of murdering a girl from his school. Co-creator...
Best Of: A Writer Grapples With A Life-Changing Accident / The Post WWII 'Red Scare'
Sat, 29 Mar
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Hanif Kureishi began his new memoir just days after a fall left him paralyzed. He describes being co...
After A Friend's Suicide, A Writer Inherits His Grieving Dog
Fri, 28 Mar
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Sigrid Nunez's 2018 novel The Friend won the National Book Award. It's now a film, starring Naomi Wa...
The Former Jihadist Trying To Remake Syria
Thu, 27 Mar 2025 18:33:16 +0000
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Atlantic writer Robert Worth talks about Syria's transitional president, Ahmed al-Sharaa. He was the...
Amanda Knox Is 'Free,' But Is That Enough?
Wed, 26 Mar
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Amanda Knox spent nearly four years in an Italian prison for a murder she didn't commit. After her e...
Inside The 'Mad House' Of Congressional Disfunction
Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:08:41 +0000
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The MAGA-controlled 118th House passed only 27 bills that became law — the lowest number since the...
A Legal Scholar On 10 Laws 'Ruining America'
Mon, 24 Mar
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Legal scholar Elie Mystal talks about his new book, Bad Law: Ten Popular Laws That Are Ruining Ameri...
Best Of: Seth Rogen / Can The Dems Win Back The Bros?
Sat, 22 Mar
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Seth Rogen created a new AppleTV+ series, The Studio, which is a satirical look at how executives in...
50 Years Of 'Rocky Horror'
Fri, 21 Mar
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show is 50 years old, and still going strong in midnight theaters. We're li...
The Political Battle For The Bros
Thu, 20 Mar 2025 19:12:30 +0000
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Popular podcasts in the "manosphere" helped sway young men to go MAGA in the 2024 election. New York...
The Promise & Peril Of AI
Wed, 19 Mar
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Rivlin says regulation can help control how AI is used: "AI c...
Seth Rogen Lands The 'Tragic' Job Of Studio Head
Tue, 18 Mar 2025 20:10:23 +0000
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In his new Apple TV+ series The Studio, Seth Rogen plays an anxious Hollywood executive desperate to...
The Red Scare & America's Conspiratorial Politics
Mon, 17 Mar
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Writer Clay Risen describes a political movement which destroyed the careers of thousands of teacher...
Best Of: Comic Bill Burr / Actor Simu Liu
Sat, 15 Mar
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Bill Burr knows exactly where his sense of humor comes from. He learned at an early age that if he c...
Texan-Palestinian Comic Mo Amer
Fri, 14 Mar
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Amer's Netflix comedy series about his life, Mo, is now in its second season. His family is Palestin...
Remembering The South African Playwright Who Defied Apartheid
Thu, 13 Mar 2025 18:21:15 +0000
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Athol Fugard's plays, like Blood Knot and Master Harold and the Boys, were about the emotional and p...
Comic Bill Burr [Extended Version]
Thu, 13 Mar 2025 16:41:55 +0000
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Burr talks with Terry Gross about processing his abusive childhood, a therapeutic mushroom trip, and...
The Gutting Of The Department Of Education
Wed, 12 Mar
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The Department of Education is reportedly eliminating 50% of its workforce. Washington Post writer L...
The Campaign To Silence Journalists & Undermine Free Speech
Tue, 11 Mar 2025 18:31:56 +0000
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In 2019, Justice Clarence Thomas raised the prospect of overturning one of the most consequential fr...
Comic Bill Burr On Musk, Magic Mushrooms & Healing From His Childhood
Mon, 10 Mar
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Bill Burr knows exactly where his sense of humor comes from. He learned at an early age that if he c...
Best Of: Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens / 'White Lotus' Actor Natasha Rothwell
Sat, 08 Mar
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We're joined by a New Orleans institution — clarinetist and vocalist Doreen Ketchens. She's got s...
Remembering New York Dolls Frontman David Johansen
Fri, 07 Mar
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The 1970s band The New York Dolls made only two studio albums, but the group was hugely influential,...
Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark
Thu, 06 Mar 2025 19:45:14 +0000
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In 2012, three deep-sea divers were on a routine dive in the North Sea when one of the divers became...
How Did DEI Become Part Of A Political Agenda — And A Slur?
Wed, 05 Mar
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Georgetown professor Ella Washington and Harvard professor Frank Dobbin discuss the beneficiaries an...
Mardi Gras With New Orleans Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens
Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:21:11 +0000
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Known as "Lady Louie," Doreen Ketchens has been a fixture of the French Quarter for nearly four deca...
How A Writer's Life Changed In A Second
Mon, 03 Mar
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Hanif Kureishi began his new memoir just days after a fall left him paralyzed. He describes being co...