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Laufey Is Unapologetically Herself

08 Oct 2025

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Icelandic jazz-pop star Laufey spoke with Terry Gross about her classical training in cello, breaki...

'Dopesick' Writer Returns To Her 'Fractured' Hometown

07 Oct 2025

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Journalist and Dopesick author Beth Macy returned to the Ohio factory town where she grew up to fin...

Poet Ada Limón On Writing In Uncertain Times

06 Oct 2025

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As the nation’s 24th Poet Laureate, Ada Limón has spent her career writing about the hardest part...

Best Of: Scarlett Johansson & June Squibb / Mark Ronson

04 Oct 2025

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Oscar-nominated actors Scarlett Johansson and June Squibb talk about their new film, Eleanor The G...

Al Pacino & Sidney Lumet: 'Dog Day Afternoon' At 50

03 Oct 2025

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A film about a man trying to fund a gender-affirming operation by robbing a bank sounds like a moder...

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

02 Oct 2025

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The WWE superstar considered pursuing a career in mixed martial arts before realizing, "I don't like...

Implications Of The DOJ Targeting The President’s Critics

01 Oct 2025

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President Trump is pressuring the Department of Justice to pursue his political enemies, like former...

Mark Ronson On DJing In The '90s

30 Sep 2025

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Oscar and Grammy-winning music producer Mark Ronson says nothing beats the rush of a great DJ set. "...

Comic Cristela Alonzo

29 Sep 2025

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For the first seven years of her life, Cristela Alonzo lived in an abandoned diner in a south Texas...

Best Of: Samin Nosrat / Elizabeth Gilbert

27 Sep 2025

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After the tremendous success of Salt Fat Acid Heat, chef and author Samin Nosrat realized she neede...

Jimmy Kimmel's Path To Late Night

26 Sep 2025

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With Jimmy Kimmel Live! at the center of a free speech debate, we're revisiting Kimmel's 2013 inter...

Scarlett Johansson & June Squibb On 'Eleanor The Great'

25 Sep 2025

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Actor Scarlett Johansson makes her directorial debut with Eleanor The Great, about a 94-year-old w...

Samin Nosrat Is Embracing 'Good Things'

23 Sep 2025

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After the tremendous success of Salt Fat Acid Heat, chef and author Samin Nosrat realized she neede...

Elizabeth Gilbert On Love, Loss, And Liberation

22 Sep 2025

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Elizabeth Gilbert's new memoir, All the Way to the River, is an unflinching personal account of add...

Best Of: Jude Law / Pedro Pascal

20 Sep 2025

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Jude Law now stars in the thriller series Black Rabbit on Netflix. He spoke with Tonya Mosley abou...

Robert Redford, Over The Years

19 Sep 2025

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The legendary actor died Tuesday at age 89. He spoke with Terry Gross about his movies, creating the...

Jude Law

18 Sep 2025

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Jude Law's new Netflix series Black Rabbit with Jason Bateman follows two brothers in New York Cit...

How Charlie Kirk Became A Voice Of Conservative Youth

17 Sep 2025

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In the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination on Sept. 10, NYT reporter Robert Draper talks with Ter...

Mary Roach On Our Remarkable, Replaceable Bodies

16 Sep 2025

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Science writer Mary Roach is fascinated by the human body, especially, she says, the "gooey bits an...

The Cost Of Gun Violence On Black Life

15 Sep 2025

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Trymaine Lee's new memoir, A Thousand Ways to Die: The True Cost ...

Terry Gross On 50 Years Of Fresh Air (Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso)

14 Sep 2025

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This month marks 50 years of Terry Gross as the host of Fresh Air. What began in 1975 as a local ex...

Best Of: Rob Reiner On 'Spinal Tap II' / Billy Strings

14 Sep 2025

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Rob Reiner talks with Terry Gross about directing the new sequel to Spinal Tap, the mockumentary abo...

Inside Netflix's 'Adolescence'

12 Sep 2025

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The Netflix miniseries follows a 13-year-old accused of murdering a girl from his school. Co-creator...

NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner

11 Sep 2025

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Veteran Air Force linguist Reality Winner was working at the NSA in 2017 when she leaked a classifie...

The Future Of Free And Fair Elections

10 Sep 2025

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Before 2026's midterms, President Trump wants to ban mail-in ballots and electronic voting machines,...

Rob Reiner's 'Spinal Tap' Still Goes To 11

09 Sep 2025

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Reiner's 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap sparked a new genre of satire. Now, more than 40 yea...

Bluegrass Star Billy Strings

08 Sep 2025

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The Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and guitarist has one foot in traditional bluegrass and anothe...

Best Of : Jane Fonda / Spike Lee

06 Sep 2025

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At 87, Oscar-winning actor Jane Fonda is pouring her energy into activism. She’ll reflect on her d...

Noah Wyle, Star Of 'The Pitt'

05 Sep 2025

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After 11 seasons on ER, Noah Wyle thought he was finished with medical dramas: "I spent 15 years av...

How Does Pain Work? Dr. Sanjay Gupta Explains

04 Sep 2025

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CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta's new book examines the world of pain — why we f...

RFK Jr.'s Impact On Americans' Health

03 Sep 2025

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We look at the stormy tenure of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. New York ...

Jane Fonda Is Not Backing Down

02 Sep 2025

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Earlier this year, Fonda made headlines for delivering a fiery critique of the Trump administration ...

Roots of Rock and R&B: Dion and Allen Toussaint

01 Sep 2025

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All week we're revisiting archival interviews with key figures in early rock and roll, rockabilly an...

Roots of R&B: Charles Brown & Ray Charles

30 Aug 2025

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All week we're revisiting archival interviews with key figures in early rock and roll, rockabilly an...

Roots of R&B: 'Stand By Me'

29 Aug 2025

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All week we're revisiting archival interviews with key figures in early rock and roll, rockabilly an...

Roots of R&B: Johnny Otis & Etta James

27 Aug 2025

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All week we're revisiting archival interviews with key figures in early rock and roll, rockabilly an...

Roots of Rock: Sun Records & Johnny Cash

26 Aug 2025

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All week we're revisiting archival interviews with key figures in early rock and roll, rockabilly an...

Roots Of Rock: "Blue Suede Shoes"

25 Aug 2025

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All week we're revisiting archival interviews with key figures in early rock and roll, rockabilly an...

Remembering Actor Terence Stamp

22 Aug 2025

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We remember British actor Terence Stamp, who died last week at age 87. He starred in the film The L...

Robert Reich: The Baby Boomers Fell Short

21 Aug 2025

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Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich served under President Clinton from 1993 to 1997. He opens hi...

The Dramatic Overhaul Of The Justice Dept.

20 Aug 2025

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The New Yorker’s Ruth Marcus says Bondi has presided over the DOJ's most convulsive transition of ...

Spike Lee On Dynamic Duos & Reimagining Kurosawa

19 Aug 2025

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Spike Lee's new film, Highest 2 Lowest, centers on a music mogul (Denzel Washington) who faces a mo...

Bowen Yang's 'Wicked' White Lie

18 Aug 2025

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The Emmy-nominated Saturday Night Live cast member talks with Terry Gross about his favorite pop c...

Thomas Mallon

15 Aug 2025

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Writer Thomas Mallon looks back on the early years of the AIDS epidemic, when he was in his 30s, li...

Best Of: AI's Writing Critique / The Rise And Fall Of Condé Nast

15 Aug 2025

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After writing chapters of her new book about how tech companies help and exploit us, tech journalist...

Pedro Pascal Got Fired A Lot

14 Aug 2025

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Chilean-born actor Pedro Pascal has faced countless on-screen challenges, including cosmic battles a...

Musician Charley Crockett's Road From Busking To The Grammys

13 Aug 2025

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Crockett grew up poor and got his start in music busking for tips on the street and in the subway. H...

Jeff Hiller's Big Break Came In His 40s

12 Aug 2025

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Hiller spent years scraping by in Hollywood by taking on various small roles and commercials. Then h...

Daniel Dae Kim Fakes His Own Death In 'Butterfly'

11 Aug 2025

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Daniel Dae Kim became the first actor of Asian descent to be nominated for a Tony, for his performan...

Best Of: Making 'Born To Run' / Why We Can't Sleep

09 Aug 2025

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This month marks the 50th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen's album Born to Run. We'll talk with Pete...

Remembering Eddie Palmieri / Funk Innovator George Clinton

08 Aug 2025

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We remember Eddie Palmieri, the pianist, bandleader and composer whose contributions to Afro-Caribbe...

The Making Of Springsteen's 'Born To Run'

07 Aug 2025

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Bruce Springsteen's groundbreaking album, Born to Run, came out 50 years ago this month, marking a t...

The Nihilistic War In Sudan

06 Aug 2025

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Fourteen million people in Sudan have been displaced by war and famine. The Atlantic's Anne Applebau...

Sarah Silverman Gets the Last Laugh in 'PostMortem'

05 Aug 2025

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Silverman's father and stepmother are buried under one tombstone that reads: "Janice and Donald, who...

How The 1979 Revolution Transformed Iran

04 Aug 2025

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For decades, Iran has been an adversary of the United States. Scott Anderson examines the Iranian re...

Best Of: Mariska Hargitay / Marc Maron

02 Aug 2025

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Emmy-winning Law & Order: SVU actor Mariska Hargitay talks about her new documentary, My Mom Jayne, ...

Correcting The Record On Elvis's Manager

31 Jul 2025

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Terry Gross talks with rock historian Peter Guralnick, author of the definitive two volume biography...

Has NASA Ceded Its Mission To Elon Musk?

30 Jul 2025

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The Atlantic journalist Franklin Foer explains how SpaceX and the Trump administration are changing ...

Comic Marc Maron On Grief, Cats, And Being Openhearted

29 Jul 2025

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As he winds down his podcast, WTF, after 16 years, Marc Maron reflects on what he'll miss: "These co...

Mariska Hargitay On Freeing Herself From Generational Trauma

28 Jul 2025

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The Law & Order: SVU actor was just 3 years old in 1967 when her movie star mom, Jayne Mansfield, di...

Best Of: Actor Leslie Uggams / Martha's Vineyard's Indigenous Past & Present

26 Jul 2025

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Actor and singer Leslie Uggams talks about her remarkable career, which started when she was 6. She ...

Remembering Lyricist Alan Bergman / The 'Outrageous' Jessica Mitford

25 Jul 2025

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The lyrics for the songs "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life," "The Way We Were," "Nice 'n' Ea...

The Shifting Landscape Of Higher Education

24 Jul 2025

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The Trump administration has been pressuring elite universities, like Harvard and Columbia, with wid...

A Chatbot Reacts To A Book About Tech

23 Jul 2025

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After writing chapters of her new book about how tech companies help and exploit us, tech journalist...

Leslie Uggams Looks Back On Her Decades In Show Business

22 Jul 2025

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Uggams performed in Beulah, Hallelujah Baby, Roots, Empire, American Fiction and the Deadpool films....

Martha's Vineyard's Indigenous Past & Present

21 Jul 2025

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In Nothing More of This Land, Aquinnah Wampanoag writer Joseph Lee takes readers past the celebrity ...

Best Of: Stacey Abrams / Raphael Saadiq

19 Jul 2025

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Stacey Abrams is known as a voting rights activist, former candidate for Georgia governor, and found...

In The Dugout With Baseball All Stars

18 Jul 2025

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As Major League Baseball celebrates a memorable All Star Game, we feature some of our favorite baseb...

Congress has voted to eliminate government funding for public media

18 Jul 2025

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Act now to ensure public media remains free and accessible to all. Your donation will help this esse...

The Dominance & Decline Of The Condé Nast Magazine Empire

17 Jul 2025

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For decades, Condé Nast publications such as Vogue and Vanity Fair were consequential tastemakers. ...

Rising Floods, Cuts To FEMA And Future Chaos

16 Jul 2025

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ProPublica Editor-at-Large Abrahm Lustgarten says the deadly flooding in Central Texas — which has...

Stacey Abrams On American Autocracy & Her New Chapter

15 Jul 2025

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Abrams isn't running for office — but she's not ruling it out, either. "Politics is a tool ... for...

The 'Jailhouse Lawyer' Who Freed Innocent People — Including Himself

14 Jul 2025

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While serving a life sentence for a murder he didn't commit, Calvin Duncan studied law, hoping to ap...

Best Of: A 'Failed' Child Star / A Novel About Pregnancy Post-Roe

12 Jul 2025

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Tamara Yajia grew up Jewish in Argentina, intent on becoming a child star. But just when her break w...

Danzy Senna Writes Herself (& Other Mixed-Race People) Into Existence

11 Jul 2025

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Novelist Danzy Senna spoke with Terry Gross about racial identity, growing up with a Black father an...

SCOTUS & The Reconception Of American Constitutional Order

10 Jul 2025

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New York Times reporter Adam Liptak discusses the Supreme Court's decisions to limit the power of lo...

Doula & Novelist Leila Mottley On The Nuance Of Young Parenthood

09 Jul 2025

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Leila Mottley gained critical acclaim at 19 with her debut novel Nightcrawling, which was longlisted...

Raphael Saadiq's Secret To Creative Success: 'Dare To Suck'

08 Jul 2025

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Award-winning singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Raphael Saadiq talks about his...

Can't Sleep? You're Not Alone

07 Jul 2025

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Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jennifer Senior has had insomnia for 25 years. Her new piece in The At...

Best Of: 'Hamilton' Producer Jeffrey Seller / Ebon Moss-Bachrach On 'The Bear'

05 Jul 2025

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Jeffrey Seller has been a key behind-the-scenes figure for some of the Broadway's biggest hits inclu...

How Louis Armstrong Became The First Black Pop Star

04 Jul 2025

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Author Ricky Riccardi says Armstrong's innovations as a trumpeter and vocalist helped set the entire...

A 'Failed Child Star' Looks Back On Her Unconventional Childhood

03 Jul 2025

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Tamara Yajia grew up Jewish in Argentina, intent on becoming a child star. But just when her break w...

How Communities, Families & The Economy Are Impacted By ICE

02 Jul 2025

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Jacob Soboroff of NBC News says the Trump administration promised to deport the "worst of the worst"...

Remembering Renowned Broadcaster Bill Moyers

01 Jul 2025

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Longtime TV correspondent and commentator Bill Moyers died last week at age 91. Before he began his ...

A Theater Kid's Path To Broadway Producer

30 Jun 2025

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Jeffrey Seller has been a key behind-the-scenes figure for some of the Broadway's biggest hits inclu...

Best Of: 'Hysterical' Podcaster / 'Seinfeld' Writer

28 Jun 2025

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What happens when a former federal government employee turns his lens on the psychology of panic? Yo...

Remembering War Correspondent Rod Nordland

27 Jun 2025

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After surviving many close calls as a war correspondent — from bullets, mortars and the threat of ...

Virgil Abloh's Unconventional Path To Luxury Fashion

26 Jun 2025

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Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Robin Givhan talks with Tonya Mosley about her new book, Make It Ours:...

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'...

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