On The Road With Harris/Walz
15 Aug 2024
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As democrats prepare for their national convention in Chicago next week, we take stock of a presiden...
How American Lobbyists Threaten Democracy
14 Aug 2024
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Casey Michel shines a light on Americans lobbying for foreign governments in Washington, in many cas...
Safiya Sinclair On Cutting Herself Free From Rastafari Roots
13 Aug 2024
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Poet and writer Safiya Sinclair grew up in a devout Rastafari family in Jamaica where women were sub...
An Informant Exposes The Inner Workings Of The Ku Klux Klan
12 Aug 2024
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Joe Moore, a former Army sniper turned FBI informant, shares how he infiltrated the KKK and helped f...
Best Of: How 1982 Sci-Fi Changed The Game / Singer Brittany Howard
10 Aug 2024
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In 1982, eight science fiction films were released within eight weeks of each other. Chris Nashawaty...
Revisiting The Final Months Of WWII
10 Aug 2024
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We commemorate the 79th anniversary of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, by revisiting a h...
'Sing Sing' Offers a Glimpse of Life Behind Bars
08 Aug 2024
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Filmmaker Greg Kwedar and formerly incarcerated actor Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin discuss their new...
Black Doctors Consortium Founder Serves Vulnerable Communities
07 Aug 2024
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When the pandemic hit, Dr. Ala Stanford set up shop in parking lots, churches and mosques where she ...
Migrants Risk It All On The Treacherous Darién Gap
06 Aug 2024
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Each year, nearly half a million migrants cross the perilous stretch of jungle between South and Cen...
A Brain Surgeon Opens Up About Life In The O.R.
05 Aug 2024
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Dr. Theodore Schwartz has been treating neurological illnesses for nearly 30 years. He says being a ...
Best Of: Comic Nikki Glaser / 'Hacks' Co-Creator Paul W. Downs
03 Aug 2024
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Comic Nikki Glaser talks with Terry Gross about finding the line between offensive and funny, hurt f...
Remembering Freedom Singer Bernice Johnson Reagon
02 Aug 2024
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We go into the Fresh Air archive to remember two remarkable women: Bernice Johnson Reagon was one of...
Brittany Howard On Prince, Break-Up Songs, And Her Haunted House
01 Aug 2024
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Grammy-winning singer, guitarist and producer Brittany Howard fronted the band Alabama Shakes before...
The 8 Sci-Fi Movies Of 1982 That Changed Everything
31 Jul 2024
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In 1982, eight science fiction films were released within eight weeks of each other: E.T., Tron, Sta...
How 'Hacks' Comes Together — Over Email
30 Jul 2024
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Paul W. Downs co-created the HBO Max show with his wife, Lucia Aniello and their friend and collabor...
Comic Nikki Glaser Doesn't Know Why Anyone Would Want To Be Roasted
29 Jul 2024
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The comic made headlines after the roast of Tom Brady. She spoke with Terry Gross about finding the ...
Best Of: 'Wicked' Director Jon M. Chu / Stunt Performer-Turned-Filmmaker David Leitch
27 Jul 2024
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Jon M. Chu, the director of Crazy Rich Asians and In the Heights is now directing the film adaptatio...
Remembering Comic Bob Newhart
26 Jul 2024
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We remember comic and actor Bob Newhart, who died last week at the age of 94. In his stand-up comedy...
Will Hezbollah And Israel Go To War?
25 Jul 2024
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Hezbollah, the militant group based in Lebanon, shares Hamas' goal of destroying the state of Israel...
'Wicked' Director Jon M. Chu On The Hard Work Of Creativity
24 Jul 2024
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Chu takes his inspiration from his dad, a Chinese immigrant who worked both the front room and the k...
The Dictator Playbook
23 Jul 2024
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Autocracy, Inc. author Anne Applebaum says today's dictators — including Putin and Xi — are work...
A Former Stunt Performer Shares Tricks Of The Trade
22 Jul 2024
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Filmmaker and stunt coordinator David Leitch says it's easier to do stunts himself than direct his s...
Best Of: A Life Of Self-Contempt / Character Actor Julianne Nicholson
20 Jul 2024
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Humorist/writer Shalom Auslander's new memoir is a satirical look at all the ways a sense of "feh," ...
Remembering Shelley Duvall / Sex Guru Dr. Ruth
19 Jul 2024
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We remember actress Shelley Duvall, who died at the age of 75. Best-known for her role in The Shinin...
Waking Up And Feeling 'Yuck'
18 Jul 2024
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Humorist Shalom Auslander has written for decades about growing up in a dysfunctional household with...
The Impossible American Dream
17 Jul 2024
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PBS FRONTLINE documentarians Tom Casciato and Kathleen Hughes spent 34 years following two working-c...
Julianne Nicholson Likes Being A Character Actor
16 Jul 2024
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Julianne Nicholson says when strangers recognize her on the street, they're never quite sure how the...
Why The Weapon Choice In The Attempted Assassination Matters
15 Jul 2024
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We talk about the weapon the shooter used in the attempted assassination of former President Trump. ...
Best Of: A Novel Of Kidnapping & Family Trauma / Rethinking An Age-Gap Relationship
13 Jul 2024
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Taffy Brodesser-Akner's new novel, Long Island Compromise, centers on the kidnapping of a rich busin...
Remembering Actor Martin Mull And Screenwriter Robert Towne
12 Jul 2024
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Martin Mull, who died June 27, appeared in the 1970s series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, and later st...
Understanding The Resurgence of Jobs In America's 'Left Behind' Counties
11 Jul 2024
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David Madland of the Center for American Progress says new, "good" jobs are on the rise, but many of...
Inside The Biggest Ponzi Scheme In American History
10 Jul 2024
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Disgraced financier Bernie Madoff scammed investors out of approximately $68 billion. Investigative ...
She Was 17, He Was 47: How #MeToo Changed A Marriage
09 Jul 2024
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Jill Ciment met her husband in the 1970s when she was a teenager and he was almost 50. At the time o...
Taffy Brodesser-Akner Writes Real People — Not Likable Ones
08 Jul 2024
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Brodesser-Akner's new novel, Long Island Compromise, centers on the kidnapping of a rich businessman...
Best Of: Comic Michelle Buteau / Emily Nussbaum On Reality TV
06 Jul 2024
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Comedian Michelle Buteau stars in the new comedy Babes, which follows best friends as they take dif...
David Byrne on 40 Years of 'Stop Making Sense'
05 Jul 2024
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For the 40th anniversary of Talking Heads' masterpiece concert film, Stop Making Sense, A24 remaster...
How Bon Jovi Lost His Voice — And Got It Back
04 Jul 2024
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A few years ago, Bon Jovi stopped performing because of a vocal cord injury. The Hulu docuseries Tha...
A Former Federal Judge Fears For Democracy
03 Jul 2024
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David Tatel is a former civil rights lawyer who spent 30 years as a judge on the D.C. Circuit, the n...
Reflections on Being Fat in a Thin World
02 Jul 2024
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As a comedy writer for shows like The Late Late Show with James Corden, Ian Karmel spent most of his...
What Do The 'Love is Blind' Lawsuits Mean For Reality TV?
02 Jul 2024
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New Yorker writer Emily Nussbaum discusses the lawsuits brought forth by the Love is Blind cast memb...
Best Of: Dr. Fauci's Talks With Trump / 'Hacks' Star Hannah Einbinder
29 Jun 2024
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If you've ever wondered what conversations were like between Donald Trump and Dr. Anthony Fauci duri...
Fairport Convention Founding Member Richard Thompson
28 Jun 2024
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British singer/guitarist Richard Thompson spoke to Fresh Air in 1994 and 2022 about about his format...
Election 2024: Where Does The Money Come From?
27 Jun 2024
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New York Times political correspondent Shane Goldmacher has been following the flood of campaign fi...
Michelle Buteau Finds A Lifeline In Humor
26 Jun 2024
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Buteau says covering the news of the 2001 terrorist attacks crystalized her desire to go into comedy...
Ghanaian Artist Blitz Bazawule Is Breaking Down Doors
25 Jun 2024
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Bazawule is best-known for directing 2023 adaptation of The Color Purple: The Musical. He also co-di...
Inside The Breakdown Of The Global Supply Chain
24 Jun 2024
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New York Times correspondent Peter Goodman illuminates the breakdown of the global supply chain duri...
Best Of: Questlove's Hip-Hop History / 'Always Sunny' Actor Rob McElhenney
22 Jun 2024
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Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson still remembers the first time he heard The Sugarhill Gang's 1980 hit "Ra...
'Slave Play' Playwright Jeremy O. Harris Works To Diversity Theater
21 Jun 2024
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The award-winning playwright talks about his provocative Slave Play, which earned 12 Tony nomination...
The Story Behind Diane Von Furstenberg's Iconic Wrap Dress
20 Jun 2024
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Von Furstenberg and filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy discuss Woman in Charge, a Hulu documentary abou...
Actor David Oyelowo On 'Lawmen: Bass Reeves'
19 Jun 2024
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Oyelowo produced and stars in the Paramount+ series about Bass, a formerly enslaved man who went on ...
Dr. Anthony Fauci Looks Back On The COVID-19 Pandemic
18 Jun 2024
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During his decades-long career, Dr. Fauci worked with seven different presidents to manage various p...
'Hacks' Star Hannah Einbinder
17 Jun 2024
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Einbinder co-stars with Jean Smart in the HBO Max series Hacks. Her new Max special is Everything Mu...
Best Of: Yo-Yo Ma; Actor Griffin Dunne
15 Jun 2024
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About 25 years ago, acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma asked a high school student to help him name his inst...
How Satchel Paige Helped Integrate MLB
14 Jun 2024
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Hall of Famer Satchel Paige started his career pitching in the Negro leagues and later became a majo...
How Formerly Enslaved People Were Stripped Of Land
13 Jun 2024
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Journalist Alexia Fernández Campbell says that some freed men and women were given titles to land f...
Rob McElhenney On 'Welcome To Wrexham'
12 Jun 2024
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'The Always Sunny in Philadelphia' co-creator and co-star bought a Welsh football club during the pa...
Questlove On Hip-Hop And History
11 Jun 2024
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Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson still remembers the first time he heard The Sugarhill Gang's 1980 hit "Ra...
Actor Griffin Dunne Revisits His Hollywood Childhood
10 Jun 2024
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Dunne grew up in Beverly Hills, in a family of storytellers — including his father, author Dominic...
Best Of: 'Merrily We Roll Along'; MSNBC Host Ali Velshi
08 Jun 2024
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Stephen Sondheim's musical Merrily We Roll Along flopped when it debuted in 1981. But its Broadway r...
Julio Torres Spins Immigration Stress into Satire
07 Jun 2024
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Comic, actor and filmmaker Julio Torres came to the U.S. from El Salvador in his early 20s — and h...
Ronan Farrow on the link between #MeToo, Weinstein and Trump
06 Jun 2024
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While reporting on Harvey Weinstein and the #MeToo movement, Farrow unearthed details of the Nationa...
Colson Whitehead returns to 1970s NYC in 'Crook Manifesto'
05 Jun 2024
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Whitehead's sequel to Harlem Shuffle centers on crime at every level, from small-time crooks to Harl...
MSNBC Host Ali Velshi Traces His Ancestors' Migration
04 Jun 2024
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In his memoir, Small Acts of Courage, Velshi chronicles his family's journey, from a village in Indi...
'Merrily We Roll Along' Revival Is A Love Letter To Sondheim
03 Jun 2024
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Stephen Sondheim's 1981 flop is now a Broadway hit. This revival of Merrily We Roll Along is nominat...
Best Of: Maggie Rogers / Kristen Wiig
01 Jun 2024
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In 2021, burnt out from the intensity of her early career, Maggie Rogers considered quitting music e...
Carrying On After A Life-Changing Accident
31 May 2024
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How do you get on with life after an accident that leads to disability and chronic pain? That's the ...
Revisiting A Chicago Hate Crime And Its Aftermath
30 May 2024
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Yohance Lacour's Pulitzer Prize-winning podcast, You Didn't See Nothin', tells the story of Lenard C...
Yo-Yo Ma Says He's Living His Best Childhood Now
29 May 2024
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About 25 years ago, the acclaimed cellist asked a high school student to help him name his instrumen...
The Untold Story Of The C-Section
28 May 2024
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When journalist Rachel Somerstein had an emergency C-section with her first child, the anesthesia di...
The Stax Records Soul Sound
27 May 2024
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The small Memphis label Stax Records created soul hits by Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Wilson Pickett, ...
Best Of: Michael McDonald / The American 'Food Cartel'
25 May 2024
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Grammy-winning musician Michael McDonald looks back on his childhood and his career in a new memoir....
'Mad Max' Director George Miller
24 May 2024
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The fifth installment of the Mad Max series of post-apocalyptic action films is roaring into theater...
The Corruption Scandal That Rocked The Navy
23 May 2024
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In Fat Leonard, journalist Craig Whitlock tells the story of a defense contractor who plied Navy com...
Maggie Rogers (Extended Version)
22 May 2024
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In 2021, burnt out from the intensity of her early career, Maggie Rogers considered quitting music e...
Kristen Wiig
21 May 2024
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The SNL alum co-stars with Carol Burnett in Palm Royale, an Apple TV+ series about a former pageant ...
Michael McDonald
20 May 2024
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McDonald says that earlier in his career, he tended to avoid writing about himself directly in songs...
Best Of: Kathleen Hanna / Tyler James Williams
18 May 2024
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Musician, activist, and punk pioneer Kathleen Hanna talks about being at the epicenter of the '90s r...
Remembering Filmmaker Roger Corman
17 May 2024
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Filmmaker Roger Corman, the "King of the B" movies, died last week at the age of 98. He made hundred...
Writer Carvell Wallace On Pain, Processing & Letting Go
16 May 2024
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Wallace is known for his celebrity profiles, but his new memoir, Another Word For Love, is about his...
Regional Complexities Of The Israel/Hamas War
15 May 2024
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The Economist Middle East correspondent Gregg Carlstrom explains why some Arab leaders hate Hamas, f...
'Abbott Elementary' Actor Tyler James Williams
14 May 2024
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Williams was thrust into the public eye as a kid, when he starred in Everybody Hates Chris. Now, pla...
Kathleen Hanna's 'Rebel Girl' Life
13 May 2024
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Kathleen Hanna's band Bikini Kill was the epicenter of the riot grrrl feminist punk movement of the ...
Best Of: Brittney Griner / Discovering Plant Intelligence
11 May 2024
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WNBA star Brittney Griner talks about the physical and emotional hell of her nearly 300 days in Russ...
'The Sympathizer' Author Viet Thanh Nguyen
10 May 2024
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Viet Thanh Nguyen's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Sympathizer has been adapted into a series on H...
Remembering Minimalist Painter Frank Stella
09 May 2024
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We remember painter and sculptor Frank Stella, whose early work was considered revolutionary. He die...
A People's History Of Black Twitter
08 May 2024
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#BlackLivesMatter. #OscarsSoWhite. #ICantBreathe. Filmmaker Prentice Penny's docuseries about Black ...
WNBA Star Brittney Griner Imprisonment & Release
07 May 2024
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Griner spent nearly 300 days incarcerated in Russia after authorities at the Moscow airport found tw...
The Hidden World Of Plant Intelligence
06 May 2024
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Climate journalist Zoë Schlanger explains the fascinating science behind how plants learn, communic...
Best Of: Jon Bon Jovi / Fantasy Writer Leigh Bardugo
04 May 2024
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In a new Hulu docuseries, Jon Bon Jovi looks back on his career and his recovery after vocal surgery...
Remembering Writer Paul Auster
03 May 2024
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The New York Times described Paul Auster as the "Patron Saint of Literary Brooklyn." He died Tuesday...
What Will Happen With The TikTok Ban?
02 May 2024
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Congress and President Biden say TikTok must shed its financial ties to China or face a ban in the U...
Erik Larson On The Dawn Of The Civil War
02 May 2024
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In The Demon of Unrest, author Erik Larson chronicles the five months between the election of Abraha...
Fantasy Writer Leigh Bardugo On Magic & Miracles
30 Apr 2024
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Leigh Bardugo is best known for her YA Shadow and Bone series. Her adult novel, The Familiar, center...
Jon Bon Jovi
29 Apr 2024
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A few years ago, Bon Jovi stopped performing because of a vocal cord injury. The Hulu docuseries Tha...
Best Of: St. Vincent / Kids In An Age Of Anxiety
27 Apr 2024
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Songwriter, guitarist and singer St. Vincent talks about her new album, All Born Screaming. Also, we...
Novelist John Green On The 'Invasive Weed' Of OCD
26 Apr 2024
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Green's YA novel, Turtles All the Way Down, has been recently adapted to film (on MAX May 2). Green ...
Why Writers Are Losing Out In Hollywood
25 Apr 2024
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Nearly a year after the Hollywood writers' strike started, the entertainment industry remains in flu...
The Life & Legacy Of 'Rulebreaker' Barbara Walters
24 Apr 2024
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Journalist Susan Page talks about Barbara Walters's groundbreaking career as a newswoman and her sig...
St. Vincent
23 Apr 2024
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The songwriter, guitarist and singer known as St. Vincent took her stage name from St. Vincent's Hos...
How Minority Rule Threatens Democracy
22 Apr 2024
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Journalist Ari Berman says the founding fathers created a system that concentrated power in the hand...