Best Of: Salman Rushdie's Survival / A New Kind Of Whodunit
20 Apr 2024
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Writer Salman Rushdie talks about the knife attack that nearly killed him — and his life since the...
Remembering PBS Anchor Robert MacNeil
19 Apr 2024
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Longtime PBS news anchor Robert MacNeil died last week at 93. He spoke with Terry Gross a few times ...
Our Fragile Food System
18 Apr 2024
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Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser says mergers and acquisitions have created food oligopolies t...
A Death Doula Says 'Get Real' About The End
17 Apr 2024
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Alua Arthur works with families, caretakers, and people close to death who want to be intentional ab...
Salman Rushdie On Surviving Attempted Murder
16 Apr 2024
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Rushdie was onstage at a literary event in 2022 when he was attacked by a man in the audience: "Dyin...
A First Date Turns Into A Whodunit In 'Diarra From Detroit'
15 Apr 2024
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Growing up, when Diarra Kilpatrick watched murder mystery shows with her grandmother, she never saw ...
Best Of: Andrew Scott / Women Behind The Wheel
13 Apr 2024
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Andrew Scott stars as a con artist with no conscience in the new Netflix series Ripley. It's an adap...
The History Of King Kong & Godzilla
12 Apr 2024
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Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire is the latest film starring two of cinema's biggest monsters. Today ...
The 'Land Grab' Displacing The Maasai People
11 Apr 2024
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Atlantic journalist Stephanie McCrummen says foreign interests are acquiring Serengeti territory in ...
The High Pressure Experiments That Made D-Day
10 Apr 2024
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What happens to the body in the deep sea? You need oxygen to survive, but too much oxygen can be dea...
Internet Brain & The Age Of Overthinking
09 Apr 2024
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Linguist Amanda Montell says our brains are overloaded with a constant stream of information that st...
Andrew Scott On 'Ripley,' 'Fleabag' & More
08 Apr 2024
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Andrew Scott (best known as "hot priest" from Fleabag) plays con artist Tom Ripley in the Netflix ad...
Best Of: Sue Bird / Sleater-Kinney
06 Apr 2024
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NCAA/WNBA star Sue Bird spoke with Terry Gross about her career, coming out publicly, and fighting f...
A 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Appreciation
05 Apr 2024
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HBO's Curb your Enthusiasm comes to an end Sunday night, after 25 years and 12 seasons. We're featur...
Abortion Rights & The Fetal Personhood Movement
04 Apr 2024
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The Guardian's reproductive health reporter Carter Sherman says efforts are underway in a number of ...
Capt. Cook's Final Voyage
03 Apr 2024
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"A lot of things started going wrong from the very beginning," historian Hampton Sides says of Cook'...
'Kids Are Not OK' Says Mental Health Expert
02 Apr 2024
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A global pandemic, school shootings, climate change, war: Children and teenagers are experiencing an...
WNBA Star Sue Bird
01 Apr 2024
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Retired point guard Sue Bird holds the record for most career assists in the WNBA, with 3,234 over t...
Best Of: Stories From A Hollywood Insider / Eugene Levy
30 Mar 2024
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If you've ever wondered how directors convince stars to appear in their films, or what they do when ...
Celebrating Country Music's Black Roots
29 Mar 2024
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Beyoncé's highly anticipated country album, Cowboy Carter, is out today. One of the musicians on it...
How Cars Became A Gendered Technology
28 Mar 2024
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Author Nancy Nichols says that for men, cars signify adventure, power and strength. For women, they ...
Oregon's Drug Decriminalization Experiment
27 Mar 2024
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In 2020, Oregon voters overwhelmingly approved to decriminalize possession of small amounts of hard ...
Climate-Driven Migration In America
26 Mar 2024
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ProPublica reporter Abrahm Lustgarten says in the coming decades it's likely tens of millions of us ...
Sleater-Kinney
25 Mar 2024
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Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker co-founded the band Sleater-Kinney together 30 years ago, and bec...
Best Of: The Life Of A Nun / A Foster Parent On Loving & Letting Go
23 Mar 2024
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Catherine Coldstream spoke with Terry Gross about her years as nun in a Carmelite monastery. She tal...
'Tokyo Vice' Journalist On Japan's Criminal Underworld
22 Mar 2024
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Reporter Jake Adelstein's memoir, Tokyo Vice, is about covering the organized crime beat in Japan. T...
The Chinese Mafia & The Illicit Marijuana Trade
21 Mar 2024
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Marijuana has been legalized in some states, but ProPublica's Sebastian Rotella says there's still a...
A Former Nun On Why She 'Cloistered' And Later Ran Away
20 Mar 2024
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Catherine Coldstream spoke with Terry Gross about her years as nun in a Carmelite monastery. She tal...
Christine Blasey Ford On Life Before And Since Testifying
19 Mar 2024
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Christine Blasey Ford describes what it was like to come forward and testify that Brett Kavanaugh se...
An 'Exvangelical' On Loving & Leaving The Church
18 Mar 2024
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NPR Politics correspondent Sarah McCammon grew up in a white evangelical church that taught her to n...
Best Of: Jenny Slate / Julio Torres
16 Mar 2024
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Jenny Slate talks about childbirth and motherhood, the subjects of her new comedy special, Seasoned ...
A Maître D' Dishes On The Restaurant Industry
15 Mar 2024
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Michael Cecchi-Azzolina has worked in several high-end New York City restaurants — adrenaline-fuel...
What Makes Propaganda Effective?
14 Mar 2024
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We talk with Peter Pomerantsev, whose new book, How to Win an Information War, is about the man he d...
Eugene Levy Is A 'Reluctant Traveler'
13 Mar 2024
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Schitt's Creek star Eugene Levy visits distant lands and tastes exotic foods as the host of the Appl...
Jenny Slate
12 Mar 2024
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The comic/actor returns. Now she has a 3-year-old daughter, who she sings to in the voice of her cha...
Julio Torres Spins Immigration Stress Into Satire
11 Mar 2024
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Comic, actor and filmmaker Julio Torres came to the U.S. from El Salvador in his 20s. His new film, ...
Best Of: Biden's Last Campaign / Trans Writer Lucy Sante
09 Mar 2024
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New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos recently interviewed Biden for his new profile about the presiden...
Emma Stone / Mark Ruffalo
08 Mar 2024
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Emma Stone has two Oscar nominations for Poor Things: One for best actress and one for best picture,...
A Veteran Filmmaker Shares Secrets From The Set
07 Mar 2024
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Writer, director and producer Ed Zwick has made dozens of films and TV shows including Legends of th...
Biden's Last Campaign
06 Mar 2024
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In a wide-ranging conversation with The New Yorker, President Biden proclaimed that he is the best o...
A War Reporter Reckons With A Deadly Cancer Diagnosis
05 Mar 2024
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As a war correspondent, Rod Nordland faced death many times over. But in 2019, Nordland confronted a...
RuPaul's House Of Hidden Meanings
04 Mar 2024
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The Emmy-winning host of RuPaul's Drag Race describes himself as "an introvert masquerading as an ex...
Best Of: The Making Of 'Dune' / Why We Remember
02 Mar 2024
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Denis Villeneuve remembers watching the 1984 movie version of Frank Herbert's 1965 sci-fi novel Dune...
Paul Giamatti / Remembering Comic Richard Lewis
01 Mar 2024
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Paul Giamatti stars in The Holdovers as a pompous and disliked teacher at a boys boarding school in ...
The Impact Of Christian Nationalism On American Democracy
29 Feb 2024
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Why do many Christian nationalists think Trump is chosen by God to lead the country? We talk with Br...
'Dune' Director Denis Villeneuve
28 Feb 2024
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Villeneuve remembers watching the 1984 movie version of Frank Herbert's 1965 sci-fi novel Dune and t...
Busy Philipps
27 Feb 2024
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Busy Philipps plays Mrs. George, a "cool mom" seeking the approval of her teen daughter in the new m...
Why We Remember (And Forget)
26 Feb 2024
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Charan Ranganath recently wrote an op-ed about President Biden's memory gaffes. He says forgetting i...
Best Of: Mark Ruffalo / Jeffrey Wright
24 Feb 2024
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Mark Ruffalo is nominated for an Oscar for best supporting actor for his role in Poor Things. He pla...
Bradley Cooper & Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin
23 Feb 2024
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In his Oscar-nominated biopic Maestro, Bradley Cooper was determined not to imitate the legendary Le...
Trump's Legal Challenges, Explained
22 Feb 2024
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As Donald Trump seeks to gain the Republican presidential nomination, he faces 91 felony charges acr...
Writer Lucy Sante On Transitioning In Her Late 60s
21 Feb 2024
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Lucy Sante has been writing books since the 1980s, exploring everything from photography to urban hi...
Jeffrey Wright, From 'Basquiat' To 'American Fiction'
20 Feb 2024
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Wright is up for an Oscar for best actor this year for the film American Fiction, where he plays a n...
The History Of The Oscars
19 Feb 2024
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From relentless campaigning to snubs and speeches, the Academy Awards have often reflected a cultura...
Best Of: Molly Ringwald / Busy Philipps
17 Feb 2024
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Actress Molly Ringwald came to represent '80s teen angst after starring in Sixteen Candles, The Brea...
Sterling K. Brown / Colman Domingo
16 Feb 2024
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Sterling K. Brown won an Emmy for his portrayal of Christopher Darden in The People v. O.J. Simpson,...
The Migrant Crisis In NYC
15 Feb 2024
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How is New York City coping with the 175,000 migrants from the Southern border? New York Times repor...
Remembering Longtime NPR Host Bob Edwards
14 Feb 2024
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We remember Peabody award-winning broadcast journalist Bob Edwards, who died on Saturday at the age ...
Mark Ruffalo
13 Feb 2024
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Ruffalo plays a debauched cad in Yorgos Lanthimos' bawdy, dark comedy Poor Things. The role was a bi...
Molly Ringwald
12 Feb 2024
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Molly Ringwald became a film icon in the '80s after starring in a trio of films: Sixteen Candles, Th...
Best Of: The Race Card Project / The Early AIDS Crisis
10 Feb 2024
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Journalist Michele Norris has spent the last 14 years collecting what she describes as "an archive o...
Remembering MC5 Guitarist Wayne Kramer / Carl Weathers
09 Feb 2024
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We remember Wayne Kramer, the guitarist of the late '60s proto-punk band MC5. The revolutionary band...
The Surprisingly Lax Regulation Of Our Railroads
08 Feb 2024
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Award-winning ProPublica reporter Topher Sanders has spent the last two years investigating America'...
The Life and Legacy Of Medgar & Myrlie Evers
07 Feb 2024
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The civil rights leader Medgar Evers is maybe more known for his assassination in 1963 than the work...
A Foster Parent On Loving & Letting Go
06 Feb 2024
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When Mark Daley and his husband, Jason, became foster parents to two brothers, they fell in love wit...
What Americans Really Think About Race
05 Feb 2024
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Journalist Michele Norris has spent the last 14 years collecting what she calls "an archive of the h...
Best Of: Emma Stone / The Birth Of Psychedelic Science
03 Feb 2024
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Emma Stone is nominated for an Oscar for her starring role in Poor Things. She spoke with Terry Gros...
'Oppenheimer' Dir. Christopher Nolan / Mark Ronson On The 'Barbie' Soundtrack
02 Feb 2024
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Oppenheimer and Barbie have been nominated for 13 and 8 Oscars, respectively. We feature our intervi...
The Forgotten Heroes Of The AIDS Crisis
01 Feb 2024
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Kai Wright's WNYC podcast, Blindspot, revisits the early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, focusing in...
Emma Stone
31 Jan 2024
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Stone has two Oscar nominations for Poor Things: One for best actress and one for best picture, as a...
Unpacking The Immigration Crisis
30 Jan 2024
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Hundreds of thousands of people, mostly from Central America, arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border every...
Inside A Jim Crow-Era Asylum
29 Jan 2024
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NBC journalist Antonia Hylton spent more than a decade piecing together the history of Maryland's fi...
Best Of: Tracee Ellis Ross / Racism In Medicine
27 Jan 2024
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Tracee Ellis Ross co-stars in the new movie American Fiction, which is nominated for five Oscars, in...
Remembering Composer Peter Shickeley / Shangri-Las Lead Mary Weiss
26 Jan 2024
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We remember composer and classical music satirist Peter Schickele, whose alter ego was "P.D.Q. Bach....
How The War Between Israel And Hamas Is Widening
25 Jan 2024
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New York Times correspondent David Sanger says that Iran and its proxies are posing new challenges: ...
Tracee Ellis Ross
24 Jan 2024
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Tracee Ellis Ross co-stars in the Oscar-nominated movie American Fiction. For eight seasons, she sta...
How War Changed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
23 Jan 2024
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Time correspondent Simon Shuster has been interviewing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy since...
Reckoning With Racism In Medicine
22 Jan 2024
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Dr. Uché Blackstock was one of the first doctors to raise the alarm that COVID-19 was disproportion...
Best Of: 'Origin' Dir. Ava DuVernay / How Algorithms 'Flatten' Culture
20 Jan 2024
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Ava DuVernay's new film Origin explores a new way to consider the historical subjugation of Black pe...
A 'Succession' Appreciation
19 Jan 2024
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HBO's Succession swept at the Emmys, winning six awards for its fourth and final season. We compiled...
The Home Schooling Surge
18 Jan 2024
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Home schooling is now America's fastest growing form of education, but Washington Post reporter Pete...
How Algorithms 'Flatten' Culture
17 Jan 2024
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Filterworld author Kyle Chayka examines the algorithms that dictate what we watch, read and listen t...
The Birth Of Psychedelic Science
16 Jan 2024
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You may have heard about the pioneering research of anthropologist Margaret Mead, but do you know ab...
Ava DuVernay Illuminates America's Caste System with 'Origin'
15 Jan 2024
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Award-winning director Ava DuVernay's new film Origin explores a new way to consider the historical ...
Best Of: Sterling K. Brown / Paul Giamatti
13 Jan 2024
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Actor Sterling K. Brown co-stars in the new film American Fiction. We'll talk about his role in that...
Josh Groban's Sweeney Todd
12 Jan 2024
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The Grammy-Award winning baritone first auditioned to play the Demon Barber of Fleet Street back in ...
The Movement To Dismantle Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Initiatives
11 Jan 2024
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Washington Post reporter Julian Mark talks about the resignation of Harvard President Claudine Gay, ...
Paul Giamatti On 'The Holdovers'
10 Jan 2024
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Giamatti says his latest movie, filmed at various prep schools in Massachusetts and directed by Alex...
The Long Recovery Back From Traumatic Brain Injury
09 Jan 2024
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Annie Liontas experienced three brain injuries in the span of one year, which led to dizziness, memo...
Sterling K. Brown
08 Jan 2024
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Brown won an Emmy for his portrayal of Christopher Darden in The People v. O.J. Simpson, and another...
Best Of: Making 'Maestro' / A Restaurateur's Journey
06 Jan 2024
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Bradley Cooper talks about writing, directing, and starring in the new film Maestro, in which he por...
Remembering The Smothers Brothers, Who Changed TV
05 Jan 2024
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We remember Tom Smothers, of the comic folk duo the Smothers Brothers, who died last week at the age...
The Ozempic Revolution
04 Jan 2024
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Bloomberg News reporter Emma Court explains how these so-called "miracle" weight loss drugs work, an...
Restaurateur Rose Previte's Lessons Learned From Around The World
03 Jan 2024
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In her new cookbook, Maydān: Recipes from Lebanon and Beyond, Rose Previte writes about what it's l...
Bradley Cooper & Yannick Nézet-Séguin On 'Maestro'
02 Jan 2024
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In his new biopic Maestro, Bradley Cooper was determined not to imitate the legendary Leonard Bernst...
Barbra Streisand
01 Jan 2024
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We start the new year with Barbra Streisand, and listen back to the interview we recorded in Novembe...
Taraji P. Henson / Pianist Brad Mehldau
30 Dec 2023
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Taraji P. Henson stars as jazz singer Shug Avery in the new musical adaptation of The Color Purple. ...
Jazz With The EarRegulars
29 Dec 2023
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Our dark week continues with a performance by and conversation with two of the best traditional jazz...
Roots Co-Founder, Black Thought (Tariq Trotter)
28 Dec 2023
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We continue our series of some of our favorite interviews of the year with co-founder and lead MC of...
Brooke Shields
27 Dec 2023
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When Shields was 11 months old, she was in soap commercials and print ads. At the age of 12, she sta...