Episodes (Page 13)
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Retrospective on war correspondent Rod Nordland who died at 75 after battling a lethal brain tumor, featuring archival Terry Gross interview
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Pulitzer Prize critic Robin Givhan discusses her book Make It Ours about late designer Virgil Abloh, the first Black American artistic director of menswear at Louis Vuitton
Robin Givhan
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Emmy-winning actor Ebon Moss-Bachrach discusses his role as Cousin Richie on FX's The Bear and the show's realistic kitchen chaos
Ebon Moss-Bachrach
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Iran expert Karim Sadjadpour discusses U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities as a transformative geopolitical event
Karim Sadjadpour
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Journalist Carter Sherman reports Gen Z (ages 13-28) are having significantly less sex than previous generations based on interviews with over 100 young people and experts
Carter Sherman
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Actor Benicio del Toro discusses his leading role in Wes Anderson's The Phoenician Scheme and reflects on his career in films like The Usual Suspects, Traffic, and Sicario
Benicio del Toro
Molly Jong-Fast
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Edmund White, pioneering gay literature chronicler who died at 85, wrote the groundbreaking 1982 novel A Boy's Own Story and over 30 books including The Joy of Gay Sex
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Artist Titus Kaphar turned personal trauma into art after his estranged father upended his life, initially attempting a documentary before scrapping it
Titus Kaphar
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Podcaster Dan Taberski's award-winning podcast Hysterical investigates a bizarre mysterious illness affecting high school students in upstate New York
Dan Taberski
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Comedy writer and director Larry Charles reflects on his career in his new memoir Comedy Samurai, spanning from Seinfeld to directing Borat and Brüno
Larry Charles
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Atlantic staff writer Elizabeth Bruenig chose to serve as a witness to state-sanctioned executions in American prisons
Elizabeth Bruenig
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Poet and novelist Ocean Vuong discusses his new novel The Emperor of Gladness, which follows a 19-year-old struggling with addiction who bonds with an 82-year-old widow with dementia
Atsuko Okatsuka
Ocean Vuong
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Actor Benicio del Toro discusses his leading role in Wes Anderson's The Phoenician Scheme and his acclaimed filmography including The Usual Suspects, Traffic, and Sicario
Benicio del Toro
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Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson died at age 82, having created the distinctive Beach Boys sound and written major hits including I Get Around, Help Me Rhonda, and God Only Knows
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Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson reveals that DOGE's mass firings made government more inefficient despite stated goals for restructuring
Hannah Natanson
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MSNBC analyst Molly Jong-Fast explores her relationship with her famous mother Erica Jong, author of the groundbreaking 1973 feminist novel Fear of Flying
Molly Jong-Fast
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Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka, known for her distinctive bowl haircut, mines humor from her immigrant family dysfunction and adult responsibilities
Atsuko Okatsuka
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Desi Arnaz's role as Ricky Ricardo on I Love Lucy made him a star while revolutionizing TV production by creating standard procedures for sitcom shooting, lighting, and broadcasting
Todd Purdum
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Neurologist Dr. Charan Ranganath discusses latest memory research in his book Why We Remember, addressing common memory challenges like remembering names and faces
Alf Clausen
Charan Ranganath
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Poet and novelist Ocean Vuong discusses his new novel The Emperor of Gladness featuring an unlikely friendship between a struggling 19-year-old and an 82-year-old widow with dementia
Ocean Vuong