Episodes (Page 15)
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Danny McBride, a Georgia native, discusses how Hollywood stereotypes the American South and his commitment to challenging these portrayals through his work
Danny McBride
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Michelle Williams discusses starring in Dying For Sex, a dark comedy TV series based on a true story about a cancer patient claiming agency over her sexual pleasure
Michelle Williams
Sarah Snook
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R. Crumb discusses creating Zap Comix and characters Mr. Natural and Fritz the Cat from 1960s counterculture, drawing from nightmares, fantasies, and fetishes
R. Crumb
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Amanda Hess discusses how discovering her unborn child had an abnormality intensified her relationship with technology and online seeking of reassurance
Amanda Hess
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NY Times reporter Eric Lipton explores how Trump family businesses, including crypto ventures, are capitalizing on the President's position
Eric Lipton
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Michelle Williams discusses her FX/Hulu series Dying For Sex about a woman with terminal cancer pursuing sexual pleasure
Michelle Williams
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Sarah Snook discusses her Tony-nominated performance playing 26 characters in The Picture of Dorian Gray on Broadway
Sarah Snook
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Explores the resurgence of the pronatalist movement and beliefs that increased birth rates will save civilization
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David Grann recounts his book The Wager about an 18th-century British warship that wrecked at Cape Horn, leading to chaos and survival struggles
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Terry Gross reflects on losing her husband of 47 years, acclaimed writer Francis Davis, on April 14
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NPR reporter Lisa Hagen and sociologist Karen Guzzo examine the pronatalist movement's claims that more babies are necessary to save civilization
Karen Guzzo
Lisa Hagen
Martin Johnson
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Journalist David Graham discusses his book The Project, explaining how Project 2025 aims to push the federal government far to the right
David Bianculli
David Graham
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Daria Burke discusses her memoir Of My Own Making about growing up in 1980s Detroit with a mother battling addiction
Daria Burke
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Filmmaker Ryan Coogler discusses his vampire thriller Sinners, set in 1930s Mississippi, exploring race, faith, and history through horror
Ryan Coogler
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Merle Haggard's 1995 interview with Terry Gross covers his pre-music life hopping freights and doing prison time
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New York Times Magazine writer Paul Tough questions whether ADHD is being treated effectively, despite it being widely treated with drugs like Ritalin
Martin Johnson
Paul Tough
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Ryan Coogler discusses his genre-bending vampire film Sinners set during Jim Crow, starring Michael B. Jordan as twin juke joint owners
Ryan Coogler
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Harvard government professor Steven Levitsky explains how healthy democracies slip into authoritarianism and describes the Trump administration as causing grave democratic damage
David Bianculli
Steven Levitsky
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Noah Wyle discusses transitioning from 11 seasons on ER to starring in medical drama The Pitt, motivated by COVID-era storytelling needs
Noah Wyle
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Richard Kind discusses his 40-year career in TV and film and his role as announcer on Everybody's Live with John Mulaney