Episodes (Page 20)
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Leslie Uggams reflects on her decades-long career spanning from childhood performances through television variety shows to film roles
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Joseph Lee, an Aquinnah Wampanoag writer, explores Martha's Vineyard's Indigenous heritage beyond its celebrity image in Nothing More of This Land
Joseph Lee
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Stacey Abrams, known as a voting rights activist and former Georgia governor candidate, has written a thriller novel about a former Supreme Court clerk investigating murder at an AI company
Raphael Saadiq
Stacey Abrams
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Features interviews with baseball All Stars including pitcher Jamie Moyer, manager Tony La Russa, and slugger Mike Piazza discussing his confrontation with Roger Clemens in the World Series
Baseball All Stars
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Congress has voted to eliminate government funding for public media
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Writer Michael Grynbaum explores the rise and decline of Condé Nast publications like Vogue and Vanity Fair
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ProPublica Editor Abrahm Lustgarten discusses deadly flooding in Central Texas (130+ deaths) and its connection to climate volatility
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Stacey Abrams discusses voter suppression and American democracy while promoting her new thriller novel Coded Justice, which she co-authored with her siblings
Stacey Abrams
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Calvin Duncan served a life sentence for a murder he didn't commit while becoming a jailhouse lawyer through self-study
Including Himself
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Tamara Yajia recounts her childhood as a Jewish aspiring child star in Argentina whose career was derailed by family emigration to California
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Novelist Danzy Senna discusses racial identity and growing up with a Black father and white mother when mixed-race identity wasn't recognized
Danzy Senna
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New York Times reporter Adam Liptak analyzes Supreme Court decisions expanding presidential power while limiting lower courts
Adam Liptak
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Leila Mottley, who gained acclaim at 19 with debut novel Nightcrawling, discusses her second novel The Girls Who Grew Big about teenage mothers
Leila Mottley
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Award-winning musician Raphael Saadiq discusses his creative process and collaborations with Beyoncé and Solange
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Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Senior discusses her 25-year battle with insomnia through her Atlantic piece Why Can't Americans Sleep?
Jennifer Senior
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Broadway producer Jeffrey Seller discusses his career behind major hits including Hamilton and RENT in his memoir Theater Kid
Ebon Moss-Bachrach
Jeffrey Seller
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Author Ricky Riccardi argues that Louis Armstrong's innovations as a trumpeter and vocalist shaped the entire soundtrack of the 20th century
Ricky Riccardi
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Tamara Yajia recounts her unconventional childhood as a Jewish child star hopeful in Argentina before her family emigrated to California
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NBC News correspondent Jacob Soboroff reports on Trump administration immigration enforcement targeting undocumented workers with no serious criminal records
Jacob Soboroff
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Retrospective on broadcaster Bill Moyers who died at 91, featuring archival Terry Gross interviews spanning his career