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Back to SearchBest Of: Jill Scott / Riz Ahmed
R&B artist Jill Scott shares some of the lessons she learned from the legends who came before her, including the moment she first met Aretha Franklin…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Remembering Action Hero Chuck Norris
We remember martial arts champion turned Hollywood action hero Chuck Norris, who died last week at age 86. In addition to his many kung fu and action…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
America's first AI-fueled war is unfolding. How'd we get here?
‘Project Maven’ is the story of how the U.S. spent a decade building an AI warfare system that's now being used in the war in Iran. Author and Bloomb…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
Bryan Stevenson says facing our racist past is a path, not punishment
In his second term, President Trump has ordered the removal of monuments, plaques and exhibitions related to slavery, and the history of racial injus…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
Will President Trump act on his threat to take Cuba?
New Yorker writer Jon Lee Anderson describes conditions in Cuba, why it's vulnerable now — and what regime change would mean — considering the Castro…
4 weeks ago
Riz Ahmed is chasing acceptance in 'Bait'
In his new Prime Video series, ‘Bait,’ Riz Ahmed plays an actor auditioning to be the next James Bond. Ahmed says Bond is a "symbol of aspiration, th…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Best Of: Harrison Ford / Novelist Francis Spufford
Harrison Ford spoke with Terry Gross about his role in the Apple TV series ‘Shrinking,’ as a therapist who has Parkinson's Disease. He also talks abo…
1 month ago
‘Jury Duty’ star James Marden / Remembering Roy Book Binder
‘Jury Duty’ is the Prime Video series about one unwitting regular guy who becomes part of a staged fake jury, not knowing that everyone around him is…
1 month ago
Jill Scott is in her ‘auntie’ era
The Grammy-winning R&B star spoke with co-host Tonya Mosley about making her new album, ‘To Whom This May Concern,’ finding inspiration in the poetry…
1 month ago
The Blitz, romance, and time-traveling fascists
In Francis Spufford’s new novel, ‘Nonesuch,’ magical, time-traveling fascists want to go back in time and murder Winston Churchill before he shores u…
1 month ago