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Inside Linda McMahon's effort to dismantle the Dept. of Education
A former pro-wrestling executive, Linda McMahon is now the Education Secretary Trump tasked with abolishing her agency. ‘New Yorker’ staff writer Zac…
3 months ago
Actor Oscar Isaac is ‘a vulture’ of his own life
Oscar Isaac stars in season 2 of the Emmy-winning Netflix series ‘Beef,’ which is an anthology about the unexpected consequences of everyday conflict…
3 months ago
Malala Yousafzai
Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai spoke with Terry Gross about bravery, marriage, and defying cultural norms. She was 15 when a Taliban gunman shot her…
3 months ago
Best Of: Actor Amanda Peet / Re-examining Toni Morrison
Amanda Peet is in the new film ‘Fantasy Life’ and the series ‘Your Friends & Neighbors.’ In a recent piece in ‘The New Yorker,’ she wrote about being…
3 months ago
John Waters, 'Pope of Trash,' turns 80!
We celebrate the 80th birthday of the filmmaker known as ‘The Pope of Trash’ and ‘The Prince of Puke,’ John Waters. He's spent a career violating tab…
3 months, 1 week ago
Palestinian & Israeli activists share a vision of peace
Israeli Maoz Inon's parents were killed by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attacks. Palestinian Aziz Abu Sarah's brother died after being tortured in an Israeli …
3 months, 1 week ago
Amanda Peet
Amanda Peet is always waiting for the other shoe to drop. Except last year there seemed to be three different shoes, as she faced her parents' deaths…
3 months, 1 week ago
A veteran diplomat breaks down the Iran war
The war entered a new phase when President Trump began a U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Aaron David Miller of the Carnegie Endowment fo…
3 months, 1 week ago
Have we been reading Toni Morrison all wrong?
In a new book, Harvard professor Namwali Serpell makes the case that we have been reading one of the most celebrated writers in American history all …
3 months, 1 week ago
Best Of: Arsenio Hall / Jeff Ross
Arsenio Hall grew up in Cleveland dreaming of being the next Johnny Carson – kind of. “I wanted to do this show that didn't exist when I was a kid, a…
3 months, 1 week ago