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President Trump has deployed National Guard troops to Portland, Chicago and D.C., and while Democrat-led states are fighting back, some Republican-le…
3 months ago
Laufey Is Unapologetically Herself
Icelandic jazz-pop star Laufey spoke with Terry Gross about her classical training in cello, breaking out online during COVID, and her first arena to…
3 months ago
'Dopesick' Writer Returns To Her 'Fractured' Hometown
Journalist and Dopesick author Beth Macy returned to the Ohio factory town where she grew up to find jobs have left, families are struggling and old …
3 months ago
Poet Ada Limón On Writing In Uncertain Times
As the nation’s 24th Poet Laureate, Ada Limón has spent her career writing about the hardest parts of being human: loss, grief, longing, and our rela…
3 months ago
Best Of: Scarlett Johansson & June Squibb / Mark Ronson
Oscar-nominated actors Scarlett Johansson and June Squibb talk about their new film, Eleanor The Great. In Johansson's directorial debut, a woman sta…
3 months ago
Al Pacino & Sidney Lumet: 'Dog Day Afternoon' At 50
A film about a man trying to fund a gender-affirming operation by robbing a bank sounds like a modern-day plot. But 50 years ago, that was the scenar…
3 months ago
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
The WWE superstar considered pursuing a career in mixed martial arts before realizing, "I don't like getting punched in the face." Johnson plays MMA …
3 months, 1 week ago
Implications Of The DOJ Targeting The President’s Critics
President Trump is pressuring the Department of Justice to pursue his political enemies, like former FBI director James Comey. Legal scholar (and for…
3 months, 1 week ago
Mark Ronson On DJing In The '90s
Oscar and Grammy-winning music producer Mark Ronson says nothing beats the rush of a great DJ set. "You can call it the scream, the chant, whatever i…
3 months, 1 week ago
Comic Cristela Alonzo
For the first seven years of her life, Cristela Alonzo lived in an abandoned diner in a south Texas border town. She spoke with Terry Gross about ICE…
3 months, 1 week ago