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The Freedom Riders Turn 60 (with Dr. Bernard Lafayette)
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Riders, we sit with Civil Rights activist Dr. Bernard Lafayette. In May of 1961, black and white students made history, riding interstate buses into t…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
Joel Meyerowitz: A Life in Photos
Legendary photographer Joel Meyerowitz has been capturing life itself since 1962. Whether on the streets of New York City, the sand dunes of Cape Cod, or in transit across Europe, Meyerowitz has docu…
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago
Kevin Abstract: New Light, New Machine
Musician Kevin Abstract (founding member of BROCKHAMPTON) joins us today! With the release of “Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine,” we unpack how Kevin and the group arrived at this new record. Under…
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago
Songs For You
A mixtape for you and yours. These are the songs getting us through this painful, unending week. May they do the same for you. Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ExjvDZJxv0o1S8SyqCnFY?si…
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago
Kathrine Switzer: Marathon Woman
Kathrine Switzer made history in 1967 when she became the first woman to register and run in the Boston Marathon. She was 20 years old. Today, at age 74, she shares the story behind the story: the mo…
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago
The Ts Madison Experience
Entertainer, activist, and author Ts Madison joins us this week! A trailblazer in the LGBTQ+ community, Ts shares the stories that made her Ts: flipping through a Playgirl magazine at age three (6:30…
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago
We Turn Five
This Sunday Talk Easy turns five years old! To mark the anniversary, we’re revisiting some of our favorite passages from the past 220 episodes: Errol Morris on creativity and curiosity (3:05), a shor…
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago
Nathaniel Rich: Stories from a World Remade
Journalist Nathaniel Rich (writer-at-large, New York Times Magazine) believes we can do “great good” with nature. But how? In his brilliantly reported new book, “Second Nature”, he explores the poten…
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago
Sunday School with Author Anne Lamott
Best-selling author Anne Lamott joins us this week! With the release of her new book Dusk, Night, Dawn, we discuss how to move forward from the pain of the pandemic (5:53), a life-changing night in a…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
Black Futures with Kimberly Drew and J Wortham
Following the recent release of their anthology, Black Futures, curator Kimberly Drew and journalist J Wortham join us this week. We discuss their hopes for 2021 (7:33), interrogating institutions li…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago