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Back to SearchBrooke Shields on Surviving Hollywood
Today, we’re replaying a conversation that Kara taped last spring with none other than Brooke Shields. Shields became a teenage superstar through her…
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Cord Jefferson on Making American Fiction
Writer and director Cord Jefferson’s first feature film, American Fiction, has been nominated for five Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Adapte…
2 years, 2 months ago
Tracy Chapman's Timeless Earworms
More than 35 years after its release, Tracy Chapman’s eponymous debut album – and the single Fast Car – hit #1 on the charts last week, fueled by her…
2 years, 2 months ago
Ambassador Rahm Emanuel on the New Japan, Contending With China, and Biden’s Calm
Rahm Emanuel is the ultimate political insider: He’s worked closely with three presidents, he’s been mayor of the nation’s third largest city (Chicag…
2 years, 2 months ago
Is the Apple Vision Pro All That?
Kara got a sneak peek of the Apple Vision Pro, and sat down before the official launch with tech reporters Joanna Stern, Nilay Patel and Mark Gurman …
2 years, 2 months ago
How Ava DuVernay Made a Hit with ‘Origin,’ and Without Big Studio Backing
Today, our guest is acclaimed director and screenwriter Ava DuVernay, known for the Oscar-nominated films “Selma” and “13th.” Her latest film “Origin…
2 years, 2 months ago
Judy Woodruff on Polarization, Politics, and the Media
How does someone with more than five decades of political reporting under her belt assess the current state of the union? For the past year, former P…
2 years, 2 months ago
PA Governor Josh Shapiro’s “Get Sh*t Done” Attitude
As Pennsylvania’s Attorney General, Josh Shapiro successfully defended the state election process in 2020 against suits brought by former President D…
2 years, 2 months ago
Hope for American Democracy, According to Heather Cox Richardson
Donald Trump is an American figure decades in the making.
That’s the argument historian and professor Heather Cox Richardson makes in her latest book:…
2 years, 2 months ago
Psychedelics with Joe Green
From therapeutic-assisted MDMA to decriminalized psilocybin and microdosing, movements to legalize psychedelics are everywhere. California-based Joe …
2 years, 2 months ago