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Claudia Rankine On The Uneasy Conversations Between 'Just Us'
After a year that offered many moments of reflection—from the coronavirus pandemic, to protests for racial justice, to the long election season—accla…
5 years, 3 months ago
Presenting 'Fresh Air': Aaron Sorkin on 'The Trial of the Chicago 7'
Sam sits in the Fresh Air host chair to talk with writer and director Aaron Sorkin. His latest film The Trial of the Chicago 7 covers the events at t…
5 years, 3 months ago
The Best — And Worst — Of Christmas Culture
Sam shares holiday recommendations with Audie Cornish, co-host of All Things Considered and Consider This, and Bob Mondello, NPR's film critic. They …
5 years, 3 months ago
The Best Things That Happened to You
This year has been hard for pretty much everyone, but that still hasn't stopped people from getting married, having babies, starting new jobs, and te…
5 years, 3 months ago
The Year in Celebrity Culture with 'Who? Weekly'
Without movies or TV shows to shoot or music to record, celebrities were restless in 2020 and eager to connect with a public that, at least for a whi…
5 years, 3 months ago
'I Can't Wait To Hate Tour Again': Phoebe Bridgers On Her Breakout Year
Songwriter Phoebe Bridgers has had a big year, but it's also been bittersweet. With four Grammy nominations for work on her acclaimed 2020 album Puni…
5 years, 3 months ago
The Internet Culture Of Quarantine, Plus Selena's Legacy
Coronavirus has transformed pop culture and placed its creation in the hands of anyone who has social media. Sam chats with E. Alex Jung, a writer at…
5 years, 3 months ago
Pod Fatigue: How Coronavirus Lockdown Has Tested Friendships
Are you sick of the friends and family you've been stuck with? Sam teams up with Anna Sale, host of the WNYC podcast Death, Sex & Money, to explore h…
5 years, 3 months ago
Life in the Time of Coronavirus
"What has this pandemic been like for you?"
When we put that question to people, the answers we got depended a lot on where they were in life — if the…
5 years, 3 months ago
Cathy Park Hong's Asian American Reckoning
Cathy Park Hong talks with Sam about her book Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning. She discusses how watching comedian Richard Pryor influenc…
5 years, 4 months ago