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Octavia Butler: Visionary Fiction
A special episode from our friends at NPR's history podcast Throughline: Octavia Butler's alternate realities and 'speculative fiction' reveal striki…
5 years, 7 months ago
Your Vaccine Questions, Answered
Will the vaccine make me feel sick? Is it OK if I see grandma if she's vaccinated but I'm not? And what's the deal with double masking? Listeners had…
5 years, 7 months ago
The (Not So?) Wonderful World of Disney
Sam talks to filmmaker and activist Abigail Disney, daughter of Roy E. Disney, about her views on inequality in the U.S., corporate greed and why, de…
5 years, 7 months ago
The Union Fight At Amazon, Plus 'Your Korean Dad'
An Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama, has become ground zero in a battle that could change Amazon as we know it. Sam chats with a worker…
5 years, 7 months ago
Desus And Mero On Politics, Fame And Life In The Pandemic
Desus Nice and The Kid Mero went from calling up "anyone in their phone book" in the early days of their podcast Bodega Boys, to booking big names in…
5 years, 7 months ago
Presenting 'Snap Judgment': Money Truck
What would you do if a truck full of money flung its doors open right in front of you? Our friends at the Snap Judgment podcast tell six stories that…
5 years, 7 months ago
The Lasting Power Of Whitney Houston's National Anthem
Why does Whitney Houston's 1991 Super Bowl national anthem still resonate 30 years later? Sam chats with author and Black Girl Songbook host Danyel S…
5 years, 8 months ago
Presenting 'Fresh Air': Angela Bassett On Drama, Music And 'Soul'
Sam sits in the Fresh Air host chair to chat with actor Angela Bassett. She talks about her most recent film, Disney and Pixar's Soul, what drew her …
5 years, 8 months ago
Immigration Under Biden, Plus Preet Bharara 'Doing Justice'
What does immigration look like under President Biden? Sam talks to Caitlin Dickerson, staff writer at The Atlantic, about the likelihood Biden can p…
5 years, 8 months ago
The Future Of Fashion
Hello, sweatpants. With scaled-down Fashion Weeks, department stores hurting, and more and more people opting for loungewear rather than workplace at…
5 years, 8 months ago