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Back to SearchA Lakota Playwright’s Take on Thanksgiving; Plus, Ayelet Waldman on Quilting to Stay Sane
“The Thanksgiving Play” is a play about the making of a play. Four performers struggle to devise a Thanksgiving performance that’s respectful of Nati…
1 year, 1 month ago
Sarah McBride Wasn’t Looking for a Fight on Trans Rights
Sarah McBride just became the first transgender person elected to the United States Congress. A Democrat, she worked for the Human Rights Campaign be…
1 year, 1 month ago
Ketanji Brown Jackson on Ethics, Trust, and Keeping It Collegial at the Supreme Court
Since the founding of the nation, just 116 people have served as Supreme Court Justices; the 116th is Ketanji Brown Jackson, appointed by President B…
1 year, 1 month ago
Danielle Deadwyler on August Wilson and Denzel Washington
Danielle Deadwyler, who first grabbed the spotlight for her performance as Emmett Till’s mother in the film “Till,” stars in a new film called “The P…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Authors of “How Democracies Die” on the New Democratic Minority
American voters have elected a President with broadly, overtly authoritarian aims. It’s hardly the first time that the democratic process has brought…
1 year, 1 month ago
Sam Gold’s “Romeo + Juliet” Is Shakespeare for the Youth
Sam Gold has directed five Shakespeare tragedies, but his latest, “Romeo + Juliet,” is something different—a loud, clubby production designed to attr…
1 year, 2 months ago
Donald Trump’s Reëlection, and America’s Future
In the end, Donald Trump’s rhetoric of another stolen election, and his opponents’ warnings that he would once again attempt to subvert a loss, were …
1 year, 2 months ago
Rachel Maddow on the Fascist Threat in America, Then and Now
It made news when the retired general John Kelly, Donald Trump’s longest-serving chief of staff, said that the former President fit the definition of…
1 year, 2 months ago
Liz Cheney on Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, and Jeff Bezos
In recent weeks and months, dozens of prominent security and military officials and Republican politicians have come out against Donald Trump, declar…
1 year, 2 months ago
How Alpha Kappa Alpha Shaped Kamala Harris; Plus, Bill T. Jones
Episode 972
One aspect of the Vice-President’s background that’s relatively overlooked, and yet critical to understanding her, is her membership in the sorority …
1 year, 2 months ago