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  • Ronan Farrow on the link between #MeToo, Weinstein and Trump

    Ronan Farrow on the link between #MeToo, Weinstein and Trump
    Jun 6 2024
    While reporting on Harvey Weinstein and the #MeToo movement, Farrow unearthed details of the National Enquirer's plan to pay for damaging stories about Trump and then bury those stories — a practice known as "catch and kill." The connection between that practice and the 2016 election gave prosecutors a felony case against the former president.

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  • Colson Whitehead returns to 1970s NYC in 'Crook Manifesto'

    Colson Whitehead returns to 1970s NYC in 'Crook Manifesto'
    Jun 5 2024
    Whitehead's sequel to Harlem Shuffle centers on crime at every level, from small-time crooks to Harlem's elite. "My early '70s New York is dingy and grimy," the Pulitzer Prize-winning author says.

    Plus, Ken Tucker reviews Swamp Dogg's new album, Blackgrass.

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  • MSNBC Host Ali Velshi Traces His Ancestors' Migration

    MSNBC Host Ali Velshi Traces His Ancestors' Migration
    Jun 4 2024
    In his memoir, Small Acts of Courage, Velshi chronicles his family's journey, from a village in India to South Africa — where his grandfather crossed paths with Mahatma Gandhi — to Kenya, Canada and the U.S. Plus, David Bianculli reviews Hit Man.

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  • 'Merrily We Roll Along' Revival Is A Love Letter To Sondheim

    'Merrily We Roll Along' Revival Is A Love Letter To Sondheim
    Jun 3 2024
    Stephen Sondheim's 1981 flop is now a Broadway hit. This revival of Merrily We Roll Along is nominated for seven Tony Awards. Two of those nominees, actor Jonathan Groff and director Maria Friedman, talk with Terry Gross about the show.

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  • Best Of: Maggie Rogers / Kristen Wiig

    Best Of: Maggie Rogers / Kristen Wiig
    Jun 1 2024
    In 2021, burnt out from the intensity of her early career, Maggie Rogers considered quitting music entirely. Instead, she took a detour — to Harvard Divinity School, where she earned a master's degree in religion and public life. Her new album is Don't Forget Me.

    SNL     alum Kristen Wiig co-stars with Carol Burnett in Palm Royale, an Apple TV+ series about a former pageant queen who wants to break into high society. Wiig talks about working with Burnett and the rush of SNL.

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  • Carrying On After A Life-Changing Accident

    Carrying On After A Life-Changing Accident
    May 31 2024
    How do you get on with life after an accident that leads to disability and chronic pain? That's the central question in Andre Dubus III's novel, Such Kindness. He talks about the injuries he faced when he was a carpenter, and how his relationship changed with his father after the senior Dubus was struck by a car and never walked again. His previous books include Townie and House of Sand and Fog.

    Justin Chang reviews the Western film The Dead Don't hurt.

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  • Revisiting A Chicago Hate Crime And Its Aftermath

    Revisiting A Chicago Hate Crime And Its Aftermath
    May 30 2024
    Yohance Lacour's Pulitzer Prize-winning podcast, You Didn't See Nothin', tells the story of Lenard Clark, a 13-year-old Black boy who was beaten into a coma by white teenagers, after riding his bike into a predominantly white neighborhood. Lacour talks about the importance of the case today, and how it shaped his life and the city of Chicago.

    Also, John Powers reviews the film Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara.

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  • Yo-Yo Ma Says He's Living His Best Childhood Now

    Yo-Yo Ma Says He's Living His Best Childhood Now
    May 29 2024
    About 25 years ago, the acclaimed cellist asked a high school student to help him name his instrument. Yo-Yo Ma brings his cello — aka "Petunia" — to his conversation with Terry Gross. He talks about being a child prodigy, his rebel years, and straddling three cultures: American, French, and Chinese.

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