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| Title | Podcast Description | Author/Reader | Duration |
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| SURVIVING R. KELLY | Dream Hampton produced a six-part Lifetime docuseries focusing on R. Kelly's alleged victims and their family members... | NPR | 00:47:30 |
| Former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe | He felt that there was enough circumstantial evidence to open criminal and counterintelligence investigations into the president's ties to Russia. | NPR | 00:49:11 |
| American Imperialism | Daniel Immerwahr says there are times in our history when we've subjugated and ruled foreign lands, sometimes with bloody conquests. | NPR | 00:49:41 |
| Spike Lee | Lee is nominated for best director for BLACKKKKLANSMAN. He speaks about growing up in Brooklyn, gentrification, and his start in film. | NPR | 00:48:57 |
| Lions, Tigers, Wolves, Penguins & Chimps | DYNASTIES, a BBC documentary series narrated by David Attenborough, is about the social structures of five different groups of animals. | NPR | 00:48:05 |
| Russian Kleptocracy Infiltrates America | Franklin Foer says American real estate has become a giant magnet for Russia's kleptocratic fortunes... | NPR | 00:47:46 |
| Neuroscience Of Addiction | Growing up, Judith Grisel struggled with alcohol, marijuana and cocaine. Now, as a neuroscientist, she's working to understand... | NPR | 00:47:31 |
| Science Of Exercise Recovery | There's a whole industry of products and services designed to help us adapt to and recover from exercise. But does any of it work? | NPR | 00:48:47 |
| Coen Brothers & Frank Robinson | Joel and Ethan Coen's THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS. Frank Robinson, who died Thursday, was MVP of both American and National Leagues. | NPR | 00:48:29 |
| Mueller, Trump And Russia | Michael Schmidt reported that the FBI opened an investigation in 2017 into whether Trump was secretly working on behalf of Russia... | NPR | 00:48:24 |
| Photographing Climate Change | The documentary THE HUMAN ELEMENT follows James Balog as he captures images of rising sea levels, melting glaciers and roaring wildfires... | NPR | 00:48:34 |
| Inside STAR IS BORN 1954 | Judy Garland's daughter Lorna Luft talks about what her mother went through while making the 1954 film A STAR IS BORN. | NPR | 00:47:46 |
| Secret Gambling | Bridgett M. Davis' mother was a successful bookie in 60's Detroit. The numbers helped fund an underground economy and legitimate... | NPR | 00:48:35 |
| Margo Price | She sold her car and pawned her wedding ring to make her first album, MIDWEST FARMER'S DAUGHTER. It was a success... | NPR | 00:48:46 |
| 5G Network & Cybersecurity | China's Huawei, will be central to the spread of a global 5G network, which could pose a major threat to U.S. national security. | NPR | 00:48:04 |
| Film Composer Nicholas Britell | He says when he's writing a score, he wants the audience to lose themselves in the film. Recent films: MOONLIGHT & VICE. | NPR | 00:47:39 |
| Living On Minimum Wage | Stephanie Land's memoir is about her struggle to make ends meet as a single mom while cleaning houses and relying on government aid. | NPR | 00:46:55 |
| The Secret World Beneath | Will Hunt is fascinated with the world below us: His book about exploring sewers, subway tunnels, and other hidden places... is UNDERGROUND. | NPR | 00:47:37 |
| Comic Roy Wood Jr. | In 2018, Roy explained how the years spent performing in comedy clubs - sometimes in places he felt unsafe as a black man - prepared him... | NPR | 00:49:02 |
| Grappling With Life | Sigrid Nunez's novel, THE FRIEND, is about a woman grieving the suicide of a friend. She discusses how the book relate to her own life. | NPR | 00:47:51 |
| Podcast From Prison | Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor created EAR HUSTLE when Woods was in San Quentin. He's out now, but they continue stories of prison life. | NPR | 00:47:16 |
| Journalist Jason Rezaian | Jason was held in Iran's notorious Evin Prison for two and a half years. He talks about his imprisonment, release, and his memoir. | NPR | 00:47:01 |
| Henry Louis Gates Jr. | As the host of the PBS TV series FINDING YOUR ROOTS, he celebrities ancestry. We ask about his own roots, and DNA testing... | NPR | 00:47:57 |
| From Survivalist To PhD | Tara Westover had survivalist parents. She tells how she defied them and worked her way to a Cambridge PhD. | NPR | 00:49:21 |
| Kennedy Vs. Carter | Jon Ward talks about chaos that led Ted Kennedy to challenge Jimmy Carter for the Democratic nomination and the damage it did to the party. | NPR | 00:49:17 |
| A Nation Of Immigrants | Tom Gjelten explains how a 1965 law changed things and led to the current debate about border security. His book: A NATION OF NATIONS. | NPR | 00:48:21 |
| John C. Reilly | By his own count, he's acted in almost 80 movies. Now, he's co-starring with Steve Coogan in STAN & OLLIE... | NPR | 00:48:40 |
| Notes From A Transplant Surgeon | Dr. Joshua Mezrich's book WHEN DEATH BECOMES LIFE is about stories from the operating room: botched transplants, donor families... | NPR | 00:48:16 |
| THE SOPRANOS 20th Anniversary | Critic David Bianculli offers an appreciation of the influential HBO drama. Soraya Nadia McDonald reviews this season of TRUE DETECTIVE. | NPR | 00:49:28 |
| Kevin Hart | He said he's "over" talking about the homophobic jokes that cost him the Oscars gig; but then he and Terry Gross talked about it anyway. | NPR | 00:49:11 |
| Spiro Agnew's Bribery Scandal | Vice president Agnew, resigned in 1973 amidst charges of bribery and tax evasion. Rachel Maddow revisit the scandal in BAG MAN. | NPR | 00:48:55 |
| Ben Stiller On ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA | He directed the Showtime series that dramatizes the true story of two murderers' escape from a maximum security prison in 2015... | NPR | 00:46:55 |
| Pain, Parenting & Podcasting | After a traumatic injury, radio producer Hillary Frank began a podcast about her experience. Maureen Corrigan reviews THE WATER CURE | NPR | 00:48:53 |
| Remembering Amos Oz | Oz, co-founded Peace Now, a group that calls for negotiations with the Palestinians and the creation of a Palestinian state... | NPR | 00:47:42 |
| Filmmaker Adam McKay | McKay, who wrote and directed THE BIG SHORT, has a new comedy that draws on investigative journalism. VICE charts Dick Cheney's rise from... | NPR | 00:49:03 |
| America's Misdemeanor System | Former federal public defender Alexandra Natapoff says 13 million misdemeanors are filed each year in the U.S., trapping the innocent... | NPR | 00:48:40 |
| Actor Rami Malek | He sang at the top of his lungs while playing Queen's iconic lead singer Freddie Mercury in the new biopic BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY. | NPR | 00:49:11 |
| Jon Batiste | Music director for The Late Show, sits at the piano and demonstrates his "everything in the pot" style of playing... | NPR | 00:49:52 |
| 'BoJack Horseman' Creator | Raphael Bob-Waksberg's animated comedy series for Netflix satirizes Hollywood using a mix of human and animal characters. | NPR | 00:50:14 |
| Tracey Thorn | The British singer-songwriter uses music to explore feminist themes. She sings about the different stages of women's lives on... | NPR | 00:48:12 |
| Comic Bo Burnham | The former YouTube star explores coming of age online in his film Eighth Grade. He talks of living with anxiety, being... | NPR | 00:50:29 |
| New Science Of Psychedelics | Michael Pollan, author of THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA and THE BOTANY OF DESIRE, talks about his most recent book. | NPR | 00:48:01 |
| A Rockabilly Christmas Concert | JD McPherson never thought he'd make a Christmas album. Then, he says, "I got a bug in my ear." He and his band perform live in studio... | NPR | 00:51:22 |
| Singer-Songwriter Loudon Wainwright | His music centers on family, and how we hurt and heal each other. His life as a husband, father, son, philanderer and musician... | NPR | 00:49:42 |
| The Best TV & Movies Of 2018 | TV critic David Bianculli and film critic Justin Chang sit down with Terry Gross to share their picks for the best of the year. | NPR | 00:51:11 |
| Iraq's Post-ISIS Revenge Campaign | Ben Taub says hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians are being detained, tortured, killed or cast out for suspected association with ISIS... | NPR | 00:48:32 |
| Emily Blunt On Mary Poppins | She stars as the practical and fantastical nanny in MARY POPPINS RETURNS. She spoke with Terry Gross about the show... | NPR | 00:50:21 |
| Frederick Douglass | David Blight talks about Douglass' escape from slavery, his passionate leadership in the abolitionist movement, and his gifts... | NPR | 00:49:42 |
| Bruce Springsteen | "The Boss" spoke with Terry Gross at his New Jersey home studio in 2016, when his memoir came out, about masculinity, depression, and... | NPR | 00:49:23 |
| Actor Richard E. Grant | Grant co-stars with Melissa McCarthy in CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? about Lee Israel, a broke writer who makes money by forging literary letters... | NPR | 00:49:27 |
| From Convict To Criminal Justice Reporter | Keri Blakinger speaks about surviving a suicide attempt, solitary confinement, and finishing her degree at Cornell before becoming a reporter... | NPR | 00:48:29 |
| Roots & Rockabilly Christmas Concert | JD McPherson pledged he'd never do an album of Christmas songs, but we're so glad he's broken that promise, performing live in-studio... | NPR | 00:50:34 |
| Driverless Cars | We talk about what driverless cars could mean for traffic, infrastructure and pedestrians. Critic Maureen Corrigan picks top 10 books of 2018. | NPR | 00:47:16 |
| Industrial Musicals | Why would someone write a sentimental ballad about a bathroom? So the song can be used in an industrial sales meeting... | NPR | 00:48:12 |
| Actor Lucas Hedges | Best known for his roles in MANCHESTER BY THE SEA and LADY BIRD, and now stars in the movie BEN IS BACK as a teenager in rehab... | NPR | 00:50:33 |
| Rock Hudson's Double Life | He was a Hollywood heartthrob and a closeted gay man. Mark Griffin says his death from AIDS in 1985 was a turning point in public awareness... | NPR | 00:48:13 |
| Remaking Journalism | In BREAKING NEWS, former Guardian editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger reflects on the blockbuster stories he helped publish over the course... | NPR | 00:50:21 |
| Bradley Cooper On A STAR IS BORN | Brad talks of writing, directing and starring in his remake. He had to learn how to direct and, sing and play guitar for his role... | NPR | 00:49:07 |
| Remembering Magician Ricky Jay | The artist, actor, and writer died Saturday at the age of 72. Critic Justin Chang reviews ROMA, written and directed by Alfonso Cuaron. | NPR | 00:48:40 |
| 'Widower's Notebook' | When Jonathan Santlofer's wife died, he found sketching her portrait from old photographs helped him stay close to her. | NPR | 00:50:36 |
| Trauma Surgeon Takes On The NRA | After the NRA tweeted "self-important anti-gun doctors" should "stay in their lane," Dr. Sakran mobilized doctors on gun safety... | NPR | 00:47:12 |
| Pelosi's Bid For Speakership | Robert Draper talks about why Republicans love to attack Pelosi, challenges from her own party, and.. | NPR | 00:50:13 |
| Power Of The Immune System | Daniel Davis on medications to fight cancer, auto-immune conditions and other diseases and what affects the immune system. | NPR | 00:48:31 |
| Singer Cecile McLorin Salvant | She grew up in Miami as the child of a Haitian father and a French mother. She turned from classicalto jazz because it offered more range... | NPR | 00:49:31 |
| Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis | They come from different generations, but both play the old style of country music. They performed in our studio in September... | NPR | 00:49:24 |
| Becoming Freddie Mercury | Actor Rami Malek sang at the top of his lungs while playing Queen's iconic lead singer in the new biopic BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY... | NPR | 00:49:21 |
| Free Climbing Yosemite's Dawn Wall | Rock climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson talk about scaling the 3,000 foot sheer vertical face of Yosemite's El Capitan... | NPR | 00:48:56 |
| Filmmakers Joel & Ethan Coen | The Coen brothers pay homage to old Westerns with their new film, THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS, a collection of six unusual stories. | NPR | 00:48:29 |
| Learning From Jonestown | Jim Jones led more than 900 to kill themselves by drinking cyanide-laced Flavor Aid at their Jonestown settlement in the jungle... | NPR | 00:47:60 |
| Russian Disinformation Playbook | Russia's role in spreading fake news, dating back to the '80s conspiracy theory that the AIDS virus was created by the U.S. military... | NPR | 00:48:16 |
| Sandi Tan | She was 19 when she wrote and starred in a film directed by her 40-year old mentor. But then he disappeared and took the film with him... | NPR | 00:49:10 |
| Seduction In Old Hollywood | Karina Longworth's new book SEDUCTION focuses on women who had relationships with Howard Hughes and the exploitation of actresses... | NPR | 00:49:05 |
| You're Never Home Alone | "Every surface, every bit of air, every bit of water in your home is alive," says scientist Rob Dunn. His new book... | NPR | 00:48:14 |
| Queen Guitarist Brian May | Terry spoke with Queen lead guitarist Brian May in 2010 about the many vocals in BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, and getting a PhD in astrophysics. | NPR | 00:47:33 |
| Humanitarian Crisis In Yemen | 14 million people in Yemen face starvation. Robert Worth says it's no longer a functioning state and that Americans share some of the blame... | NPR | 00:48:53 |
| Threat Of Far-Right Extremism? | Janet Reitman says counter-terrorism strategists ignored far-right extremism; which enabled the movement to grow and become more dangerous. | NPR | 00:48:48 |
| The Fugitive Slave Act | The 1850 law paved the way for the Civil War by endangering the lives of both escaped slaves and free slaves in the North... | NPR | 00:47:54 |
| Why Religion? | Elaine Pagels lost her son to terminal illness and her husband in an accident. Her book reflects on loss and faith... | NPR | 00:48:43 |
| Comic Hasan Minhaj | "I'm an Indian-American-Muslim kid, but am I more Indian or am I more American?" Minhaj asks. The former 'Daily Show' correspondent has... | NPR | 00:48:52 |
| How Newt Gingrich Broke Politics | McKay Coppins says by the time Newt left Congress in 1999, he had enshrined a "combative, tribal, angry attitude in politics that would infect... | NPR | 00:48:17 |
| Is SCOTUS Too Powerful? | David A. Kaplan warns the Supreme Court is becoming polarized and influential: "Why should nine unelected, unaccountable judges dictate... | NPR | 00:48:23 |
| Jonah Hill | He always wanted to be a writer and director, but an unexpected complement in an acting class shifted him towards performing instead... | NPR | 00:48:27 |
| White Nationalism & Synagogue Massacre | Eli Saslow says white nationalism inspired the man who killed 11 at a Pittsburgh synagogue: "In the horrific hierarchy of white nationalist beliefs... | NPR | 00:48:16 |
| Lou Reed: A Life | Anthony DeCurtis, contributing editor for Rolling Stone, says he sought to write the biography that Lou Reed "deserved." | NPR | 00:50:11 |
| Corruption & Scandal in College Basketball | A federal jury on Wednesday convicted three men of conspiring to use cash payments to recruit players to top basketball programs. | NPR | 00:48:42 |
| Actor Paul Dano | The LOVE & MERCY and LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE actor steps behind the camera for WILDLIFE, an adaptation of Richard Ford's novel about a boy whose parents separate. | NPR | 00:48:36 |
| Republican Voter Suppression | 24 states implemented voting restrictions disproportionately affecting minorities. Ari Berman on the ongoing fight for voter rights. | NPR | 00:48:53 |
| Melissa McCarthy | She's not interested in playing pleasant characters. "There's nothing to sink your teeth into. ... The people I love and like are... | NPR | 00:49:03 |
| Addiction & Recovery Father & Son | David Sheff and his son Nic wrote memoirs about Nic's addition. These are the basis of the film, Beautiful Boy... | NPR | 00:49:32 |
| Trump's Tax Schemes Explained | Susanne Craig and David Barstow say the president received 413 million 2018 dollars from his dad's real estate empire... | NPR | 00:47:38 |
| BOJACK HORSEMAN Creator | Raphael Bob-Waksberg's animated comedy series for Netflix satirizes Hollywood using a mix of human and animal characters... | NPR | 00:48:60 |
| Graphic Memoirist In HEY, KIDDO | Jarrett J. Krosoczka's graphic memoir is about growing up with a mother addicted to heroin. "I feel I owe it to my readers to put myself..." | NPR | 00:47:56 |
| Comic Phoebe Robinson | She's co-host of 2 DOPE QUEENS, a live comedy show with comedians from a variety of different backgrounds; a series of four HBO specials. | NPR | 00:48:43 |
| John Waters, Pope Of Trash | The 'Pink Flamingos' filmmaker made a name for himself by setting new lows in bad taste. Now, a new retrospective of his work is... | NPR | 00:49:06 |
| Rethinking Sex, Power & Consent | Vanessa Grigoriadis says one of the challenges when it comes to handling sexual assault cases on college campuses is... | NPR | 00:49:13 |
| Director Damien Chazelle | The Oscar-winning director (LA LA LAND) talks about his new film, FIRST MAN, which stars Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong... | NPR | 00:48:12 |
| Weaponization Of Social Media | P.W. Singer and Emerson Brooking say social media has been manipulated to fuel popular uprisings and affect the course of... | NPR | 00:48:46 |
| Poet, Writer, And Father | Leonard Cohen died in 2016, leaving behind many unpublished poems and lyrics. His son Adam Cohen discusses THE FLAME, a collection... | NPR | 00:49:34 |
| Ballet Dancer Wendy Whelan | The documentary RESTLESS CREATURE, on Netflix, chronicles her recovery from hip surgery and her final performance... | NPR | 00:48:26 |
| Can Zuckerberg Fix Facebook? | Evan Osnos tells how Facebook became vulnerable to spreading disinformation, how Zuckerberg is attempting to combat fake news, ... | NPR | 00:49:28 |
| Couple Struggles With Infertility | Filmmaker Tamara Jenkins drew on her own effort to have a child for her new film PRIVATE LIFE. It stars Kathryn Hahn and Paul Giamatti... | NPR | 00:48:14 |
| Michael Lewis On THE FIFTH RISK | The author of MONEYBALL and THE BIG SHORT, examines the energy, agriculture and commerce departments under President Trump. | NPR | 00:48:50 |
| Reporting In The Trump Era | Greg Miller talks about breaking news, anonymous sourcing, and lies vs falsehoods. David Bianculli on the Kavanaugh hearings... | NPR | 00:47:33 |
| Robert Redford | He has announced he's retiring from acting, and that his role in the new film THE OLD MAN AND THE GUN, will be his last. | NPR | 00:49:11 |
| Is Democracy Dying? | Anne Applebaum says changes taking place in Poland mirror whats happening in the US. David Bianculli reviews MURPHY BROWN. | NPR | 00:48:44 |
| Colbert's Late Show Band Leader | Jon Batiste tells Terry Gross about his influences - from Thelonious Monk to Bach. His new album is HOLLYWOOD AFRICANS. | NPR | 00:48:11 |
| Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis | They are from different generations, but both play the old style country music - her brother is Jerry Lee Lewis. | NPR | 00:48:50 |
| Former White Nationalist | Derek Black once promoted a racist agenda. His change of heart is the subject of a book, RISING OUT OF HATRED, by Eli Saslow. | NPR | 00:47:60 |
| The Life Of Muhammad Ali | Jonathan Eig's biography of Ali draws on hundreds of interviews and previously unreleased FBI and Justice Department files... | NPR | 00:48:53 |
| Maggie Gyllenhaal | She stars in the HBO series THE DEUCE as Candy, a sex worker who becomes a porn actress and then porn director in 1970s New York... | NPR | 00:47:36 |
| Paul Manafort's Guilty Plea | Ken Vogel says Manafort engaged in illegal tactics in his campaign to burnish the image of Russian-backed Ukrainian president... | NPR | 00:48:22 |
| Evangelical Purity Movement | In her book PURE, Linda Kay Klein reflects on the deep, long-lasting shame caused by churches that claim women and girls are... | NPR | 00:47:28 |
| Astrophysics & The Military | In his new book, Accessory to War, Neil DeGrasse Tyson argues that people who work in his field are often complicit to... | NPR | 00:48:26 |
| John Green On OCD | Green is the author of popular young adult novels such as TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN, about a teenage girl with OCD... | NPR | 00:48:24 |
| Colin Jost & Michael Che | The SNL writers talk with Terry Gross about doing 'Saturday Night Live' in the Trump era, Twitter, and hosting... | NPR | 00:47:22 |
| Claire Tomalin: A LIFE OF MY OWN | After writing biographies of Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and Mary Wollstonecraft, she turned to memoir... | NPR | 00:48:04 |
| Journalist Bob Woodward | He's written books on every U.S. president since Richard Nixon. He says he's never encountered a president like Trump... | NPR | 00:48:32 |
| Feed Puerto Rico | When Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico in September 2017, Chef Andres and his team sprung into action... | NPR | 00:46:56 |
| A Trucker's Stories | The memoir THE LONG HAUL is filled with insights about a trucker's life on the road. Remembering Burt Reynolds. | NPR | 00:48:18 |
| Obama's Former Ethics Czar | Norm Eisen's new book, THE LAST PALACE, is about his years as America's ambassador to the Czech Republic and... | NPR | 00:47:01 |
| John Kerry | The former secretary of state reflects on the 2004 Presidential campaign and on the current state of American politics. | NPR | 00:48:29 |
| Activist Khalida Brohi | She speaks of several honor killings of women in her village in Pakistan. Maureen Corrigan reviews LAKE SUCCESS. | NPR | 00:48:27 |
| Three Emmy Nominees | Issa Rae, co-creator HBO's INSECURE, Peter Morgan, creator of the Netflix's THE CROWN, Trevor Noah of THE DAILY SHOW | NPR | 00:49:33 |
| Two Emmy Nominees | Alec Baldwin is nominated for playing Trump on SNL. Brian Tyree Henry for his role as Alfred ATLANTA. Remembering Paul Taylor | NPR | 00:49:08 |
| Jake Tapper, W. Kamau Bell, Stephen Colbert | Emmy nominee interviews recognize a live interview with Kellyanne Conway, the star of UNITED SHADES OF AMERICA, and LATE SHOW host | NPR | 00:49:37 |
| Scott Frank & Allison Janney | Scott Frank put women in charge of the town in GODLESS. Allison Janney: what it's like being the tallest woman in the room. | NPR | 00:48:55 |
| John Oliver & Neil Simon | This week we're replaying interviews with 2018 Emmy nominees. Today, John Oliver & Neil Simon who died Sunday. | NPR | 00:49:03 |
| Remembering John McCain | The former prisoner of war, who died Saturday, says: "My experiences have made me so appreciative of the opportunities that I've been given." | NPR | 00:49:40 |
| THE RIDER | Following a rodeo accident, Brady Jandreau refused to quit riding and training wild horseseven it if meant risking his life. | NPR | 00:50:24 |
| Israeli-Palestinian Conflict & FAUDA | Reporter, Avi Issacharoff co-created an action series about an elite Israeli military unit... FAUDA | NPR | 00:50:01 |
| Actor Andre Holland | He stars as a death row lawyer on the Hulu series CASTLE ROCK. Many of his characters wrestle with ...identity... | NPR | 00:49:15 |
| Dispatches From A Dopesick America | Beth Macy's book takes an intimate look at cops, judges, drug dealers, young heroin users and their long-suffering parents... | NPR | 00:37:31 |
| CRAZY RICH ASIANS Author | Kevin Kwan thought the adaptation of his bestselling novel might be a small independent film; instead it's been hailed... | NPR | 00:48:42 |
| John Le Carre | He was a spy early in his career. His novel A LEGACY OF SPIES came out in 2017. Ken Tucker on Aretha Franklin. | NPR | 00:48:45 |
| Remembering Aretha Franklin | She died today at 76. When she spoke with Terry Gross in 1999, she told stories behind some of her greatest recordings... | NPR | 00:48:44 |
| Consequences Of Climate Change | Somini Sengupta discusses the dire consequences of rising temperatures, such as drought, famine, disease, war and... | NPR | 00:48:55 |
| Secret Missile Range | In A GIRL'S GUIDE TO MISSILES Karen Piper describes how her parents designed weapons, but she didn't understand how... | NPR | 00:47:21 |
| Seymour Stein & Jim Gavin | Stein tells of starting in the music business as a teen. Gavin on why he likes to write characters who are fools... | NPR | 00:48:09 |
| David Sedaris Diaries | He pulls from his decades-old diaries in THEFT BY FINDING. Film critic Justin Chang reviews Spike Lee's new film BLACKKKLANSMAN. | NPR | 00:47:08 |
| How ICE Went Rogue | Franklin Foer says President Trump has "radicalized" ICE, opening the door for the agency to deport any... | NPR | 00:47:12 |
| Childhood Sexual Abuse | THE TALE, a film about how Jennifer Fox survived 8th grade sexual abuse stars Laura Dern... | NPR | 00:45:48 |
| Undermined Democracy In Egypt | David Kirkpatrick says Obama watched Arab democracy fall and now Trump embraces Egypt's autocratic president... | NPR | 00:46:02 |
| Reduce Mass Incarceration? | Alternatives to jail, including community service, social services and even personal essays. Ken Tucker reviews HIVE MIND | NPR | 00:47:12 |
| Better Call Saul | We mark the return of the BREAKING BAD spinoff by listening to archival interviews with star Bob Odenkirk... | NPR | 00:48:50 |
| Documenting Hate In America | A.C. Thompson warns white power groups in the U.S. increasingly view themselves as paramilitary organizations. | NPR | 00:49:28 |
| Spying On Whales | Paleobiologist Nick Pyenson says today's whales are absolutely the largest vertebrate animals to have ever evolved... | NPR | 00:49:15 |
| Tony Shalhoub | The former MONK star recently won a Tony for his role in THE BAND'S VISIT and is up for an Emmy for... | NPR | 00:46:44 |
| Kidnapped By Pirates | Journalist Michael Scott Moore tells how he was beaten & considered suicide before being released for ransom. | NPR | 00:47:51 |
| Stephen King | The new Hulu horror series CASTLE ROCK is based on his fictional town in Maine. Justin Chang reviews MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE FALLOUT. | NPR | 00:48:53 |
| Pro-Putin Views In The U.S. | Rosalind Helderman on Maria Butina's political connections, NRA relationship & involvement in our election... | NPR | 00:48:14 |
| Gay Conversion Therapy | THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST is a film about a girl sent to a Christian gay conversion therapy center... | NPR | 00:48:28 |
| The Value Of Meat | Is it possible to slaughter animals and eat meat in an an ethical way? That's the question Camas Davis answers. | NPR | 00:47:50 |
| Michael Arceneaux | His book, I CAN'T DATE JESUS: LOVE, SEX, FAMILY, RACE AND OTHER REASONS I'VE PUT MY FAITH IN BEYONCÉ, is... | NPR | 00:46:50 |
| Why We Sleep | Sleep scientist Matthew Walker says sleep deficiency is associated with problems with concentration, memory and... | NPR | 00:48:23 |
| Russia, Trump & Brexit | Carole Cadwalladr's investigation of Cambridge Analytica's role in Brexit led her to connect Russia and the Trump campaign. | NPR | 00:47:57 |
| Bo Burnham | The former YouTube star explores coming of age online in his new film EIGHTH GRADE. He talks of living with anxiety... | NPR | 00:48:47 |
| Wisconsin Political Battle | Dan Kaufman says the state experienced a conservative transformation in recent years... Geoff Nunberg on Brit vs US English. | NPR | 00:49:16 |
| Viv Albertine | She was guitarist and lyricist for The Slits, one of the first all-women British punk bands. She talks of her early days... | NPR | 00:49:57 |
| Cartoonist John Callahan | He was a paraplegic and recovered alcoholic who poked fun at people like himself. Remembering Actor Tab Hunter. | NPR | 00:48:33 |
| Fox News & Trump White House | Gabriel Sherman says the president is in regular contact with Fox News host Sean Hannity: "They speak almost daily..." | NPR | 00:45:27 |
| Anti-Abortion Regret | After decades in the militant anti-abortion movement, Rev. Rob Schenck had a change of heart. His memoir: COSTLY GRACE | NPR | 00:45:56 |
| Mental Illness Treatment | Alisa Roth says half of inmates are mentally ill. Her book is INSANE. Maureen Corrigan reviews a novel by Ottessa Moshfegh. | NPR | 00:46:57 |
| Fish Oil Supplements | Paul Greenberg says harvesting tiny fish for omega-3 supplements is having a ripple effect, leading to less healthy... | NPR | 00:45:54 |
| Revolutionizing Breakfast | A century ago, the Kellogg brothers took the world by storm with their mass-produced boxed cereal... | NPR | 00:47:01 |
| State Of The Supreme Court | Adam Liptak says the court's conservative justices have increasingly based their decisions on the foundation of free speech. | NPR | 00:47:39 |
| Traditional Music Legend Doc Watson | He was a pioneering bluegrass, country and folk guitarist and singer who changed the way people thought about mountain music. | NPR | 00:48:25 |
| Russia And America | Michael McFaul, former ambassador to Russia, talks of the upcoming Trump-Putin summit. His memoir: FROM COLD WAR TO HOT PEACE. | NPR | 00:47:35 |
| Filmmaker And Rapper Boots Riley | His film SORRY TO BOTHER YOU is a social and political satire inspired by life as a telemarketer. Lost John Coltrane recordings... | NPR | 00:48:51 |
| Remembering Poet Donald Hall | He wrote about farm work and his wife, Jane Kenyon, in a 1993 memoir LIFE WORK. David Edelstein reviews LEAVE NO TRACE | NPR | 00:48:57 |
| Crisis At The Border | Jonathan Blitzer has met women there who cry so violently they can barely speak. Ken Tucker reviews EVERYTHING IS LOVE. | NPR | 00:47:45 |
| Comic W. Kamau Bell | He talks of his ancestry, hanging with Anthony Bourdain, and the #MeToo movement. His Netflix specia: PRIVATE SCHOOL NEGRO | NPR | 00:48:22 |
| Why Families Can't Afford America | Alissa Quart argues that the costs of housing, child care, health care and college are outpacing salaries and threatening... | NPR | 00:49:01 |
| Exposing The Flint Water Crisis | Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha faced a backlash: The state accused her of causing near hysteria. Her book: WHAT THE EYES DON'T SEE | NPR | 00:48:25 |
| Government Bunkers | In RAVEN ROCK, Garrett Graff describes bunkers designed to protect U.S. leaders in the event of a catastrophe. | NPR | 00:49:14 |
| Inside America's First Family | Journalist Emily Jane Fox focused on Trump's three marriages and five children when writing her new book... | NPR | 00:47:07 |
| Novelist Stephen McCauley | His book, MY EX-LIFE, is a comedy about a couple whose marriage ended ... when the husband came out as gay... | NPR | 00:48:01 |
| David Sanger | He says US officials worry that foreign powers have malware that could take down critical infrastructure. | NPR | 00:48:42 |
| John Prine | The singer, songwriter and guitarist underwent surgeries in 1996 and 2013 that affected his throat and voice... | NPR | 00:48:54 |
| A North Philly Family | Jonathan Olshefski spent nearly 10 years filming a family running a recording studio in a working-class neighborhood. | NPR | 00:48:29 |
| Remembering Jill Ker Conway | A women's history scholar and the first female president of Smith College, died June 1. She fought for women's equality... | NPR | 00:49:03 |
| Politics Of Patriotism | Howard Bryant discusses the history of social protest among African-American athletes. His new book, THE HERITAGE... | NPR | 00:47:41 |
| Paul Schrader & Ethan Hawke | Schrader wrote and directed FIRST REFORMED, which stars Hawke, TAXI DRIVER and RAGING BULL... | NPR | 00:48:43 |
| Heredity | Carl Zimmer's new book, SHE HAS HER MOTHER'S LAUGH, is about the broader implications of genetic research and testing... | NPR | 00:47:32 |
| Remembering Anthony Bourdain | He traveled the world, sampling local cuisine and meeting people along the way. We listen to his interview from 2016... | NPR | 00:49:29 |
| Nick Offerman | After making a career playing colorful cranks, he plays a different, more nuanced character in HEARTS BEAT LOUD. | NPR | 00:47:33 |
| Twitter To Fight Terrorism | Clint Watts developed online relationships with terrorists and their sympathizers to undermine terror networks... | NPR | 00:47:49 |
| Ben Rhodes | Speechwriter & adviser to Obama on some intense moments with him & Russian interference in the 2016 election | NPR | 00:48:28 |
| Keith Hernandez | His memoir about learning baseball and being his own worst enemy is I'M KEITH HERNANDEZ. Kevin Whitehead reviews STRANGER DAYS | NPR | 00:47:33 |
| Author Tom Perrotta | His new book, MRS. FLETCHER, tells the story of a single mother whose only child has left for college... | NPR | 00:47:24 |
| André Leon Talley | The former Vogue Editor felt like a misfit growing up until he stumbled upon a copy of the iconic fashion magazine... | NPR | 00:48:46 |
| Fight For Freedom In Modern Iran | Masih Alinejad discusses her campaign against a law requiring Iranian women and girls to cover their heads with a hijab. | NPR | 00:48:03 |
| David Sedaris | He talks about his hobby picking up roadside trash, the secret to being in a long relationship, and his new... | NPR | 00:48:48 |
| Rodgers & Hammerstein: Revolutionaries | Todd Purdum's book, SOMETHING WONDERFUL, is about their creative partnership and strained personal relationship... | NPR | 00:47:22 |
| Philip Roth, Part II | We continue our tribute to literary giant Philip Roth with excerpts of interviews about his novels...' | NPR | 00:49:15 |
| Philip Roth, Part I | The influential novelist won almost every major literary award, but still found the writing process was full of discovery. | NPR | 00:47:51 |
| Ronan Farrow | He won a Pultizer Prize for his reporting on the allegations against Harvey Weinstein. His new book is WAR ON PEACE. | NPR | 00:47:28 |
| Science & Culture Of Pregnancy | Angela Garbes explains the importance of the placenta, breast milk... Ken Tucker reviews TELL ME HOW YOU REALLY FEEL... | NPR | 00:48:03 |
| Michael Chabon On Fatherhood | He writes about his relationship with his father and his own experiences as the parent of four... | NPR | 00:49:13 |
| Remembering Tom Wolfe | He began experimenting with nonfiction writing techniques in the 1960s. Also, a 2014 interview with author Edward St. Aubyn. | NPR | 00:48:43 |
| Trump's War On The 'Deep State' | Evan Osnos says hundreds of non-partisan civil servants... have been marginalized or pushed out of government entirely. | NPR | 00:47:05 |
| Comic Tig Notaro | Her new special is HAPPY TO BE HERE. Film critic Justin Chang reviews FIRST REFORMER. | NPR | 00:48:26 |
| Psychedelics | Michael Pollan talks about his new book, HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND. It covers the history of psychedelic drugs... | NPR | 01:07:17 |
| Robin Williams Biography | Writer Dave Itzkoff examines Williams' comic brilliance and struggle with addiction in the biography ROBIN. | NPR | 00:47:25 |
| Crime & Punishment In Black America | James Forman Jr. says African-American leaders... often support policies disproportionately targeting blacks. | NPR | 00:47:24 |
| Annette Bening | She spoke with Terry about her transition from stage to screen, her stop-and-start approach to show business, and... | NPR | 00:48:35 |
| Secret Inner Workings Of The EPA | Eric Lipton says... Scott Pruitt and his staff have gone to great lengths to keep the public and media at a distance... | NPR | 00:47:45 |
| Jay & Mark Duplass | The filmmaker siblings' short film, THIS IS JOHN, made for $3 on a VHS tape, went to the Sundance Film Festival... | NPR | 00:46:54 |
| Chef Lidia Bastianich | She grew up eating farm-to-table meals with her Italian family. She drew on that in opening her first restaurant. | NPR | 00:47:26 |
| Lynching In America | The new National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., honors the victims of lynching and racial terrorism... | NPR | 00:49:25 |
| Singer-Songwriter Tracey Thorn | She sings about the different stages of women's lives on her new solo album, RECORD. | NPR | 00:48:28 |
| Making Sense Of Present Politics | Jon Meacham historical times when the nation was divided can help shed light on "the politics of the moment." | NPR | 00:47:41 |
| Comic Michelle Wolf | In an exclusive interview after the White House Correspondents' Dinner, Wolf addresses the backlash to her set... | NPR | 00:47:27 |
| Journalist Alex Wagner | CBS News contributor Alex Wagner was curious about the roots of her mixed-race ancestry. Her book is FUTUREFACE. | NPR | 00:47:07 |
| Remembering Bob Dorough | Bobdied this week at 94. He was best known for songs he wrote for SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK, like MY HERO, ZERO... | NPR | 00:49:28 |
| Jake Tapper | He talks of his heated interview with Trump adviser Stephen Miller, being parodied on 'SNL,' cartooning and his novel... | NPR | 00:47:40 |
| America's White Power Movement | Historian Kathleen Belew's book is BRING THE WAR HOME. Critic Ken Tucker shares some new hip-hop tracks... | NPR | 00:48:03 |
| The Pope Who Would Be King | Pius IX saw progress and freedom of speech as anti-Catholic and instituted the doctrine of Papal infallibility... | NPR | 00:49:15 |
| Poet Gregory Pardlo | His memoir AIR TRAFFIC chronicles his complicated relationship with his father, his brief time in the Marines, and... | NPR | 00:48:37 |
| Milos Forman | He was known for the films ONE FEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, AMADEUS, & THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT... | NPR | 00:47:29 |
| Who's 'Behind @realDonaldTrump? | Robert Draper tells Terry Gross how Dan Scavino edits many of the president's tweets and his possible ties to Russia. | NPR | 00:47:55 |
| Brian Tyree Henry | He plays Alfred Miles,on the Emmy winning FX series 'Atlanta.' He talks about his life, and education... | NPR | 00:47:41 |
| James Comey | The former FBI director tells Terry Gross that he wants to sound the alarm about the "forest fire" of the Trump presidency... | NPR | 00:47:38 |
| The Future Is Texas | Lawrence Wright predicts the largest red state will eventually turn blue and change the nation's politics... | NPR | 00:46:09 |
| Jon Bon Jovi | The rock icon is being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this week. Review: YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE. | NPR | 00:46:51 |
| America's Eviction Crisis | There were 2.3 million evictions filed in the U.S. in 2016 - about four per minute. Review of THE TREE OF FORGIVENESS. | NPR | 00:46:04 |
| Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism? | Robert Kuttner on the escalating trade dispute between the U.S. and China and the possible consequences... | NPR | 00:46:55 |
| A Wounded Cowboy | Following a rodeo accident, Brady Jandreau refused to quit riding and training wild horses even it if meant risking his life. | NPR | 00:44:59 |
| Rodgers & Hammerstein | Todd Purdum's book is about the creative partnership and strained personal relationship behind hit shows... | NPR | 00:48:31 |
| The Forgotten Osage Murders | Osage Indians in the 20's were killed in mysterious and disturbing ways... David Bianculli's movie reviews. | NPR | 00:48:16 |
| 'Legion' Actor Dan Stevens | Stevens talks about wearing a motion capture suit in the live action 'Beauty and the Beast.' Plus music & film reviews. | NPR | 00:48:35 |
| Mark Oliver Everett (Eels) | Four years ago, the Eels founder decided to take a break from music. Now he's back, with a new album, THE DECONSTRUCTION. | NPR | 00:48:42 |
| Madeleine Albright | The former secretary of state calls Trump the most anti-democratic leader I have studied in American history... | NPR | 00:47:29 |
| Steven Bochco & Siamese Twins | The 'Original Siamese Twins' who eventually fathered 21 children. Remembering TV Producer Steven Bochco, who died recently. | NPR | 00:49:17 |
| Obama White House Staffers | Comic Bill Hader's latest project is the HBO series 'Barry.' Alyssa Mastromonaco on six years working for the president. | NPR | 00:48:53 |
| The Mueller Investigation | David Kirkpatrick on the connection between the investigation and efforts by the Arabs to influence U.S. policy. | NPR | 00:48:06 |
| Growing Up Undocumented | Sara Saedi was two when her parents fled Iran and moved to California. Her memoir, AMERICANIZED describes her path... | NPR | 00:45:09 |
| Doctors' Bias Against Women | Maya Dusenbery says medicine has a systemic and unconscious bias against women from what they learn in medical school. | NPR | 00:47:42 |
| 'Hidden' Civil Rights Movements | Adam Winkler says for 200 years businesses have claimed constitutional rights originally intended for people. | NPR | 00:46:44 |
| Singer-Songwriter Margo Price | She pawned her wedding ring - and her husband sold their car - to pay for her 2016 debut album... | NPR | 00:48:01 |
| Trump's Business & Politics In India | Anjali Kamat discusses his business deals in India. David Bianculli reviews THE ZEN DIARIES OF GARRY SHANDLING | NPR | 00:46:07 |
| Correspondent Roy Wood Jr. | He was the son of a civil rights journalist in Birmingham, Ala., and joined 'The Daily Show' in 2015, after working... | NPR | 00:49:12 |
| The Triumph Of Christianity | Bart Ehrman says the early spread of Christianity transformed the history of the West - for better or worse... | NPR | 00:47:39 |
| Jewish In The Age of Trump | Jonathan Weisman's new book Semitism tells how he became the target of neo-Nazi trolls and the connection... | NPR | 00:46:37 |
| Adding Words To The Dictionary | In 2017 binge-watch, humblebrag, photobomb, NSFW, truther, face-palm and listicle were among the new additions... | NPR | 00:47:16 |
| AI Evolution | Cade Metz discusses how computers can learn, their limitations, and the dangers of their mistakes... | NPR | 00:46:42 |
| Actor Danny Trejo | He made a career playing menacing tough guys, from BREAKING BAD to MACHETE. He says his days in San Quentin prepared him for acting | NPR | 00:48:38 |
| Trump Russia Connection | Michael Isikoff and David Corn's new book, RUSSIAN ROULETTE, attempts to put all the pieces of the story together... | NPR | 00:48:21 |
| Wartime Syria | Rania Abouzeid has been covering Syria since 2011. In her book, NO TURNING BACK, she writes about rebel fighters, and... | NPR | 00:48:29 |
| Writer Mohsin Hamid | His novel, EXIT WEST, is about knowing when it's time to flee your country, and what happens when you migrate... | NPR | 00:46:29 |
| Remembering Barry Crimmins | He mentored Bobcat Goldthwait when they were up-and-coming comics in the '80s. They spoke with Terry Gross in 2015... | NPR | 00:46:55 |
| Host John Oliver | On LAST WEEK TONIGHT, He dives into often obscure stories, like NRA TV and the laws that govern televangelism. | NPR | 00:46:47 |
| The Trump-Russia Dossier | Jane Mayer tells of ex-spy Christopher Steele, the man behind the unverified dossier with Trump's ties with Russia. | NPR | 00:45:55 |
| Mexican-American Writer | Luis Alberto Urrea Finds Inspiration In Family, Tragedy & Trump. His book had a dramatic rewrite after Trump... | NPR | 00:48:16 |
| Paul Thomas Anderson | His film PHANTOM THREAD, was inspired by fashion icons like Christian Dior and Cristobal Balenciaga... | NPR | 00:48:34 |
| Nick Kroll & John Mulaney | The indignities of puberty in the animated Netflix comedy series BIG MOUTH. The duo host the Independent Spirit Awards | NPR | 00:48:27 |
| LGBTQ Activist Sarah McBride | When she spoke at the 2016 Democratic Convention, She was the first trans person to speak at a major party convention. | NPR | 00:48:24 |
| Effects Of Psychotropic Drugs | Lauren Slater says "As a nation, we're gobbling them down." Kevin Whitehead reviews two by Nina Simone... | NPR | 00:47:19 |
| Unconventional Relationships | Tim Kreider admits that the longest relationship of his life was with a stray cat - his companion for 19 years... | NPR | 00:48:49 |
| The Making Of Pixar's COCO | Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina spent six years creating their Oscar-nominated animated film about the Day of the Dead... | NPR | 00:48:56 |
| Russia's Troll Factory | Scott Shane discusses Robert Mueller's indictment of 13 Russians who allegedly participated in a complex... | NPR | 00:48:16 |
| Richard Jenkins | He began his career on the stage, and didn't get a movie role until his 30s. Kevin Whitehead reviews Teddy Wilson' | NPR | 00:47:46 |
| Survivalist Childhood To Cambridge | Tara Westover's memoir, EDUCATED, tells how she defied her parents, and made her way to college and graduate school... | NPR | 00:48:15 |
| Mister Rogers & The Fish Man | Mister Rogers 1984 interview with Terry Gross. Doug Jones tells of playing the fish man in the film THE SHAPE OF WATER. | NPR | 00:48:46 |
| Kumail Nanjiani & Emily V. Gordon | The real-life couple co-wrote the romantic comedy THE BIG SICK, which is based on their own relationship. | NPR | 00:47:11 |
| Trump & The Immigration Debate | Jonathan Blitzer accuses Trump of portraying immigrants as criminals. A review of BLACK PANTHER | NPR | 00:47:09 |
| Long Haul Trucker on The Road | Finn Murphy has logged over a million miles. His book, THE LONG HAUL, insights of the trucker subculture. | NPR | 00:47:18 |
| Steve Bannon on #MeToo | After he was ousted from the White House, Josh Green was the first journalist he called. Green's book: DEVIL'S BARGAIN... | NPR | 00:47:40 |
| Living 'Scan To Scan' | Kate Bowler's memoir, Everything Happens For A Reason,' is about how her illness has affected her faith. | NPR | 00:47:59 |
| Remembering John Mahoney | Best-known for his role in FRASIER, he joined Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre shortly after he began acting at the age of 37... | NPR | 00:49:06 |
| Who Is Watching You? | Robert Draper talks about state-of-the-art surveillance, from closed-circuit TV to drones — and the consequences... | NPR | 00:48:14 |
| Jordan Klepper | We interview the host of the Comedy Central show THE OPPOSITION. Maureen Corrigan reviews SELF-PORTRAIT WITH BOY. | NPR | 00:47:01 |
| Afghanistan War Stalemate | Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll warns that there is no end in sight to America's longest war... | NPR | 00:47:53 |
| Brushes With Death | Maggie O'Farrell has survived terrifying episodes. Her memoir I AM, I AM, I AM, details 17 near-death experiences... | NPR | 00:48:60 |
| 'Lady Bird' & 'Mudbound' | We revisit interviews with award-winning filmmakers Greta Gerwig and Dee Rees. A review of 'On Body and Soul'... | NPR | 00:48:09 |
| Mueller's Reputation In Washington | We talk with journalist Garrett Graff about his leadership style, reputation in Washington, and what might happen... | NPR | 00:46:51 |
| Israel's Targeted Assassinations | Ronen Bergman says that while Israel's targeted assassinations were tactical successes, they were diplomatically harmful. | NPR | 00:46:43 |
| Hollywood Blacklist & High Noon | Glenn Frankel's book is about the Hollywood Blacklist and the classic film HIGH NOON, a parable about it. | NPR | 00:48:15 |
| The Plot Against America | Franklin Foer says Paul Manafort became entangled in the world of dictators, oligarchs and dirty money. | NPR | 00:47:38 |
| Sam Baker | In 1986 he was injured on a train in Peru. Somehow, during his long recovery, songs started coming to him... | NPR | 00:47:46 |
| Shaping Federal Policy | Former Anti-Abortion, Anti-LGBTQ Activists Are shaping Health and Human Services policies. | NPR | 00:47:48 |
| The Oldest Old | John Leland followed six people above the age of 85 for one year. That inspired his book, HAPPINESS IS A CHOICE YOU MAKE. | NPR | 00:48:09 |
| Phantom Thread | Set in 1950s London, Paul Thomas Anderson's new film features Daniel Day-Lewis as a renowned and obsessive fashion designer. | NPR | 00:47:52 |
| How Democracies Die | Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt warn that American democracy is in trouble. Ken Tucker reviews Charli XCX's new album... | NPR | 00:47:44 |
| Remembering Joe Frank | Frank, who died this week, created the radio drama series WORK IN PROGRESS and was known for his intimate monologues... | NPR | 00:47:52 |
| Former Neo-Nazi Helps Others | Christian Picciolini was a white power skinhead. He eventually withdrew and founded a nonprofit to help extremists disengage | NPR | 00:46:50 |
| A Danger Within Us | Jeanne Lenzer warns that implanted medical devices are approved with far less scrutiny and testing than pharmaceuticals... | NPR | 00:47:38 |
| Peter Morgan | His Netflix series, 'The Crown', now in its second season, centers on a young Queen Elizabeth II and the royal family. | NPR | 00:47:31 |
| Melba Pattillo Beals | One of the Little Rock Nine, she's written a new book called 'I Will Not Fear,' about her childhood... | NPR | 00:49:07 |
| Comic Pete Holmes | His HBO show 'Crashing' is based on his real life, after his wife left him and he struggled to find his voice onstage. | NPR | 00:48:13 |
| Lena Waithe | She made history as the first black woman to win an Emmy for outstanding comedy writing, for her work on MASTER OF NONE | NPR | 00:47:60 |
| The Making Of Pixar's COCO | A film about the Day of the Dead, the Mexican holiday for remembering dead loved ones. It just won the Golden Globe | NPR | 00:49:02 |
| Patrice Banks | She left a six-figure salary to pursue her dream of owning an auto shop, and in 2016 opened Girls Auto Clinic. | NPR | 00:47:30 |
| The Opioid Epidemic + | German Lopez details the scope of the opioid epidemic. Bobby Allyn on the potential Philadelphia safe injection site. | NPR | 00:48:49 |
| Jordan Peele On GET OUT | It tells the story of a young black man whose white girlfriend takes him to meet her parents for the first time. | NPR | 00:47:46 |
| Can Trump Stop Mueller? | Neal Katyal lays out the legal issues that could arise if Trump tries to interfere with the Mueller investigation... | NPR | 00:47:13 |
| Making China Great Again | Evan Osnos talks about how China learned to use President Trump to its advantage... | NPR | 00:47:06 |
| Fight Against Alzheimer's | Joseph Jebelli's book THE PURSUIT OF MEMORY, is about Alzheimer's. Maureen Corrigan on mystery writer Sue Grafton. | NPR | 00:46:08 |
| Actor Jonathan Groff | Our Best of 2017 series comes to an end with actor Jonathan Groff, star of Netflix's Mindhunter... | NPR | 00:47:37 |
| Hasan Minhaj & Seth Meyers | Our Best of 2017 series continues with Daily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj and Late Night host Seth Meyers. | NPR | 00:47:23 |
| Spy Novelist John Le Carré | Our Best of 2017 series continues with best-selling novelist John Le Carré. His latest book is A LEGACY OF SPIES. | NPR | 00:47:42 |
| Comic Patton Oswalt | After the sudden death of his wife, he felt his life slipping away. He talks about grief, returning to comedy, and... | NPR | 00:47:38 |
| Lin-Manuel Miranda | The man behind HAMILTON discusses his prize-winning project, and his role in the Disney film MOANA... | NPR | 00:47:15 |
| Remembering Keely Smith | Smith, who just died, was discovered by Louis Prima as a teenager. She married him, and they became a popular Las Vegas act | NPR | 00:49:35 |
| All Things Considered | Host Robert Siegel will retire in January after 41 years. David Bianculli shares his picks for best shows of 2017. | NPR | 00:47:40 |
| 'Quest' Follows A Family | Jonathan Olshefski spent 8 years filming Christopher Rainey and his family, who run a recording studio in North Philly | NPR | 00:48:43 |
| Sex & American Politics | R. Marie Griffith writes about how battles around sex, gender and sexual orientation became part of American politics... | NPR | 00:47:58 |
| Miscellany | Barton Seaver gets folks excited about fish. Justin Chang's top movies of 2017. Jennifer Egan's MANHATTAN BEACH... | NPR | 00:47:51 |
| Katharine Graham & Ben Bradlee | The new Spielberg film THE POST tells their story as they defy a federal judge by publishing the Pentagon Papers... | NPR | 00:49:48 |
| Spike Lee | A new Netflix series features a young artist from Lee's debut film who avoids committed relationships. | NPR | 00:48:41 |
| Rethinking Infidelity | Esther Perel's new book focuses on couples dealing with infidelity. We remember Smithereens' lead singer Pat DiNizio... | NPR | 00:48:24 |
| Ranky Tanky | Three members of Ranky Tanky perform songs from their debut album. Maureen Corrigan picks her best books of 2017 | NPR | 00:48:55 |
| 'Godless' Creator Scott Frank | He says 'Godless' was inspired by old Southwestern towns where women took over after the men died in an accident... | NPR | 00:47:16 |
| Racial Cleansing in Georgia | In 1912, white mobs set fire to black churches and businesses in Forsyth County. BLOOD AT THE ROOT, tells the story | NPR | 00:50:33 |
| Mueller Investigation | CNN chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin discusses the Mueller investigation and the approach Trump's legal team is taking. | NPR | 00:47:19 |
| James Franco | His new film, THE DISASTER ARTIST, is a behind-the-scenes take on the a cult classic THE ROOM, (the CITIZEN KANE of bad movies) | NPR | 00:48:58 |
| Golden Age Of Sunday Comics | Cullen Murphy grew up the son of a cartoonist who drew the Prince Valiant strip. His new memoir is 'Cartoon County.' | NPR | 00:47:56 |
| A Nuclear War Planner | Daniel Ellsberg, of Pentagon Papers fame has a new memoir, 'The Doomsday Machine,' about his years as a security analyst... | NPR | 00:48:53 |
| LGBTQ Activist Cleve Jones | For World AIDS Day we repeat our 2016 interview of Cleve Jones. Reviews of 'The Astaire Story' & 'The Disaster Artist.' | NPR | 00:47:05 |
| Anita Hill & Sexual Harassment | Journalists Jane Mayer and Rebecca Traister look back on Clarence Thomas' 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearings... | NPR | 00:46:48 |
| 'The President Show' | A new Comedy Central series is set up like a late night talk show, hosted by President Trump with Vice President Pence as his sidekick. | NPR | 00:46:17 |
| Anesthesia | Dr. Henry Jay Przybylo's memoir 'Counting Backwards.' Jesmyn Ward on her book 'Sing, Unburied, Sing.' | NPR | 00:47:30 |
| Comic Patton Oswalt | After his wife's death, he felt his life slipping away. But over the past year, things took a turn: He fell in love again... | NPR | 00:47:17 |
| Loudon Wainwright III | He details his life as a husband, father, son, philanderer and musician in the memoir 'Liner Notes.' | NPR | 00:47:57 |
| Jimmy Fallon | He talks with Terry Gross about parenting, being entertaining in times of tragedy, and the biggest thing he learned... | NPR | 00:48:03 |
| Margo Price | She pawned her wedding ring, and her husband sold their car to pay for her 2016 debut album, 'Midwest Farmer's Daughter.' | NPR | 00:48:28 |
| How Russia Helped Trump | Guardian reporter Luke Harding's new book is 'Collusion.' Film critic David Edelstein reviews 'Call Me By Your Name.' | NPR | 00:48:29 |
| Inside The Panama Papers | The Panama Papers detail the offshore tax havens of the super rich. John Powers reviews the book 'The Dawn Watch.' | NPR | 00:48:04 |
| Mindy Kaling & Liz Smith | 'The Mindy Project' has ended after six seasons. We remember the late New York Daily News columnist Liz Smith. | NPR | 00:49:14 |
| Greta Gerwig On 'Lady Bird' | The co-writer and star of 'Frances Ha' and 'Mistress America,' is making her directorial debut with the new film 'Lady Bird.' | NPR | 00:48:39 |
| Breaking The Weinstein Story | How Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey broke the New York Times story of Harvey Weinstein's sexual harassment allegations. | NPR | 00:48:07 |
| Filmmaker Dee Rees | 'Mudbound' follows two families, one black and one white, in the WWII era. "sequel" to the Netflix series STRANGER THINGS... | NPR | 00:49:12 |
| New Lives For Gang Members | Homeboy Industries founder Father Greg Boyle has spent 30 years working in LA with gang members and young people... | NPR | 00:49:01 |
| Vietnam War Turning Point | Mark Bowden, author of BLACK HAWK DOWN, talks about a turning point in the Vietnam War, the ferocious battle for... | NPR | 00:49:18 |
| Understanding Bitcoin | Tech writer Nathaniel Popper says major banks are looking at the possibilities of its decentralized network... | NPR | 00:47:45 |
| Lou Reed: A Life | Anthony DeCurtis writes about the darker side of Reed's life, including addiction and domestic abuse... | NPR | 00:48:60 |
| Obama White House Photographer | Pete Souza held the job for eight years. He spoke with Terry Gross about capturing the mood and emotion of everything... | NPR | 00:48:20 |
| Trump Changes Federal Gov't | President Trump's picks to lead federal agencies and the consequences... Lloyd Schwartz reviews a recording by Nelson Freire. | NPR | 00:47:37 |
| A World Of Smell | In her book, Alexandra Horowitz explores the mysteries and mechanics of canine noses. Reviews of 'Alias Grace,' & 'Lady Bird.' | NPR | 00:48:47 |
| Antibiotics & Modern Agriculture | Maryn McKenna explores how many chickens have been fed antibiotics, which can lead to serious infections in humans. | NPR | 00:46:57 |
| Feminist Writer Lindy West | She talks about leaving Twitter, abortion, and how Internet trolls influenced the Trump campaign. Ken Tucker reviews Bob Dylan. | NPR | 00:48:43 |
| Actor Jonathan Groff | He stars in the new Netflix series 'Mindhunter' as an FBI agent trying to understand the minds of serial killers... | NPR | 00:47:20 |
| Humorist John Hodgman | He talks of growing up an only child, the death of his mother, and his time as a contributor on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. | NPR | 00:47:50 |
| How To Train Your Cat | Feline behavior specialist Sarah Ellis explains how to train your cat to come on command, take medicine and stop waking you up... | NPR | 00:48:44 |
| Technology's Frightful Five | Farhad Manjoo warns that Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft and Facebook are collectively more powerful than many governments... | NPR | 00:47:35 |
| Fighting Extremism In Africa | Alexis Okeoto interviewed teens abducted by Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army, and a girl who escaped from Boko Haram... | NPR | 00:48:48 |
| Rising Seas & Sinking Cities | Author Jeff Goodell says American cities are under threat from extreme weather, rising sea levels and lax enforcement of... | NPR | 00:48:33 |
| Life And Death Of Eric Garner | Journalist Matt Taibbi's book, 'I Can't Breathe,' argues that 'broken windows' policing is to blame for Garner's death. | NPR | 00:48:59 |
| Anthony Bourdain | The 'Parts Unknown' host talks about starting out as a dishwasher, finding his writing voice, and the only food... | NPR | 00:49:31 |
| Author John Green | His new novel Turtles All The Way Down, is about a teen girl with OCD. David Bianculli reviews a new Hulu documentary... | NPR | 00:48:57 |
| 'The Danger Of President Pence' | Though Trump ran as an outsider, Jane Mayer describes his Pence as "the connective tissue" between Trump and the billionaire... | NPR | 00:47:39 |
| Amy Tan: 'Where The Past Begins' | She explores the contradictions of her upbringing in the memoir. Maureen Corrigan reviews 'Death in the Air.' | NPR | 00:49:11 |
| Why We Sleep | Matthew Walker says sleep deficiency is associated with problems in concentration, memory, immune system & shorter lifespans. | NPR | 00:49:12 |
| Systemic School Segregation | Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones says school segregation will continue to exist in America "as long as individual parents... | NPR | 00:48:19 |
| Jimmy Fallon | Talks with Terry Gross about his new children's book, being entertaining in times of tragedy, and the biggest... | NPR | 00:48:60 |
| Director Noah Baumbach | His new film 'The Meyerowitz Stories' revolves around three adult siblings whose father is a self-absorbed sculptor... | NPR | 00:50:24 |
| Rex Tillerson - Breaking Point | Writer Dexter Filkins says Tillerson is a diplomat in an administration that doesn't value diplomacy; a sober, steady guy... | NPR | 00:49:08 |
| Stalin's War On Ukraine | In the 1930s Stalin created a famine to suppress an uprising in Ukraine, as described in a new book 'The Red Famine.' | NPR | 00:48:53 |
| The Platinum Age Of TV | David Bianculli's book revisits the best of the small screen; from 'I Love Lucy' to 'The Walking Dead.' | NPR | 00:48:42 |
| NRA-Backed Gun Laws | Mike Spies says the NRA is normalizing gun carrying as much as possible in public life. David Edelstein reviews Blade Runner 2049 | NPR | 00:49:21 |
| Life Of Muhammad Ali | Jonathan Eig's new biography draws on hundreds of interviews and previously unreleased FBI and Justice Department files... | NPR | 00:49:19 |
| Remembering Tom Petty | Singer and guitarist Tom Petty, who died Monday, spoke with Terry Gross in 2006 about launching his Hall Of Fame career. | NPR | 00:47:47 |
| Roz Chast & Daniel Mendelsohn | Chast has a new book of cartoons. Mendelsohn's book is 'An Odyssey: A Father, A Son, and an Epic.' | NPR | 00:47:28 |
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