Episodios

  • Questlove On Hip-Hop And History

    Questlove On Hip-Hop And History
    Jun 11 2024
    Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson still remembers the first time he heard The Sugarhill Gang's 1980 hit "Rapper's Delight." It felt like a paradigm shift: "Suddenly they start talking in rhythmic poetry and we didn't know what to make of it," The Roots bandleader says. Questlove's new book is Hip-Hop is History.

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  • Actor Griffin Dunne Revisits His Hollywood Childhood

    Actor Griffin Dunne Revisits His Hollywood Childhood
    Jun 10 2024
    Dunne grew up in Beverly Hills, in a family of storytellers — including his father, author Dominic. He talks about his complicated relationship with fame and the trauma the family experienced after the 1982 murder of his sister, Dominique. Dunne's new memoir is 'The Friday Afternoon Club.'

    Maureen Corrigan reviews 'Consent,' by Jill Ciment.

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  • Best Of: 'Merrily We Roll Along'; MSNBC Host Ali Velshi

    Best Of: 'Merrily We Roll Along'; MSNBC Host Ali Velshi
    Jun 8 2024
    Stephen Sondheim's musical Merrily We Roll Along flopped when it debuted in 1981. But its Broadway revival has been a hit, garnering seven Tony nominations. We talk with director Maria Friedman, who was a friend of Sondheim's, and actor Jonathan Groff.

    MSNBC host Ali Velshi traces his family's migration across three continents, from a village in India to South Africa — where his grandfather crossed paths with Mahatma Gandhi — to Kenya, Canada and the U.S. Velshi's new memoir is Small Acts of Courage.

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    48 m
  • Julio Torres Spins Immigration Stress into Satire

    Julio Torres Spins Immigration Stress into Satire
    Jun 7 2024
    Comic, actor and filmmaker Julio Torres came to the U.S. from El Salvador in his early 20s — and he says he is personally familiar with "all the Catch-22s of the immigration system." Torres addressed immigration in Problemista; his new HBO comedy series is Fantasmas. Plus, John Powers reviews Becoming Karl Lagerfeld.

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    44 m
  • 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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