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  • 46 minutes 24 seconds
    Trump, Journalism & The Rough Road Ahead
    Trump has called the press the "enemy of the people" and threatened retribution, including jailing reporters, investigating NBC for treason, and suggesting CBS's broadcast license be taken away. Terry Gross talks with David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, and Marty Baron, former executive editor of The Washington Post, about the media landscape as we head into a second Trump administration.

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    20 November 2024, 8:08 pm
  • 45 minutes 47 seconds
    Selena Gomez Has Found Her Balance
    The actor-singer-entrepreneur stars in Emilia Pérez, the new Spanish-language musical about a cartel boss who undergoes gender-affirming surgery. Gomez talks with Tonya Mosley about re-learning Spanish, her Disney years, and working alongside comedy legends Martin Short and Steve Martin in Only Murders in the Building.

    Also, Ken Tucker shares three great country songs: Maren Morris' "People Still Show Up," Dwight Yoakam's "A Dream That Never Ends," and Shawna Thompson's "Lean On Neon."

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    19 November 2024, 7:12 pm
  • 45 minutes 42 seconds
    Actor/Comic Jimmy O. Yang Breaks Out Of The Background
    In his new Hulu comedy series, Interior Chinatown, Jimmy O. Yang plays a waiter who inadvertently becomes central to a crime story. As an Asian American actor, he says he relates to the character's feeling of invisibility. Yang talks with Ann Marie Baldonado about auditioning for Silicon Valley, working alongside his dad, and feeling like an outsider among other Asians in California.

    Also, film critic Justin Chang reviews the Indian movie All We Can Imagine as Light.

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    18 November 2024, 8:04 pm
  • 47 minutes 55 seconds
    Best Of: Why Do We Itch? / Writer Richard Price
    Atlantic staff writer Annie Lowery suffers from a rare liver condition that causes severe chronic itch. It led her to look into the stigma of itchiness, the itch-scratch cycle, and finding acceptance in her body.

    Also, we hear from screenwriter and author of one of the most anticipated novels of the season, Richard Price. His new novel, Lazarus Man, is about second chances. Price also wrote for the HBO shows The Wire, The Deuce and The Night Of.

    And Maureen Corrigan has two books to recommend if you're looking for inspiration, beauty, and humor.

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    16 November 2024, 8:00 am
  • 47 minutes 2 seconds
    Kerri Russell On 'The Diplomat'/ Remembering Dorothy Allison
    Kerri Russell stars in the Netflix political drama The Diplomat as a foreign service officer tapped to become the American ambassador to the UK. Russell also starred in the series Felicity and The Americans. She spoke with us last year about these characters and getting her start on The All New Mickey Mouse Club as a kid.

    Also, we remember author Dorothy Allison, who died this week at age 75. Her critically acclaimed 1992 novel Bastard out of Carolina was based on her own childhood experience of being physically and sexually abused. We listen back to Terry's interview with Allison about the book and her life.

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    15 November 2024, 5:22 pm
  • 45 minutes 13 seconds
    How Screenwriting Saved Novelist Richard Price
    In Richard Price's new novel, Lazarus Man, a five-story building collapses, upending the lives of the building's residents. It's about second chances and finding the faith to carry on. Price has written for HBO's The Wire and The Deuce, and co-created HBO's The Night Of and The Outsider. Several of his novels, including Clockers, were adapted into films. He spoke with Terry Gross.

    Also, Maureen Corrigan shares two books that offer humor and beauty: Billy Collins' collection of poetry Water, Water, and The Dog Who Followed The Moon by James Norbury.

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    14 November 2024, 6:49 pm
  • 46 minutes 43 seconds
    What Trump's Foreign Policy Could Look Like
    With wars in Gaza, Lebanon, and Ukraine, and with high tariffs on the horizon, The Economist Editor-In-Chief Zanny Minton Beddoes says president-elect Trump's agenda may be chaotic. But she stays resolutely optimistic about possible good elements in his foreign policy.

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    13 November 2024, 7:05 pm
  • 45 minutes 31 seconds
    Why Do We Itch?
    We've all had bug bites, or dry scalp, or a sunburn that causes itch. But what if you felt itchy all the time — and there was no relief? Atlantic journalist Annie Lowrey suffers from primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), a degenerative liver disease in which the body mistakenly attacks cells lining the bile ducts, causing them to inflame. The result is a severe itch that doesn't respond to antihistamines or steroids. She talks with Terry Gross about finding a diagnosis, treatment, and what scientists know about itch.

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    12 November 2024, 7:47 pm
  • 45 minutes 37 seconds
    Veteran Phil Klay On A 2nd Trump Administration & The Military
    Author Phil Klay says Trump has been willing to politicize the military to push his partisan agenda before, and is likely to further erode norms around the military as he looks for those willing to "go with his whims." Klay is a Marine Corps veteran and National Book Award-winning writer.

    Also, John Powers on the Spanish language movie musical Emilia Pérez.

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    11 November 2024, 6:43 pm
  • 48 minutes 50 seconds
    Best Of: Al Pacino / Saoirse Ronan
    Oscar-winning actor Al Pacino talks with Terry Gross about growing up in the South Bronx with a single mother and The Godfather, and why he almost passed on Part II. His new memoir is Sonny Boy.

    Also, we hear from Saoirse Ronan. She stars in two new films: The Outrun, about a young woman struggling to get sober, and the World War II drama, Blitz. She spoke with contributor Ann Marie Baldonado about the roles, as well as the most intense on set experience she's ever had — birthing lambs.

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    9 November 2024, 8:00 am
  • 46 minutes 24 seconds
    Jenny Slate Finds Strength In Sensitivity
    Comic Jenny Slate spoke with Terry Gross earlier this year about finding comedy in her feelings, motherhood, and growing up in a haunted house. Her latest stand-up special on Amazon Prime Video is Seasoned Professional and she has a new book of essays out now called Lifeform.

    Justin Chang reviews Clint Eastwood's new film, Juror #2.

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    8 November 2024, 5:51 pm
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