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'Black Twitter' docuseries celebrates the online community with real-world impact

Wednesday, May 08, 2024

When it comes to Black Twitter, filmmaker Prentice Penny says "no one is above being joked on." His Hulu docuseries charts the voices and movements that made it a force in politics and culture.

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How streaming, mergers and other major changes are upending Hollywood

Thursday, April 25, 2024

Nearly a year after the Hollywood writers' strike started, the entertainment industry remains in flux. Harpers journalist Daniel Bessner says TV and film writers are feeling the brunt of the changes.

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Journalist says we're 'basically guinea pigs' for a new form of industrialized food

Thursday, April 18, 2024

Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser says mergers and acquisitions have created food oligopolies that are inefficient, barely regulated and sometimes dangerous. His new documentary is Food, Inc. 2.

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Abortion opponents push for 'fetal personhood' laws, giving rights to embryos

Thursday, April 04, 2024

The Guardian's reproductive health reporter Carter Sherman says efforts are underway in a number of states to assign fetuses "some kind of rights that we would generally ascribe to a human person."

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How Biden's campaign strategy has changed from four years ago

Wednesday, March 06, 2024

New Yorker writer Evan Osnos has interviewed Biden on and off since '14 and says the president has become "more solemn." Osnos talks about Biden's handling of the war in Gaza and doubts about his age.

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RuPaul reflects on growing up poor, Black and queer — and forging his own path

Monday, March 04, 2024

The Emmy-winning host of RuPaul's Drag Race describes himself as "an introvert masquerading as an extrovert." He reflects on the first 40 years of his life in the memoir The House of Hidden Meanings.

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Journalist Michele Norris reveals America's 'Hidden Conversations' about race

Monday, February 05, 2024

Norris wanted to see how Americans view race, so she asked people to share their thoughts in six words. Eventually, the project grew, garnering some 500,000 million entries from 100+ countries.

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'Barbie' music producer Mark Ronson opens up about the film's 'bespoke' sound

Friday, February 02, 2024

Ronson spent a year creating Barbie's music, and co-wrote the song, "I'm Just Ken," which has been nominated for an Oscar and a Grammy. Originally broadcast Sept. 7, 2023.

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How medications like Ozempic are revolutionizing the weight loss industry

Thursday, January 04, 2024

Bloomberg News reporter Emma Court explains how these so-called "miracle drugs" work, and discusses side effects, long-term impacts, and what it all means for the body positivity movement.

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Restaurateur Rose Previte shares recipes she learned from women around the world

Wednesday, January 03, 2024

Previte's restaurants serve food inspired by her extensive travels and the home-cooked Lebanese dishes of her childhood. Her new cookbook is Maydān: Recipes from Lebanon and Beyond.

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'Music was there for me when I needed it,' The Roots co-founder Tariq Trotter says

Thursday, December 28, 2023

Trotter, aka Black Thought, reflects on his childhood in Philly, his decades-long friendship with Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson. Trotter's memoir is The Upcycled Self. Originally broadcast Nov. 7, 2023.

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'Pretty Baby' chronicles Brooke Shields' career and the sexualization of young girls

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Shields has worked as a model and an actor. A two-part Hulu documentary looks at her childhood roles and the toxic culture that perpetuates misogyny. Originally broadcast April 4, 2023.

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Why a second Trump administration may be more radical than the first

Thursday, December 14, 2023

New York Times reporter Charlie Savage says Trump has a plan — and potentially the backing — to purge the federal bureaucracy, which he disparages as "a deep state that's filled with villains."

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The Voting Rights Act is being attacked from 'every possible angle,' journalist says

Thursday, November 30, 2023

Ari Berman says both the Supreme Court and the lower courts are working to dismantle the '65 law that's considered one of the most effective pieces of civil rights legislation ever enacted in the U.S.

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How comic Leslie Jones went from funniest person on campus to 'SNL' star

Friday, November 24, 2023

Jones says performing stand-up for the first time as a freshman in college felt like putting on a shirt that fit perfectly. Her memoir is Leslie F*cking Jones. Originally broadcast Sept. 21, 2023.

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A memoir about life 'in the margins,' 'Class' picks up where 'Maid' left off

Monday, November 20, 2023

"As a country, we don't like giving poor people money and that's what they need the most," says author Stephanie Land. Her 2019 memoir Maid inspired a 10-part Netflix series.

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Healing the 'Invisible Ache' behind the suicide crisis among Black men and boys

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Rates of suicide among Black men and boys in the U.S. are increasing faster than among any other group. Actor Courtney B. Vance and Robin L. Smith (aka "Dr. Robin") address the crisis in a new book.

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'We need to record everything': This team stayed behind in a Ukrainian war zone

Monday, November 13, 2023

Ukrainian filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov was in Mariupol when Russia invaded. "I just understood that we need to record everything," he says. His new documentary is 20 Days in Mariupol.

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'Music was there for me when I needed it,' The Roots co-founder Tariq Trotter says

Tuesday, November 07, 2023

Trotter, aka Black Thought, reflects on his childhood in Philly, his decades-long friendship with Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and his life as a musician. Trotter's new memoir is The Upcycled Self.

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Sofia Coppola imagines Priscilla's teen years, living at Graceland with Elvis

Monday, November 06, 2023

"I felt like my role was just to explain her experience," Coppola says of her new film, Priscilla. The filmmaker also has a new book, Archive, which collects documents from her eight movies.

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