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Best Of: Richard Kind / Melinda French Gates
You've seen Richard Kind on countless TV shows and films during his 40-year career — Only Murders in the Building, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Spin City, and A Serious Man, just to name a f... Apr 19, 2025
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A Love Story At The Center Of The Civil Rights Movement
MSNBC host Joy-Ann Reid tells the story of Medgar Evers and his wife Myrlie. Medgar was the NAACP field secretary in Mississippi, a state that lynched more Black people than any other... Apr 18, 2025
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Starvation In American Jail Cells
New Yorker staff writer Sarah Stillman says she's discovered dozens of cases where people in county jails across the U.S. have died of starvation, dehydration, or related medical cris... Apr 17, 2025
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The Real-Life Russian Spies Who Inspired 'The Americans'
In The Illegals: Russia's Most Audacious Spies and Their Century-Long Mission to Infiltrate the West, journalist Shaun Walker shares how agents were trained to blend into a target cou... Apr 16, 2025
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Melinda French Gates On Giving Away Her 'Absurd' Wealth
In a new memoir, billionaire Melinda French Gates writes about the end of her marriage to Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, and her ongoing philanthropic work, directing funds and atte... Apr 15, 2025
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Richard Kind Is Glad He's Not That Famous
Kind is the announcer and host sidekick on the Netflix show Everybody's Live with John Mulaney. "I don't know what the hell I'm doing. You must understand — it's anarchy," he says of ... Apr 14, 2025
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Best Of: Jason Isbell / David Tennant
Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Jason Isbell sings about his split from musician Amanda Shires on his latest album, Foxes in the Snow. "What I was attempting to do is document a very... Apr 12, 2025
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'Hacks' Returns! With Jean Smart, Hannah Einbinder, Paul W. Downs
The Emmy and Peabody Award-winning comedy series returns for a fourth season this week. It's about two women — a successful comic/TV personality in her 70s, and her 20-something comed... Apr 11, 2025
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The Dark Secrets Of Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson recently lost a bid to settle lawsuits that claimed its talc powder products, including baby powder, caused cancer. Author Gardiner Harris says the company's defense... Apr 10, 2025
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Trump's Tariffs & The Radical Remaking Of The Global Economy
President Trump's sweeping tariff policy has upended the global economy. Zanny Minton Beddoes, the editor-in-chief of The Economist, likens it to The Art of the Deal — on steroids.Lea... Apr 9, 2025