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Spoiler Specials: Hollywood
Ryan Murphy’s revisionist Netflix series trades history for self-serving fantasy.
49 min
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Culture Gabfest: Normal People?
55 min
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Decoder Ring: Gotta Get Down on Friday
Rebecca Black's music video for Friday was Youtube's most watched video of 2011, thrusting the thirteen-year-old Rebecca into a very harsh spotlight.
40 min
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Working: Megan Abbott's Go-To Story Structure
45 min
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Working: How DeMane Davis Pivoted From Advertis...
46 min
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Hit Parade: Still Billy Joel to Me Edition
Billy Joel’s first Top 40 hit, way back in 1974, was “Piano Man,” and the nickname stuck. But for a guy who became famous sitting behind 88 keys, few of his biggest hits are really piano songs. In fact, on all three of his No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, keyboards are not the primary instrument.
7 min
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Culture Gabfest: Don't Call Me Shirley
59 min
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Working: Behind the Scenes at the Opera With Ja...
The mezzosoprano on the nuts and bolts of working as a freelance performing artist.
48 min
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Thirst Aid Kit: Conscious Coupling
Sometimes the thirst is for a TV couple
68 min
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Culture Gabfest: Fetch the Patriarchy
62 min
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Working: Miho Hazama’s Musical Journey
How the Grammy nominee combines classical training with contemporary jazz.
41 min
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Hit Parade: Hits Don’t Lie
Chris Molanphy talks to guest Eduardo Cepeda about Latin music’s journey to the center of American pop.
27 min
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Spoiler Specials: Too Hot to Handle
Spoiling Netflix’s new reality dating show that banned hot contestants from sexual contact.
48 min
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Thirst Aid Kit: No Chill With Yahya and Simu
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Simu Liu inspire us to REALLY rev up our Thirst machines...
65 min
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Culture Gabfest: The Talented Mr. Quibi
63 min
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Working: Why Maira Kalman Loves to Work on Lots...
The painter, writer, illustrator—and now dancer—on her creative evolution.
51 min
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Thirst Aid Kit: The Smoldering Appeal of Shazad...
Shazad Latif and Manny Montana deliver a masterclass in the art of smoldering.
59 min
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Decoder Ring: Unicorn Poop
How did poop get cute? On this episode of Decoder Ring we trace the rise of cute poop from the original Japanese poop emoji to more modern poop toys which rely on the Youtube algorithm to get seen and sold.
33 min
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Culture Gabfest: Will Restaurants Survive?
81 min
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Working: How Divergent Author Veronica Roth Lea...
And how Kate Winslet helped her write more nuanced villains.
42 min
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Spoiler Special: Tiger King
An increasingly sordid documentary series about murder plots, charismatic big cat owners, and conning people out of zoos.
39 min
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Thirst Aid Kit: Thirsting In Place
If you absolutely have to be indoors, might as well curl up with your fave Thirst Object, eh?
55 min
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Culture Gabfest: Cool Cats and Kittens
70 min
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Hit Parade: La Vida Loca Edición
93 min
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Spoiler Specials: Star Trek: Picard
Three Trekkies spoil the newest installment in the sci-fi franchise.
68 min