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The Authority: The Scholar
41 min
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Hit Parade: Smells Like Christmas Spirit, Part 1
This month, Chris Molanphy examines the chart dynamics that not only ushered in the grunge era but also invented a new music sales strategy, the post-Christmas album
29 min
2778
Hang Up and Listen: The Last Last Dance
53 min
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Flashback: Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Revisiting the Hollywood epic that grappled with questions of colonialism and morality.
119 min
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Working: When Music Is the Family Business: Suz...
54 min
2781
Spoiler Specials: Mank
Dana Stevens and Mathew Dessem spoil the technically dazzling film, Mank.
55 min
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Culture Gabfest: Algorithmic Rosebud
59 min
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The Authority: The Tower of the Angels
47 min
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Working: Why Writer Ayad Akhtar Reads Shakespea...
47 min
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Culture Gabfest: Happiest Scaffolding
57 min
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The Authority: Theft
39 min
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Working: How Klancy Miller Designs Recipes for ...
35 min
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Spoiler Specials: Happiest Season
Christina Cauterucci and June Thomas spoil a charmingly queer Christmas rom-com.
50 min
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Hit Parade: Friends in Low Places, Part 2
Brooks took on chart competitors from Guns n’ Roses to Madonna to Mariah Carey and bested them all … until he tried taking on the Beatles.
38 min
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Culture Gabfest: Girls on Film
58 min
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The Authority: The Cave
49 min
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Decoder Ring: The Cabbage Patch Kids Riots
How did a children'a toy inspire such bad adult behavior?
31 min
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Working: How Lovecraft Country’s Cinematographe...
46 min
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Culture Gabfest: That Schmoopy Feeling
52 min
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The Authority: The City of Magpies
42 min
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Hit Parade: Friends in Low Places, Part 1
Today your Hit Parade marches to the week ending October 27th, 1990, when “Friends in Low Places” by Garth Brooks was in its fourth week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles and Tracks
76 min
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Working: A Look Inside the World's Longest-Runn...
48 min
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Spoiler Specials: Freaky
Sam Adams and Karen Han spoil the new body-switching slasher film Freaky.
35 min
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Culture Gabfest: Endgame
55 min
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Working: Poet Javier Zamora Wants Readers to Kn...
44 min