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1151
A Word: Love, Family, and Freedom’s Ultimate Price
An assassin ended Medgar Evers’ life. His widow Myrlie Evers-Williams still nurtures his dream.
25 min
1152
Dear Prudence: My Parents Are Flaunting Their W...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by Slate writer and host Joel Anderson.
26 min
1153
What Next TBD: Reddit’s IPO Gamble
Will the public upvote it?
24 min
1154
Working: Finding Your Why
15 min
1155
Culture Gabfest: Kristen Stewart Pumps Iron
This week, the hosts discuss Love Lies Bleeding, Kate Winslet in The Regime, and the ethics of posthumous publishing.
52 min
1156
Well, Now - "People Feel Like They’re Drowning"...
With symptoms ranging from fatigue to cognitive impairment, Long Covid still confounds physicians. It doesn’t help that most of the nation has already moved on.
32 min
1157
Outward: Chase Strangio, Continued. Trans Visib...
Part two of our conversation with ACLU Lawyer Chase Strangio
19 min
1158
ICYMI: Anatomy of a Vasectomy
Plus, why Gypsy Rose Blanchard exited social media and called it the “doorway to hell”
40 min
1159
Hear Me Out: You Probably Don’t Need Therapy Fo...
The point of therapy is to equip you for success on your own.
41 min
1160
How To!: Help a Loved One With Dementia
Tami Anastasia on caring for loved ones at every stage of a difficult journey.
39 min
1161
Death, Sex & Money: A Former Pro Climber On End...
After years of scaling cliffs for a living, Mason Earle was diagnosed with ME/CFS, commonly called chronic fatigue syndrome.
57 min
1162
Hang Up: The NFL’s Quarterback Shuffle
66 min
1163
Working: From Corporate Job to Broadway Playwright
46 min
1164
Political Gabfest Reads: How Tana French Uses G...
The author’s new book The Hunter is another in a long line of great Tana French crime novels. But for French, the mystery structure has always been a means to an end.
26 min
1165
ICYMI: Reddit is the Real Host of “Love is Blind”
The sixth season of Netflix’s megahit reality tv dating series takes its best cues from Reddit.
40 min
1166
Hit Parade: Gotcha Covered Edition Part 1
A smash remake of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” has reminded us of the power of cover songs. But why are hit covers so rare today?
53 min
1167
What Next TBD: Is TikTok Cooked This Time?
Why does this issue snap a dysfunctional Congress into bipartisan agreement?
22 min
1168
Dear Prudence: My Ex Had Sex With My Brother. H...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by author Michael Arceneaux.
33 min
1169
A Word: Black Country Renaissance
After Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em” tops charts, the spotlight shines on Black women in country music.
37 min
1170
Well, Now: Life After Lockdown
After four years and more than a million deaths, is America’s Covid crisis really over?
38 min
1171
ICYMI: An ICYMI Birthday Spectacular
We’re turning three!
37 min
1172
Outward: Chase Strangio on the Anti-Trans Legis...
What’s at stake in the courts this year and how Dobbs impacts it all
54 min
1173
Decoder Ring: Why Stylists Rule the Red Carpet
Avery Trufelman and Melissa Rivers on what the fashion police hath wrought.
38 min
1174
Culture Gabfest: The Oscars Are Back, Baby!
This week, the hosts discuss the 96th Academy Awards, FX’s Shōgun, and the controversial Formula 1 story that took the media world by storm.
56 min
1175
What Next: Where is Kate Middleton?
Whither the Princess of Wales? And what’s with that photo?
23 min