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Dear Prudence: Should I Have A Baby? Help!
I want a baby, but severe mental health issues run in our family, and I’m worried.
32 min
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What Next: Does Steven Spielberg Have an Oscars...
It’s hard to call the most commercially-successful director of all time “underappreciated” but Spielberg’s relationship with the Academy hasn’t been particularly rosy.
25 min
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The Waves: Hollywood Needs an Overhaul
The Academy does need a “crisis team.” Just not for the reasons they think they do.
28 min
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Working: Is it Really Possible to Build Up Your...
17 min
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ICYMI: The Internet Should Be Fun
You just have to know where to look.
36 min
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Culture Gabfest: Creed III Delivers a Box Offic...
55 min
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Hang Up: Ja Morant’s Crossroads
68 min
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Working: An Oscar-Winning Writer's Creative Fle...
49 min
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ICYMI: The Internet Hates Hogwarts Legacy
A new video game set in the Harry Potter universe lays bare the mediocrity of Rowling’s world.
38 min
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A Word: De La Soul is Alive
The “Me Myself and I” trio’s music –now streaming– exemplified the best of rap’s collective spirit.
28 min
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Dear Prudence: Almost 50 with No Friends. Help!
Tell me how to develop social skills so I can finally have some friends.
25 min
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The Waves: It’s OK to Hate Your Spouse (Sometimes)
Ask Polly author Heather Havrilesky on why a dull marriage might, actually, be good for you.
32 min
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ICYMI: Selena Gomez Loves Logging Off
But she never stays offline for long.
37 min
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Culture Gabfest: Party Down Parties Again
53 min
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Hang Up: Scandal in Alabama
81 min
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Working: The Two Brothers Who Changed Video Gam...
46 min
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ICYMI: North West Is TikTok’s New Queen
Is deploying her mother’s business savvy or just enjoying being a kid?
33 min
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Hit Parade: A Little Love and Some Tenderness E...
44 min
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Dear Prudence: Sister Wants Me to Be Her Surrog...
My sister is in desperate need of a surrogate, but I can’t help her.
34 min
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A Word: Ranching, Racism, and Rumors
Black ranchers in Colorado claim racist neighbors and cops are targeting them.
19 min
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The Waves: What Ballet’s Best Choreographer Des...
Ballet’s most famous choreographer left an amazing legacy–and many hurt women in his wake.
26 min
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Working: How to Take an Editor’s Feedback
23 min
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ICYMI: Tumblr Revived the Welcome to Night Vale...
A poll to find the top “Tumblr Sexyman” reminded users how much they loved narrator Cecil Palmer.
36 min
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Culture Gabfest: Marc Maron's Grouchy Grief
51 min
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Hang Up: Tiger’s Not Done Yet
71 min