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Working: How Chef Hooni Kim Brings Korean Stapl...
42 min
1852
ICYMI: Does Nicki Minaj Really Owe the IRS $173...
Plus: Beyoncé made some album changes, and why Lockheed-Martin trended recently.
29 min
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Spoiler Specials: Bullet Train
Dana Stevens and Sam Adams spoil David Leitch’s Bullet Train.
22 min
1854
A Word: Full-Court Fighter
NBA great Bill Russell never apologized for fighting racism. It cost him.
33 min
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The Waves: Liz Cheney’s Mom Energy
She’s disappointed in Trump. But she still voted with him 93 percent of the time.
29 min
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ICYMI: Dipping Marcel the Shell in Pink Sauce
Plus: Beyoncé, and the Bridgerton musical lawsuit
32 min
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Culture Gabfest: Alien Superstar
55 min
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Decoder Ring: The Most Famous Poet No One Remem...
Searching for Rod McKuen.
43 min
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How To!: Be an Artist and Not Starve
Aaron Dworkin on finding your signature style and making a living.
33 min
1860
Hang Up: How Bill Russell Changed America
60 min
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Working: Inside the Casting Process for FX’s Re...
46 min
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ICYMI: We Have Some Gossip For You
The internet has democratized and ruined our ability to talk about people we don’t know.
31 min
1863
Hit Parade: Point of No Return Part 2
45 min
1864
A Word: The Third COVID Summer
People are done with the virus; unfortunately, the virus isn’t done with us.
18 min
1865
The Waves: Cafeteria Catholics Can Support Abor...
The Catholic Church claims abortion activists are threatening them. Is that true?
27 min
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Working: Learning a New Creative Hobby
23 min
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Culture Gabfest: Summer Strut 2022
78 min
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ICYMI: What is "Hitting the Strip"?
32 min
1869
Decoder Ring: The Mall is Dead (Long Live the M...
For a supposedly dying place, the mall keeps hanging around.
40 min
1870
Hang Up: Pickleball Is Everywhere
71 min
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Working: Artist Nayland Blake on Capitalism and...
52 min
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Gabfest Reads: Revolution Through Teenage Eyes
Vanessa Hua’s Forbidden City follows a sixteen-year-old dancer into Mao’s China.
26 min
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ICYMI: Madison Malone Kircher Logs Off
Plus, the greatest High Speed Download ever.
31 min
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Spoiler Specials: Nope
52 min
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A Word: Hip Hop McCarthyism?
Prosecutors are using rap lyrics in court, with very high stakes.
16 min