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Friday, January 8 2016

  • Episode 12: Sarah Koenig on "Serial," and a Resilient Poet January 8, 2016

    In this episode, Sarah Koenig talks to David Remnick about the latest season of Serial, Jelani Cobb revisits his old high school, and poet Robin Coste Lewis talks to Hilton Als. (episode)

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    • Sarah Koenig Talks with David Remnick January 8, 2016

      In this interview, Koenig tells Remnick why she never fit in as a newspaper writer, and how that led her to the style she cultivated as a producer of This American Life and Serial.

    • Robin Coste Lewis Turns Tragedy to Triumph January 8, 2016

      After Robin Coste Lewis incurred brain damage from falling through a hole in the floor of a San Francisco restaurant, it took her a year just to re-learn the alphabet.

    • Richard Brody Picks Movies to Watch and Watch Out For January 8, 2016

      If you thought &ldquo;50 Shades of Grey&rdquo; was a highly watchable movie, you and film critic Richard Brody have something in common.

    • Jelani Cobb on the Closing of Jamaica High January 8, 2016

      Jelani Cobb, a staff writer who graduated from Jamaica High in 1987, visits his alma mater and speaks with a recent alum to see how things went so wrong at the once prestigious school.

    • A Father-Son Education in Top 40 Hits January 8, 2016

      Staff writer John Seabrook and his teen-age son Harry sit down to discuss their discovery of, and secret fondness for, Ke$ha and today's other Top 40 superstars.