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Stories of people pushing up against generations of tradition, and meeting resistance along the way. (article)
What should we do with the traditions—in culture, religion, or the workplace—that no longer reflect our values? Three stories of change from the producer Ngofeen Mputubwele. (episode)
The author of a recent memoir talks with Ngofeen Mputubwele about the pain of “breaking up with God”—and why there was no alternative for her.
After George Floyd’s murder, Black artists like Britton Smith forced Broadway to acknowledge structural racism in the industry. Now, Smith looks at what has changed—and what hasn’t.
Dying of a broken heart no longer represents an ideal of womanhood. Ngofeen Mputubwele talks about how a flawed masterpiece was remade for our time.
Serving as the Poet Laureate, Smith took literature to community centers, senior centers, prisons—to heal our political divides. (article)
A bona-fide guitar hero puts a fresh spin on some holiday classics. And the former United States Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith on reading poetry across the political divide. (episode)
A bona-fide guitar hero puts a fresh spin on “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “The Little Drummer Boy,” and other somewhat-too-familiar seasonal hits.
Serving as the Poet Laureate, Smith took literature to community centers, senior centers, prisons—to heal our political divides.
Well known as a cartoonist and a humor writer, respectively, Chast and Marx reveal their double lives as a ukulele duo who were superstars in their time.
A bona-fide guitar hero puts a fresh spin on Rudolph and the Little Drummer Boy. Plus, the celebrated cartoonist Roz Chast reveals her double life as a ukulele superstar. (article)
What kind of accent does a fantasy villain speak in? Robin Miles—who has recorded more than 400 audiobooks—shares her secrets with Daniel Gross. (article)
The food guru explains why she hated dinnertime growing up, and how she learned to love it. Garten takes questions from listeners on everything from bay leaves to her scarves. (article)
The food guru explains why she hated dinnertime growing up, and how she learned to love it. And we dig into the craft of reading an audiobook with a master of the form. (episode)
The food guru explains why she hated dinnertime growing up, and how she learned to love it. Garten takes questions from our listeners on everything from bay leaves to her scarves.
What kind of accent does a fantasy villain speak in? Robin Miles—who has recorded more than 400 audiobooks—shares her secrets with Daniel Gross.
The founder of Snakebusters Snake Handlers liked providing a service for his neighbors in Texas. And for whatever reasons, he just loved rattlesnakes.
Clark’s new collection is a meditation on language and communication. He reflects on the sensory world of DeafBlind writers, and his reception by hearing and sighted audiences. (article)
Famously contrarian, Döpfner challenges everyone from Fox News to the New York Times for pandering, he says, to increasingly partisan audiences. Plus, scenes from the World Cup. (article)