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Laufey

“My kind of guiding light as a musician is to keep jazz traditions alive and bring them to a new audience. When I was starting out, I was like, I’m a...

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Abbi Jacobson

“I’m yearning to go a little deeper in all ways. I still have that yearning that Ilana and I had. That hustle feels in my bones.” -Abbi...

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The Aftermath of 9/11

Last fall, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11, we turned to the work of photographer Joel Meyerowitz. In the aftermath of that fateful day...

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Lorde

“I really have been filling rooms with people to try and understand. A lot of Pure Heroine was just me standing in the corners of parties...

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Lorde

“I really have been filling rooms with people to try and understand. A lot of Pure Heroine was just me standing in the corners of parties...

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Brian De Palma

“Whether it’s the studio, the producers, the actors, art directors– everybody’s got an ego and you have to be very aware of how they’re...

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Janicza Bravo and Joi McMillon

“The jewel of getting older is being able to appreciate the road more. Or being able to look back on the road and go, ‘yes, it was hard, but it...

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Anna Sale

“Life is having the bottom fall out and having to rebuild it back. And how you rebuild it back–and with whom–is what our lives are made of...

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Michael Lewis

“The goal is to move through life in a way that you don’t miss the thing you really love to do. That you don’t walk away from it by mistake...

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Fran Lebowitz

Fran Lebowitz is the author of books like Metropolitan Life (1978) and Social Studies (1981). She is also a renowned public speaker, performing...

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Justin Rosenstein

We’re joined by Justin Rosenstein, the man who led the team behind the Facebook like button. Now the co-founder of Asana, he breaks down the...

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Dr. Ashish Jha

On today’s show: two dispatches from inside the medical community and Silicon valley, respectively. First we’re joined by Justin...

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Rutger Bregman

“If you are comfortable, if you enjoy your life, maybe you’re part of the problem. If your ideals do not make you uncomfortable—if you do not pay a...

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Antwaun Sargent

With the art world in flux, writer and critic Antwaun Sargent (The New Yorker, NY Times) joins us this week. We discuss the turbulence inside museums...

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Cornel West

“I just want to be a part of that tradition of love warriors. Malcolm was a part of it, Martin was a part of it, Fannie Lou Hamer was a part of it...

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Rep. Ilhan Omar

“A lot of people speak about the greatness of our constitution, to the exceptional ways in which American society is set up. But they rarely speak to...

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