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W. Kamau Bell

“So much of this is about representation. We have enough people in our communities who could be role models and international icons, but we...

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Dr. James Whitfield

“I stand on the shoulders of those people that came before me. There are people counting on me to step up and say what needs to be said, and do...

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Glory Edim

“We can be resources for one another. We can share our value and show people how the publishing industry really works. Within the podcast...

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Cate Blanchett

“The privilege I’ve had in being an actor is having been able to enter lot of different psyches. Solidity is a dangerous place for the...

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Questlove

“I want to note how important dreaming is. I absolutely grab people by the collar and insist, implore them: daydream more. Summer of Soul was the...

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Tessa Thompson

“I wanted to make Passing because of this idea of what gets to be canon. No one ever handed me Nella Larsen’s work. I didn’t know it...

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Ezra Klein

“There’s a mismatch in the way American elections work, which ends up making it hard for people to think strategically and clearly. In...

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Alana Haim

“It makes me emotional—how rich my life is with such amazing people. I’m so grateful to have met Paul and Cooper. Like, look at this thing we...

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Brittany Packnett Cunningham

“White supremacy is not a mystery. To act like we don’t know what it looks like when it rams the door of a federal building is not only...

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George Saunders

“The universe actually isn’t designed to protect you at all. It really isn’t. We’re getting an international reminder of that in spades...

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A Talk Easy Holiday Special

Today marks the fifth annual Talk Easy holiday special, and we’re partnering with Covenant House to celebrate.                             ...

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Noam Chomsky

We need constant engagement. If you want to live in a civilized decent country, you’re going to have to work for it. In fact, if you want to...

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Michael Tubbs

“Sometimes showing emotion and being vulnerable isn’t a bad thing. It actually leads to more connections to the folks you’re trying to reach...

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Jhumpa Lahiri

“Nothing is ours. Life is borrowed. We’re here for such a short time and we just pass through and borrow it all. We borrow the sky, we...

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Buffy Sainte-Marie

In my philosophy, everybody is ripening at our own pace. Just like any seed, or any flower or any tree or any animal—we’re all ripening, each one, at...

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Melanie Lynskey

There’s a real hierarchy when you’re an actor. And if you’re working on a set with a lot of famous people, you can really be made...

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Vicky Krieps

That’s what’s crazy about movies. So many things that are pointed out in the film, or that may be the quest of the character, seemed to be happening...

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Janaya Future Khan

Part of my job is to bring meaning back into words—coupled with a power analysis that goes deeper than instant coffee politics, which are a byproduct...

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