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The AIDS Memorial

In collaboration with The AIDS Memorial, we present this special episode of Talk Easy. Five stories of love, loss, and remembrance from those...

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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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Matthew McConaughey

“I was like, you know what? I need to have a look at some things. Have a look back, give myself a proverbial winter, and figure out why I stepped in...

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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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Resmaa Menakem

“Many times trauma in a person decontextualized over time can look like personality. Trauma in a family decontextualized over time can look like...

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Noam Chomsky

“What’s needed is getting people to understand the world in which they live. It’s not a matter of trying to brainwash them with better slogans, but...

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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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Radha Blank

Writer/director Radha Blank joins us! We talk about taking back control of her voice in her debut film, now available via Netflix, The Forty-Year-Old...

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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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Claudia Rankine

“I think for black people, the history remains present because it’s repeating itself in slightly different ways over and over and over again...

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Miranda July

“That feeling becomes clearer… each thing is all there is. There isn’t some reward for the work that comes. There’s rewards, but it’s mostly...

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Jena Malone

In the search for radical honestly, Jena Malone is a true, multi-hyphenate artist: actor, musician, writer, dancer. Today she joins us to discuss her...

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Gloria Steinem

Rest in peace to the estimable Ruth Bader Ginsburg. We begin with a moment to reflect on Ginsburg’s enduring legacy, and how it must continue...

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Carrie Coon

Performer Carrie Coon (Fargo, The Leftovers) sits with us to discuss living a double life in her twenties (5:19), how acting serves as an outlet for...

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Cat Solen

Cat Solen, director of the Adult Swim series The Shivering Truth, sits down with us this week. She discusses the allegory and surrealism of The...

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