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Janelle Monáe

“I’m not going to give this country to a racist. I’m not going to give this country to a white supremacist. I’m not going to give this country to...

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Brittany Howard

“The pandemic does disarm us all because we’re not in control of where we’re going in the future. We don’t know, but man...

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Carol Burnett

“Life goes on and things come to an end, but then you have to be grateful that it all existed. That you were able to make your dreams real...

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Tyler Mitchell

Tyler Mitchell is a photographer and filmmaker based in Brooklyn. His anticipated debut book, I Can Make You Feel Good, is a timely and unabashedly...

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Tituss Burgess

“Given Americans’ relationship to Black men and the sordid, vile nature with which it treats us systematically, and given the vile nature that...

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Leah Remini

On the heels of her recent Emmy nomination for Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, the dazzling actress sits with us. As a child, Leah found...

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Norman Lear

“In 98 years, I’ve never lived through such a moment—nor anticipated such a moment. It amazes me the time we’re in, in terms of it being...

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Jenny Slate

“I felt like a ghost looking at things that were all functioning properly in a beautiful world, but I just wasn’t part of it because of my own...

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Malcolm Gladwell

“The fundamental problem of our dealing with strangers is our own desire for certainty. What we’re struggling with is the fundamental ambiguity...

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Hannah Gadsby

Nanette was certainly designed as an experimental thought therapy for comedians. Because I’d noticed almost a stupid badge of honor associated...

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Fran Lebowitz

“Generally to be a writer, to be an actual writer, you have to be outside. By which I mean, you have to be outside whatever it is you’re in in...

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Run The Jewels

“I have been prepared to lead something, and I’m not saying an organization, a movement, I’m not saying that. I’ve been chosen to...

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Bill & Turner Ross

Documentarians Bill and Turner Ross have been painting portraits of American life for over a decade. Their latest film, Bloody Nose, Empty...

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Hasan Minhaj

“The powers that be… they’re not looking out for me. And they’re never gonna look for me. So, this dream that you had—that you were gonna...

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Dr. Ashish Jha

“We’re still in the first wave. Everything we’re seeing right now is all first wave. And the way we’re doing this, it may be that...

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Radnor & Lee

Back in February I directed a music video for Radnor & Lee, the folk duo created by artists Josh Radnor and Ben Lee. Today we discuss using their...

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Dolores Huerta

Dolores Huerta is a trailblazing Latina labor leader, civil rights activist, and community organizer. At age 90, she joins us this week to share her...

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Holland Taylor

“I never thought in terms of ‘I’m going to buck the system.’ I just thought from day to day, minute to minute, lily pad to lily...

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