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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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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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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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