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Longform Podcast #555: Evan Hughes

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Evan Hughes is a journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, GQ, The Atlantic, The Atavist…

241: 20 Acts in 60 Minutes

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Yet another testimony to the power chickens have over our hearts and minds.  Jack Hitt reports on an opera about…

Amy Tan on Writing and Depression, and Using What is Beyond Our Ordinary Senses

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~~~~ Amy Tan Teaches Fiction, Memory, and Imagination – MasterClass page “Amy Tan was 33 before she first explored her…

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Longform Podcast #549: Reginald Dwayne Betts

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Reginald Dwayne Betts is a poet, lawyer, and founder of the nonprofit Freedom Reads. His New York Times Magazine article…

Longform Podcast #548: Susan Burton

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Susan Burton is an editor at This American Life, the author of the memoir Empty, and the host of the…

Maggie Gyllenhaal on working with the dark and light

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818: Stand Clear of the Closing Doors

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In the last year and a half, New York City has scrambled to try and provide shelter and services to…

Music Review: Romantic Music – Cupid & Psyche

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