Black Futures with Kimberly Drew and J Wortham
Following the recent release of their anthology, Black Futures, curator Kimberly Drew and journalist J Wortham join us this week. We discuss their hopes for 2021 (7:33), interrogating institutions lik...
21 Maalis 202147min
The Golden Age of Amanda Seyfried
From Mean Girls to Mamma Mia! to First Reformed, actor Amanda Seyfried has repeatedly displayed her versatility as a performer. She does so again in David Fincher’s Mank, playing 1920s and '30s screen...
14 Maalis 202149min
Winnie Byanyima's Lifelong Fight for Equality
Winnie Byanyima has devoted her life to public service, fighting for gender equality and racial justice. She joins us this week to discuss growing up in Uganda under a brutal dictatorship (2:30), even...
7 Maalis 20211h 4min
At 74, Actor Glynn Turman Keeps On
At age 74, Emmy award-winning actor Glynn Turman “keeps on keepin’ on.” This week on the show, he tells us how. We discuss his first role in Broadway’s original production of A Raisin in the Sun (5:03...
28 Helmi 202140min
Rest and Rebuild with Brittany Packnett Cunningham
As we find our footing in 2021, activist and educator Brittany Packnett Cunningham is focused on the work ahead. She joins us this week to unpack the aftermath of the Capitol riots (4:11), her entry p...
21 Helmi 202157min
Alone but Never Lonely: Johnny Mathis at 85
For 65 years, Johnny Mathis has been hailed as the voice of romance. In the most unusual of Valentine’s Days, we call up the legendary singer to look back on his early days in San Francisco (8:13), pe...
14 Helmi 202136min
Short Stories with George Saunders
George Saunders (“Tenth of December”, “Lincoln in the Bardo”) is one of the finest American writers working today. With the release of his new book, “A Swim in a Pond in the Rain“, we talk about comba...
7 Helmi 20211h 2min
Dr. Ashish Jha Sees the COVID Finish Line
As we approach a year in the pandemic, Dr. Ashish Jha offers some hope. He returns to the show this week to discuss the potential of new variants (2:48), the residual effects of Trump's isolationist p...
3 Helmi 202136min
