‘Odyssey’ translator Emily Wilson: Nolan should've hired a screenwriter
Renowned classics scholar Emily Wilson caused a stir when her critical review of Christopher Nolan's ‘The Odyssey’ went viral. Wilson explains her reaction to the film and why she's translating the po...
29 Jul 45min
The forces that shape gun culture
Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘New York Times’ reporter Mike McIntire says gun companies and the NRA are broadening the scope of the Second Amendment, socializing kids to appreciate guns and marketing a new ...
28 Jul 45min
French-Moroccan writer Leïla Slimani on feminism & freedom
Award-winning writer Leïla Slimani grew up in Morocco, where women were second-class citizens, but inside her home and with her family, she was free to speak her mind. Her mother, a doctor, pushed her...
27 Jul 45min
Best Of: Broadway legend André De Shields / Apache Chef Nephi Craig
At the age of 80, André De Shields is now on Broadway in “CATS: The Jellicle Ball.” He won a Tony in 2019 for his performance in “Hadestown” and co-stars in the new movie of the revival. He talks with...
25 Jul 49min
A former nun on why she ran away from her 'Cloistered' life
Poverty, chastity, obedience, total devotion – and rebellion. Catherine Coldstream talks with Terry Gross about her years as a Carmelite nun and why she left the monastery. Her memoir is ‘Cloistered: ...
24 Jul 45min
Lee Sung Jin on the breakthrough that led him to ‘BEEF’
The second season of Lee Sung Jin’s Netflix series ‘BEEF’ earned 16 Emmy nominations. Set at an exclusive country club, it stars Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan in a story about class struggles and gen...
23 Jul 45min
Jia Tolentino on ‘Our Plastic Surgery Nightmare’
Botox, fillers, facelifts: Plastic surgery is becoming so normalized and undetectable, it's changing our relationship to reality. ‘New Yorker’ staff writer Jia Tolentino considers how beauty standards...
22 Jul 46min
Broadway legend André De Shields doesn't walk, he floats
At the age of 80, Broadway legend André De Shields now starring in "CATS: The Jellicle Ball." He won a Tony in 2019 for his performance in "Hadestown," and co-stars in the new film of last year’s Lon...
21 Jul 45min
