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Monday, October 20, 2025

Ken Burns On The American Revolution by NPR

Burns' new six-part PBS documentary series includes the perspectives of women, Native Americans and enslaved and free Black people " all of whom were initially excluded from the declaration …

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Saturday, October 18, 2025

WWDTM: Anna Kendrick, Jeff Gordon, and more! by NPR

This week, we nurse our sunburns while revisiting some of our favorite moments from this yearLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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Best Of: Julian Brave NoiseCat / Laufey by NPR

Julian Brave NoiseCat's Oscar-nominated documentary Sugarcane is about the mostly Catholic missionary boarding schools which Indigenous children, including older members of his family,…

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Friday, October 17, 2025

A Girl Grows Up In The Epicenter Of Gay Liberation by NPR

The new movie Fairyland, produced by Sofia Coppola, is adapted from the memoir by Alysia Abbott. She wrote about being the child of a gay single father at the dawn of the gay liberation m…

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Thursday, October 16, 2025

A Story Of Indigenous Survival & Resurgence by NPR

Filmmaker and writer Julian Brave NoiseCat is the son of an Indigenous Canadian father and white mother. After a cultural genocide, he says, living your life becomes an existential question.…

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Wednesday, October 15, 2025

HTDE: Earthquakes, Dentists, and How To Talk To Your Dog by NPR

On today's episode: a bold new way to help out when an earthquake hits, and Mike and Ian help out a listener with the help of a friendly dentist and a dog named Stella. Plus, our continuing …

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Saturday, October 11, 2025

WWDTM: Taimane by NPR

This week, we're live in Honolulu with panelists Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Peter Grosz, and Paula Poundstone. Plus, special guest Taimane!Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoic…

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Best Of: Dwayne Johnson / Comic Cristela Alonzo by NPR

WWE superstar Dwayne Johnson plays MMA fighter Mark Kerr in Benny Safdie's The Smashing Machine. "The Rock" spoke with Terry Gross about the role, his many injuries, and his wrestling per…

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Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Laufey Is Unapologetically Herself by NPR

Icelandic jazz-pop star Laufey spoke with Terry Gross about her classical training in cello, breaking out online during COVID, and her first arena tour. "I've been inspired by Golden Age …

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Tuesday, October 7, 2025

'Dopesick' Writer Returns To Her 'Fractured' Hometown by NPR

Journalist and Dopesick author Beth Macy returned to the Ohio factory town where she grew up to find jobs have left, families are struggling and old friends now embrace conspiracy theorie…

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Saturday, October 4, 2025

WWDTM: Becca Mann by NPR

This week, special guest Becca Mann joins guest host Negin Farsad and panelists Shantira Jackson, Hari Kondabolu, and Adam FelberLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/…

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Friday, October 3, 2025

Al Pacino & Sidney Lumet: 'Dog Day Afternoon' At 50 by NPR

A film about a man trying to fund a gender-affirming operation by robbing a bank sounds like a modern-day plot. But 50 years ago, that was the scenario for the classic film Dog Day Aftern…

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Thursday, October 2, 2025

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson by NPR

The WWE superstar considered pursuing a career in mixed martial arts before realizing, "I don't like getting punched in the face." Johnson plays MMA fighter Mark Kerr in Benny Safdie's Th…

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Wednesday, October 1, 2025

HTDE: AI, War, and Exercise, with Arnold Schwarzenegger by NPR

On today's episode, how to get rid of Google's AI summaries, and we help a listener who wants to exercise in her car during a long commute"with an assist from a very overqualified exerciser …

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Monday, September 29, 2025

Comic Cristela Alonzo by NPR

For the first seven years of her life, Cristela Alonzo lived in an abandoned diner in a south Texas border town. She spoke with Terry Gross about ICE raids, being mentored by labor activi…

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Saturday, September 27, 2025

WWDTM: Cynthia Nixon by NPR

This week, special guest Cynthia Nixon joins panelists Negin Farsad, KC Shornima, and Adam BurkeLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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Thursday, September 25, 2025

Scarlett Johansson & June Squibb On 'Eleanor The Great' by NPR

Actor Scarlett Johansson makes her directorial debut with Eleanor The Great, about a 94-year-old woman who claims her dead friend's Holocaust story as her own. "It's rare to feel surpr…

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Saturday, September 20, 2025

WWDTM: Chip Caray by NPR

This week, we're live in St. Louis with Cardinals' play-by-play announcer Chip Carey and panelists Rachel Coster, Dulcé Sloan, and Adam FelberLearn more about sponsor message choices: podca…

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Best Of: Jude Law / Pedro Pascal by NPR

Jude Law now stars in the thriller series Black Rabbit on Netflix. He spoke with Tonya Mosley about the show, working with a dialect coach, and why he worked with a perfumer to play…

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Thursday, September 18, 2025

Jude Law by NPR

Jude Law's new Netflix series Black Rabbit with Jason Bateman follows two brothers in New York City, one a successful restaurateur, the other on the run and in debt.  He spoke with …

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Wednesday, September 17, 2025

HTDE: How To Make Lasagna Without An Oven, with Peter Sagal by NPR

Today, Mike and Ian recruit the help of legendary Taste-Tester-Turned-Public-Radio-Host Peter Sagal to rate a new, unorthodox approach to making lasagna. Plus, a listener calls in claiming h…

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Sunday, September 14, 2025

Best Of: Rob Reiner On 'Spinal Tap II' / Billy Strings by NPR

Rob Reiner talks with Terry Gross about directing the new sequel to Spinal Tap, the mockumentary about a heavy metal band.  He'll  also talk about his remarkable life and career, li…

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Saturday, September 13, 2025

WWDTM: Bob Costas by NPR

This week, special guest Bob Costas joins panelists Emmy Blotnick, Brian Babylon, and Peter Grosz. Plus, Oscar-and-Grammy-winner Rhymefest steps in for Bill!Learn more about sponsor message …

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Friday, September 12, 2025

Inside Netflix's 'Adolescence' by NPR

The Netflix miniseries follows a 13-year-old accused of murdering a girl from his school. Co-creator and star Stephen Graham says he read about similar crimes and wanted to know: "Why is thi…

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Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Rob Reiner's 'Spinal Tap' Still Goes To 11 by NPR

Reiner's 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap sparked a new genre of satire. Now, more than 40 years later, the band is back in a new sequel, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues. "T…

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Saturday, September 6, 2025

Best Of : Jane Fonda / Spike Lee by NPR

At 87, Oscar-winning actor Jane Fonda is pouring her energy into activism. She'll reflect on her decades-long career, and how she first began her fitness empire to fund her activist work.Â…

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WWDTM: Reneé Rapp by NPR

This week, special guest Reneé Rapp joins panelists Alonzo Bodden, Shane O'Neill, and Amy Dickinson in ChicagoLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Priva…

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Wednesday, September 3, 2025

HTDE: OOO Baby, with Andy Samberg, Kate McKinnon, and U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón by NPR

We are so back! How To Do Everything returns for a packed second season. This episode, one listener asks Mike and Ian how to write the perfect "out of office" message. So, they confer with t…

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Saturday, August 30, 2025

WWDTM: Live at Tanglewood with Paul Giamatti! by NPR

This week, we're live at Tanglewood with special guest Paul Giamatti and panelists Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Tom Bodett, and Mo Rocca!Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.c…

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Saturday, August 23, 2025

WWDTM: Sterling K. Brown, Nathan Lane, Brian Tyree Henry, and Vanessa Bayer by NPR

This week, our summer break continues with visits from our coolest guests, including Sterling K. Brown, Nathan Lane, Brian Tyree Henry, and Vanessa Bayer!Learn more about sponsor message cho…

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Friday, August 22, 2025

Remembering Actor Terence Stamp by NPR

We remember British actor Terence Stamp, who died last week at age 87. He starred in the film The Limey, as an ex-con out for revenge, and in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the …

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