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THIS WEEK'S SHOW: September 5, 9 PM
Political conversation in a sonic Scottish pub.
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Tarantino’s 9th
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A Politics of Love
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Fuhgedaboutit
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Middlemarch at the Beach
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Casino Capital
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Claudia Rankine’s Citizen
In the time of Ferguson, Baltimore, and Charleston, the poet Claudia Rankine has been the lyric teller of our deepest hurt. Her new book, Citizen: An American Lyric, was a best-seller and something of a lifeline this year, ...
July 12, 2018
The Grenfell Tragedy
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October 1, 2015
Life After Incarceration
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July 21, 2016
Billie Holiday at 100
The astonishment about Billie Holiday in her 100th birthday summer is how differently we hear her. Back in the day — in her music, in her autobiography — Lady Day was the full catalog of ...
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