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The Reading Life: Nicholas Lemann
3+ hour, 36+ min ago (215+ words) Susan Larson talks with Nicholas Lemann about his new book,Returning: A Search for Home Across Three Centuries Tayyba Kanbal reads from and signs "Talking with Boys," Friday, February 27, at 7 p.m. at Blue Cypress Books. The Friends of the Jefferson Public…...
Taking a bow in your 90s: These nonagenarians get their big breaks on stage in NYC
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (648+ words) Professional actors and singers are like athletes. They use their bodies constantly, performing up to eight times a week. Remarkably, three different women in their 90s have been gracing New York stages this season. Reporter Jeff Lunden caught up with them…...
'Wait Wait' for November 15, 2025: With Not My Job guest Tiffany Haddish
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (159+ words) This week's show was recorded in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, judge and scorekeeper Bill Kurtis, Not My Job guest Tiffany Haddish and panelists Brian Babylon, Paula Poundstone, and Roxanne Roberts. Click the audio link above to hear the whole…...
'Bugonia' is a psychological thriller that keeps you guessing from scene to scene
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (93+ words) In this wickedly funny dark comedy, Emma Stone stars as a high-powered CEO who gets kidnapped by a low-ranking employee, played by Jesse Plemons, who believes she's an alien from outer space. This newscast is updated weekdays at 6am, 9am, noon, 3pm, and…...
Marc Maron on why it's time for his 'WTF' podcast to end
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (164+ words) Marc Maron is proud of his run as host of his podcast, WTF. And because of that, he's bringing it to a close. He wants to avoid it becoming just another show "feeding the garbage bin of content." This newscast…...
Nick Kroll and Andrew Rannells explain how 'I Don't Understand You' got made
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (819+ words) The movie "I Don't Understand You" starts with a couple in Los Angeles making an audition tape. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU") NICK KROLL: (As Dom) We see the adoption process as an amazing opportunity to look at…...
Fresh Air Weekend: Ramy Youssef; Danny McBride
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (203+ words) Youssef was in fifth grade and living in New Jersey on Sept. 11. His new show, #1 Happy Family USA, draws on his experiences. McBride sends a love letter to the South with The Righteous Gemstones. This newscast is updated weekdays at…...
Sept. 11 turns life upside down for a 'Happy Family' in Ramy Youssef's animated show
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (501+ words) Actor Ramy Youssef was in fifth grade and living in New Jersey when the Twin Towers fell in the Sept. 11 attacks. He remembers feeling sad in the wake of the tragedy " and also acutely aware of his family's Egyptian ethnicity…...
'Class Clown' looks back on Dave Barry's sometimes-dark past with his trademark humor
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (419+ words) DAVE BARRY: Thanks for having me. Appreciate it. SIMON: Class clown - that's an official title you were bestowed once, wasn't it? BARRY: I actually won the title - well, the male title - it was male and female back then - of class…...
50 years of 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail': Its legacy and what it means to fans
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (982+ words) Updated July 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM CDT Before the 1975 release of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the British comedy troupe Monty Python was barely known overseas. People in Britain knew the group, made up of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam,…...