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  • Best Of Colin Jost / Matthew Rhys

    ‘Saturday Night Live’ “Weekend Update” co-anchor Colin Jost talks about telling jokes about race with Michael Che and why he prefers writing to speaking. His new memoir is ‘A Very Punchable Face.’ …

    July 17, 2020 read more
    Listen — 50:21
  • Charlize Theron / Danny Trejo

    Charlize Theron spoke with Terry Gross last year about growing up in Apartheid-era South Africa and growing up with an abusive father. She now stars in the film ‘The Old Guard’ on Netflix. Also, we …

    July 17, 2020 read more
    Listen — 48:39
  • Why The U.S. Prison System Makes Mental Illness Worse (And How We Might Fix It)

    Dr. Christine Montross says in the U.S., people with serious mental illnesses are far more likely to be incarcerated than to be treated in a psychiatric hospital. Montross studied systemic change in …

    July 16, 2020 read more
    Listen — 48:08
  • Jane Mayer: Trump Used Pandemic To Weaken Worker Protections

    Journalist Jane Mayer reports the Trump administration has weakened federal health and safety regulations of the poultry industry as plants have become COVID-19 hotspots, and allowed managers to …

    July 15, 2020 read more
    Listen — 48:04
  • SNL’s Colin Jost

    The ‘Saturday Night Live’ “Weekend Update” co-anchor and writer Colin Jost acknowledges that his clean-cut image sometimes rubs people the wrong way. “When I get hurt or hit on camera,” he says, …

    July 14, 2020 read more
    Listen — 49:37
  • Matthew Rhys

    Rhys says his version of the iconic criminal defense attorney Perry Mason is more hardboiled than the one Raymond Burr played on TV: “He’s a man who kind of lives on whiskey and cigarettes.” We also …

    July 13, 2020 read more
    Listen — 48:14
  • Best Of: Padma Lakshmi / Patrick Stewart

    In her new Hulu series, ‘Taste the Nation,’ Padma Lakshmi explores the different cultures that contribute to American cuisine. Lakshmi spoke with Terry Gross about splitting her childhood between …

    July 10, 2020 read more
    Listen — 50:32
  • ‘Moonlight’ Actor André Holland

    Growing up in Alabama, André Holland’s parents were voting rights activists and his father was a preacher. Holland is best known for his roles in ‘Moonlight’ and ‘Castle Rock.’ Next week he’ll star …

    July 10, 2020 read more
    Listen — 48:43
  • Chaos & Healing In The ER

    In her memoir, ‘The Beauty in Breaking,’ Dr. Michele Harper writes about treating gunshot wounds, getting punched in the face, and discovering evidence of child abuse. She’s also drawn insight and …

    July 9, 2020 read more
    Listen — 47:21
  • Why White Evangelicals Worship At The Altar Of Trump

    Journalist Sarah Posner says while President Trump may not speak the language of faith and Christian values, he speaks the language of grievance — giving voice to legal, social and cultural concerns …

    July 8, 2020 read more
    Listen — 48:16
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