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We remember guitarist, songwriter, and producer Steve Cropper, who helped create the Memphis soul sound of the '60s and '70s. He died this week at age 84. Stax Records produced soul hits by …
Clooney stars as an aging movie star who has neglected his family life in favor of his career in Noah Baumbach's new film 'Jay Kelly. ' He spoke with Tonya Mosley about his own journey with …
Tazewell made history as the first Black man to win the Oscar for costume design for the first installment of Wicked. He talks with Tonya Mosley about Wicked: For Good, the movies that inspi…
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We mark the 100th anniversary of The Grand Ole Opry, country music's biggest stage, and feature interviews with two of its members. First up, bluegrass banjo player Earl Scruggs. He and guit…
A filmed version of the live Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim's 'Merrily We Roll Along' will open in theaters on Dec. 5. We listen back to a 2024 interview with revival director Maria…
Shannon's known for playing intense, menacing characters, like Agent Nelson Van Alden in 'Boardwalk Empire.' In two new projects, though, he plays good guys " historical figures pursuing jus…
Ian and Mike look to the skies to help a listener solve her problem with motion sickness. Plus, a survivor of the longest recorded traffic jam in history shares how she got through it.
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In his new film, 'Rental Family,' Brendan Fraser plays an actor in Tokyo who takes a job with a rental family service. It's based on a real phenomenon in Japan: companies where you can hire …
This week, Niki Russ Federman and Josh Russ Tupper join Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Zach Zimmerman, and Faith SalieLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Priva…
Ben Stiller talks about his new Apple TV+ documentary about his actor/comedian parents Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. In the '60s and '70s, they were famous as the comedy duo, Stiller and Mea…
After the deaths of his parents, comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, Ben found a stash of their audio recordings. Those tapes are at the center of a new documentary, 'Stiller & Meara…
Erivo speaks with Tonya Mosley about the parallels between her life and the experience of her 'Wicked' character, Elphaba. She also talks about singing as a child, using perfume to get into …
Ethan Hawke stars in the new movie 'Blue Moon,' about lyricist Lorenz Hart, half of the Broadway duo Rodgers and Hart. It's his ninth collaboration with director Richard Linklater. He's also…
This week, Tiffany Haddish joins panelists Brian Babylon, Paula Poundstone, and Roxanne RobertsLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
"Every now and then you bump up against a part that presses you to the wall of your ability," Hawke says of playing lyricist Lorenz Hart in 'Blue Moon.' Hawke spoke with Terry Gross about co…
This week: A Broadway star tells us how he finished the New York Marathon and then performed in two shows back to back, a wife seeks advice on how best to shave her hairy companion, plus, ar…
The Oscar-winning actor/director has a new play, "Topsy Turvy," about a chorus that loses its ability to sing together after COVID isolation."Things that I had held sacred or had held as tru…
This week, we're live in Orange County with Roy Choi and panelists Tom Papa, Negin Farsad, and Karen CheeLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Pol…
Before he was directing box office hits or launching the careers of comedy superstars, Judd Apatow was a kid writing fan letters to his heroes, collecting autographs, and obsessively documen…
50 years ago next week, Patti Smith released her debut album, 'Horses,' ushering in a new era of rock and roll. We're listening back to portions of our interviews with Smith, from 1996 and 2…
Copeland says her final performance with American Ballet Theatre was a thank you to the communities that had supported her. "What I represented is something far bigger than me," she says. Sh…
This week, Julia Fox joins panelists Alonzo Bodden, Adam Burke, and Josh GondelmanLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
DaCosta directed the box office hit horror movie Candyman and The Marvels. Her latest, Hedda, is an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's 1891 play, Hedda Gabler. She reimagines the main character as…
This week: Filmmaker Alice Wu shares a clever trick to help you finally finish that thing you've been working on, why teenagers are taking over the comments sections of old podcast episodes,…
