Episodes

  • The Inside Story of Trump, Russia, and the Mueller Investigation

    The Inside Story of Trump, Russia, and the Mueller Investigation
    Sep 24 2024
    Mueller deputy Aaron Zebley looks back on the investigation of Trump's ties to Russia and explains why his team didn't indict the president in 2017. Zebley is the co-author of Interference.

    David Bianculli reviews WandaVision spin-off, Agatha All Along on Disney+.

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    45 mins
  • Why 'Joker' Director Todd Phillips Came Back For A Sequel

    Why 'Joker' Director Todd Phillips Came Back For A Sequel
    Sep 23 2024
    After his 2019 hit Joker, Todd Phillips knew he wanted to do more with the character. Joker: Folie à Deux picks up two years after the original, and features singing by Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga. The director spoke with Terry Gross about his collaboration with Phoenix, how he got into filmmaking, and casting Gaga.

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  • Best Of: Connie Chung / Demi Moore

    Best Of: Connie Chung / Demi Moore
    Sep 21 2024
    Pioneering television journalist Connie Chung gives us a behind-the-scenes look at what it took for her to climb to the top in the male-dominated field of TV news. Her new memoir is Connie.

    Also, we talk with Demi Moore about her new horror film The Substance, in which she plays an aging actress who loses her job hosting a workout show because her boss thinks she's too old and not hot enough.

    John Powers reviews the new documentary ¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor!

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    48 mins
  • A Satire Of the Sunshine State

    A Satire Of the Sunshine State
    Sep 20 2024
    Florida's population has quintupled since writer Carl Hiaasen grew up near Fort Lauderdale in the '50s. As a former Miami Herald columnist and novelist, Hiaasen railed against, and made fun of, politicians and developers who he said were covering the state with concrete, and the tourists and retirees who just kept coming. Hiaasen's 2013 novel, Bad Monkey, a wacky murder mystery set in Key West COMMA is now a television series streaming on Apple TV +, starring Vince Vaughn.

    Also, we remember revered jazz historian, archivist and critic Dan Morgenstern, who died earlier this month. Critic-at-Large John Powers reviews Kate Atkinson's latest mystery novel, and TV critic David Bianculli reviews the new HBO series, The Penguin.

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    46 mins
  • Maggie Haberman On Trump's Turbulent 2024 Campaign

    Maggie Haberman On Trump's Turbulent 2024 Campaign
    Sep 19 2024
    NYT senior political correspondent Maggie Haberman, who has spent years covering former President Trump, discusses his behavior on the campaign trail, including his need to respond to every slight, even when it damages his appeal to voters.

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  • Connie Chung Regrets Being A Good Girl

    Connie Chung Regrets Being A Good Girl
    Sep 18 2024
    TV news journalist Connie Chung has written a new tell-all memoir. It's about breaking into the boys club of her industry, her marriage to Maury Povitch, and the big scoops of her career. The funny and off-the-cuff news icon spoke with Tonya Mosley.

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  • How Trump Created The Illusion Of Success

    How Trump Created The Illusion Of Success
    Sep 17 2024
    Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner spent years investigating the former president's finances and various businesses. They dispel Trump's myth of being a self-made billionaire, and trace the missteps he made, squandering his father's fortune. Their book is Lucky Loser.

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  • Demi Moore's New Beginning

    Demi Moore's New Beginning
    Sep 16 2024
    In the horror movie The Substance, Demi Moore plays an aging actress who uses a black-market drug to create a younger version of herself. She says the film examines the pressures middle-aged women face to remain youthful. Moore spoke with Tonya Mosley about "compare and despair" in Hollywood, and why she's entered a new chapter of her life.

    Also, John Powers reviews the documentary ¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor!, about the South Park creators' ill-fated attempt to restore a beloved Colorado landmark.

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    43 mins