• Wild Card with Rachel Martin

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Wild Card with Rachel Martin

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  • Part-interview, part-existential game show – this is Wild Card from NPR. Host Rachel Martin rips up the typical interview script and invites guests to play a game about life's biggest questions. Rachel takes actors, artists and thinkers on a choose-your-own-adventure conversation that lets them open up about their fears, their joys and how they've built meaning from experience – all with the help of a very special deck of cards.

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  • Ada Limón doesn't want all the answers

    Ada Limón doesn't want all the answers
    May 23 2024
    As U.S. poet laureate, Ada Limón has focused her attention on the natural world, most recently editing a collection of nature poems, titled "You Are Here." But Limón's ability to see what others often overlook goes beyond nature. Limón talks with Rachel about learning to forgive yourself, the smell of her grandparents' dueling fudge recipes and a premonition she once had.

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    30 mins
  • Why Chris Pine gave up on being perfect

    Why Chris Pine gave up on being perfect
    May 16 2024
    Chris Pine says his directorial debut, Poolman, got "obliterated" by critics. But the Star Trek and Wonder Woman star tells Rachel that the experience helped him reevaluate his desire for perfection. Chris also debates predestination with Rachel, reflects on the struggle to feel awe and discusses his recurring childhood dreams of having tea with an elf in a tree.

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    27 mins
  • Issa Rae thinks a little delusion goes a long way

    Issa Rae thinks a little delusion goes a long way
    May 9 2024
    Last year, Issa Rae was in three Oscar-nominated movies (Barbie, American Fiction and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse) and she also won a Peabody. Despite her success, the Insecure creator tells Rachel there have been forks in the road that still keep her up at night. Issa explains why she loves writing from a place of fear, and connects with Rachel over the way they keep lost loved ones close.

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    28 mins
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Not My Cup of Tea

Listening to celebrities taking themselves way too seriously. New agey, wishy washy host Rachel Martin should have stuck to news. It's like the worst of NPR fake speech on steroids. And I generally like NPR. Yuck!

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