Best Rom Com Actually Podcasts (2025)

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Poetry as a Cistern for Love and Loss 24:10

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Gabrielle Calvocoressi’s most recent collection, “The New Economy,” was a finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry this year, and one of their poems was included in “A Century of Poetry in The New Yorker,” an anthology volume published this year on the occasion of the publication’s hundredth anniversary. The magazine’s poetry editor, Kevin Y…

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Don’t Tour Another Wedding Venue Until You Hear This 35:30

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Welcome back to The Pre Nup, the podcast that helps you plan your dream wedding without losing your mind! This week, Adriana sits down with Francesca DiSalvo-Follmer, longtime planner and partner at The Waverly, the brand-new venue redefining what a Charleston wedding can look like. With 16 years in the industry, Francesca understands exactly what …

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Leon Panetta on the Trump Administration’s Venezuelan Boat Strikes 26:21

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In the course of his long career, Leon Panetta was a lieutenant in the Army, a congressman from California, Bill Clinton’s White House chief of staff, Barack Obama’s director of the C.I.A., and later, his Secretary of Defense. David Remnick talks with Panetta about the current Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, the legality of the ongoing Navy str…

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Marshall Curry and Judd Apatow on “The New Yorker at 100,” a Documentary 32:30

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This year marked a hundred years since the birth of The New Yorker, and a documentary about the magazine’s past and present, “The New Yorker at 100,” is now streaming on Netflix. The director is the Academy Award winner Marshall Curry, and Judd Apatow served as an executive producer. They sat down to talk about the process behind the film with Jela…

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Chloé Zhao on “Hamnet,” Her Film About William Shakespeare’s Grief 23:38

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Chloé Zhao was the second woman to ever win an Oscar for Best Director, for her 2020 film “Nomadland.” After taking a wide turn to create the Marvel supernatural epic “Eternals,” Zhao has taken another intriguing change of direction with “Hamnet,” based on Maggie O’Farrell’s novel about how William Shakespeare coped with the death of his only son. …

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Senator Adam Schiff on How the Trump Administration Targets Its Opponents 27:15

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As a California congressman, Adam Schiff was the lead manager during the first impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump. He later served on the January 6th committee. Trump has castigated him as “Shifty Schiff” and demanded that the Justice Department investigate him. In a conversation with David Remnick, Schiff discusses the current inquiry in…

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Noah Baumbach on “Jay Kelly,” His New Movie with George Clooney 20:53

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The filmmaker Noah Baumbach can recall when he may have fallen out of love with his craft. He was shooting “White Noise,” based on Don DeLillo’s novel, “on a deserted highway in Ohio at 4 A.M. with a rain machine.” “Oh, God, I don’t know that I like doing this,” he recalls thinking. “Am I doing this”—making movies—“only because I do it?” He channel…

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We Reviewed The J.Lo and Owen Wilson Rom-Com (Marry Me) So You Don’t Have To 54:23

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Welcome back to The Pre Nup, where we get real about all things weddings, love, and everything in between. This week, Adriana is joined once again by her sister (and fan-favorite guest) Big Vic for a hilarious movie recap and review of Marry Me — J.Lo and Owen Wilson’s chaotic rom-com that might just be the most unhinged... or worst “wedding movie”…

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Ian McEwan on Imagining the World After Disaster 29:20

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In his latest novel, Ian McEwan imagines a future world after a century’s worth of disasters. The good news in “What We Can Know” is that humanity still exists, which McEwan calls “nuanced optimism.” He and David Remnick discuss the tradition of the big-themed social novel, which has gone out of literary fashion—“rather too many novels,” McEwan the…

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Why Is Leaving MAGA So Difficult? 22:53

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Only thirty per cent of the American public identifies with the MAGA movement, according to a recent NBC poll, but that coalition remains intensely loyal to Donald Trump in the face of scandals and authoritarian measures. Defections seem rare and come with the risk of reprisal, even from the President himself. Rich Logis is trying to make them less…

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Senator Chris Van Hollen on the Epstein Files, and the Leadership Crisis in Washington 27:18

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Both major parties are experiencing a crisis of leadership in Washington. President Trump’s flip-flopping on the Epstein files acknowledges that, on this issue, at least, he has lost control of MAGA. For the Democrats, the collapse of their consensus on the government shutdown deepens a sense that the current leadership is ineffective. For all the …

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Rewriting Art History at the Studio Museum in Harlem 16:12

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The curator Thelma Golden is a major presence in New York City’s cultural life, having mounted era-defining exhibitions such as “Black Male” and “Freestyle” early on in her career. Golden is the Ford Foundation director and chief curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem, an institution, founded in 1968, that is dedicated to contemporary artists of th…

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How to Get Guests to Actually Follow Your Dress Code 1:01:07

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Welcome back to The Pre Nup, the wedding-obsessed podcast designed to help you plan your dream day—and survive all the chaos along the way! I’m your host, Adriana, and this week we’re pulling back the curtain on the wedding industry with NYC-based planner Lara Mahler, founder of The Privilege Is Mine. From skipping morning jitters and waking up wit…

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Andrew Ross Sorkin on What 1929 Teaches Us About 2025 34:05

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When President Donald Trump began his tariff rollout, the business world predicted that his unprecedented attempt to reshape the economy would lead to a major recession, if Trump went through with it all. But the markets stabilized and, in recent months, have continued to surge. That has some people worried about an even bigger threat: that overinv…

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Patti Smith on Her Memoir “Bread of Angels,” Fifty Years After Her Début Album, “Horses” 40:01

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Patti Smith’s album “Horses” came out fifty years ago, on November 10, 1975, launching her to stardom almost overnight. An anniversary reissue came out this year, to rapturous reviews. Yet being a rock star was never Smith’s intention: she was a published poet before “Horses” came out, and had also written a play with Sam Shepard. Music was an afte…

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What Resistance Means to Governor J. B. Pritzker 27:08

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Few Democratic officials have been more outspoken in opposition to the Trump Administration than J. B. Pritzker, the governor of Illinois. He seems almost to relish antagonizing Trump, who has suggested Pritzker should be in jail. Meanwhile, ICE and Border Patrol have targeted Chicago, and elsewhere in Illinois, with immigration sweeps more aggress…

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From In the Dark: “Blood Relatives” 44:27

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The New Yorker contributing writer Heidi Blake has been investigating a new story for the Pulitzer Prize-winning podcast In the Dark. This season is about one of the most notorious crimes in modern British history: the Whitehouse Farm murders, in which five members of a family were killed at a rural estate in England in the mid-nineteen-eighties. J…

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The Most Unbelievable Things Went Wrong at Her Wedding… But She Wouldn't Change a Thing 47:15

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Welcome back to The Pre Nup, where we get real about all things weddings, love, and everything in between. This week, I’m joined by the brilliant and beautiful Corey Rae—actress, writer, and director—who just celebrated her first wedding anniversary after throwing one of the most stunning, heartfelt weddings we’ve ever seen. From walking herself do…

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Jon Stewart on the Perilous State of Late Night and Why America Fell for Donald Trump 46:22

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Jon Stewart has been a leading figure in political comedy since before the turn of the millennium. But compared to his early years on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show”—when Stewart was merciless in his attacks on George W. Bush’s Administration—these are much more challenging times for late-night comedians. Jimmy Kimmel nearly lost his job over a r…

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It’s Not Just You: The Internet Is Actually Getting Worse 21:36

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“Sometimes a term is so apt, its meaning so clear and so relevant to our circumstances, that it becomes more than just a useful buzzword and grows to define an entire moment,” the columnist Kyle Chayka writes, in a review of Cory Doctorow’s book “Enshittification.” Doctorow, a prolific tech writer, is a co-founder of the tech blog Boing Boing, and …

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Zadie Smith on Politics, Turning Fifty, and Mind Control 28:19

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Since Zadie Smith published her début novel, “White Teeth,” twenty-five years ago, she has been a bold and original voice in literature. But those who aren’t familiar with Smith’s work outside of fiction are missing out. As an essayist, in The New Yorker and other publications, Smith writes with great nuance about culture, technology, gentrificatio…

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Richard Linklater on His Two New Films, “Blue Moon” and “Nouvelle Vague” 21:11

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Richard Linklater is one of the most admired directors working today, and yet moviegoers may admire him for very different things. There are early comedies such as “Slacker” and “Dazed and Confused”; there’s the romance trilogy that started with “Before Sunrise,” starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy; and the crowd-pleasers like “School of Rock” and…

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Don’t Make Your Wedding Registry Without Watching This! 49:45

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Welcome back to The Pre Nup, the wedding-obsessed podcast designed to help you plan your dream day! I’m your host, Adriana, and this week I’m joined by my sister (and the queen of practicality), Big Vic, for an episode that will save you from major post-wedding regret. We’re diving into everything wedding registry, from the must-haves you’ll actual…

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How the Trump Administration Made Higher Education a Target 29:26

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The swiftness and severity with which the Trump Administration has tried to impose its will on higher education came as a shock to many, not least university presidents and faculties from Harvard to U.C.L.A. But for conservatives this arena of cultural conflict has been a long time coming. The staff writer Emma Green has been speaking with influent…

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John Carpenter Picks Three Favorite Film Scores 12:25

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The filmmaker John Carpenter has a whole shelf of cult classics: “They Live,” “The Thing,” “Escape from New York,” “Halloween,” and so many more. And while he hasn’t directed a new movie in more than a decade, Carpenter has continued working in the film industry, composing scores for other directors (Bong Joon Ho recently approached him about a hor…

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Zohran Mamdani Says He's Ready for Donald Trump 48:19

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Next month, New York City may elect as its next mayor a man who was pretty much unknown to the broader public a year ago. Zohran Mamdan, who is currently thirty-three years old and a member of the State Assembly, is a democratic socialist who won a primary upset against the current mayor, Eric Adams, and the former governor Andrew Cuomo, who was tr…

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How Lionel Richie Mastered the Love Song 30:41

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By WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

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Bachelor Alum Alexis Waters Reveals the Most Insane Bachelorette + Vegas Wedding Story We’ve Ever Heard 55:27

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A Conservative Professor on How to Fix Campus Culture 26:02

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Robert P. George is not a passive observer of the proverbial culture wars; he’s been a very active participant. As a Catholic legal scholar and philosopher at Princeton University, he was an influential opponent of Roe v. Wade and same-sex marriage, receiving a Presidential medal from President George W. Bush. George decries the “decadence” of secu…

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Jimmy Kimmel and the Power of Public Pressure 43:58

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The Political Scene’s Washington Roundtable—the staff writers Jane Mayer, Susan Glasser, and Evan Osnos—discuss how, in the wake of the reinstatement of Jimmy Kimmel’s show, public resistance has a chance to turn the tide against autocratic impulses in today’s politics. They are joined by Hardy Merriman, an expert on the history and practice of civ…

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Ezra Klein’s Big-Tent Vision of the Democratic Party 50:02

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The author and podcaster Ezra Klein may be only forty-one years old, but he’s been part of the political-culture conversation for a long time. He was a blogger, then a Washington Post columnist and editor, a co-founder of Vox, and is now a writer and podcast host for the New York Times. He’s also the co-author of the recent best-selling book “Abund…

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The Cartoonist Liana Finck Picks Three Favorite Children’s Books 11:38

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Liana Finck is a cartoonist and an illustrator who has contributed to The New Yorker since 2015. She is the author of several books, including the graphic memoir “Passing for Human.” Like many of her forebears at the magazine, Finck has also published works for children, and her recent book, “Mixed Feelings,” explores the ways that emotions are oft…

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The Most Unhinged Wedding Stories You’ve Ever Heard 41:03

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Welcome back to The Pre Nup, the wedding-obsessed podcast designed to help you plan your dream day—and survive all the chaos along the way! I’m your host, Adriana, and this week we’re going solo with your wildest submissions yet. From mother-in-laws who want to wear white, to cousins demanding seating charts like they’re running the event, to a ven…

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Is The 2026 Election Already in Danger? 37:32

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“The Constitution gives the states the power to set the time, place, and manner of elections,” the election lawyer Marc Elias points out. “It gives the President no [such] power.” Yet, almost one year before the midterms, Donald Trump has called for a nationwide prohibition on mail-in voting, an option favored by Democrats, as well as restrictions …

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Kevin Young on His Book “Night Watch,” Inspired by Death and Dante 17:39

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Kevin Young is the poetry editor for The New Yorker, and the author of many books of his own poetry. His newest work, “Night Watch,” focusses on death, while also drawing upon his wide view of history, from the end of slavery in the U.S. to Dante’s seven-hundred-year-old poem “The Divine Comedy.” Young tells David Remnick that Dante actually played…

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How the “Dangerous Gimmick” of the Two-State Solution Ended in Disaster 38:27

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For decades, the United States backed efforts to achieve a two-state solution—in which Israel would exist side by side with the Palestinian state, with both states recognizing each other’s claim to contested territory. The veteran negotiators Hussein Agha, representing Palestine, and Robert Malley, an American diplomat, played instrumental roles in…

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Jeff Tweedy on His New Triple Album, “Twilight Override” 28:27

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Jeff Tweedy is best known as the front man of Wilco, the rock band he formed in Chicago in 1994. In recent years, he’s been working more often as a solo artist, putting out records under his own name as well as a memoir and essays on songwriting. Amanda Petrusich sat down with the singer-songwriter to talk about “Twilight Override,” which comes out…

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The Truth About Shopping for a Plus-Size Wedding Dress 49:01

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Welcome back to The Pre Nup, the wedding-obsessed podcast designed to help you plan your dream day—and prepare for everything that comes after! I’m your host, Adriana, and each week I sit down with top pros, influencers, and real couples who are keeping it honest about love, marriage, and everything in between. This week, I’m joined by creator, sty…

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Anna Wintour Embraces a New Era at Vogue 39:30

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Speculation, analysis, and commentary circulated all summer, after the announcement, in June, that Anna Wintour would step back from her role as the editor-in-chief of American Vogue. This changing of the guard is uniquely fraught, because Wintour’s name has become nearly inextricable from the magazine, to a degree almost unknown today. And, as New…

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Fred Armisen on “100 Sound Effects” 18:11

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The comedian Fred Armisen has a thing for sound. He’s a former punk musician and a master of accents, and he is now releasing a new album of sound effects. “I was lamenting that there aren’t sound-effects albums in our lives as much,” he tells Michael Schulman. “I feel like they just used to exist more or they were more present. . . . And instead o…

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Donald Trump’s War on Culture Is Not a Sideshow 31:56

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The term “culture wars” is most often associated with issues of sexuality, race, religion, and gender. But, as recent months have made plain, when Donald Trump refers to the culture wars, he also means the arts. He fired the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which Republicans want to rename for him. His Administration fir…

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How Extreme Heat Affects the Body 17:17

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The Korey Stringer Institute, at the University of Connecticut, is named after an N.F.L. player who died of exertional heatstroke. The lab’s main research subjects have been athletes, members of the military, and laborers. But, with the extreme heat wrought by climate change, even mild exertion will put more and more of us in harm’s way; in many pa…

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How to Keep Your Wedding Bouquet Forever (Yes, Really!) 39:11

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Welcome back to The Pre Nup, the wedding-obsessed podcast designed to help you plan your dream day—and get the most out of it long after “I do”! I’m your host, Adriana, and each week I sit down with top pros, influencers, and real couples who keep it honest about love, marriage, and everything in between. This week, I’m joined by Carly and Hope, fo…

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How Big Tech Sets the Agenda in Trump’s America 32:43

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Donald Trump is the most tech-friendly President in American history. He enlisted social media to win office; he became a promoter—and beneficiary—of cryptocurrency, breaking long-standing norms around conflicts of interest; and, in his second term, he brought Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest tech baron, to the White House, to disrupt the federal …

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Planning a Wedding? This AI Tool Understands the Assignment 45:29

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Welcome back to The Pre Nup—the wedding-obsessed podcast that helps you plan your dream day (and maybe even a free honeymoon). I’m your host, Adriana, and this week, we’re unveiling a brand-new wedding planning tool that’s about to revolutionize the entire experience. Meet Pearl Planner, a free, AI-powered planning dashboard from David’s Bridal tha…

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A Palestinian Journalist Escapes Death in Gaza 26:43

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Mohammed R. Mhawish was living in Gaza City during Israel’s invasion, in the immediate aftermath of the October 7th attack. He witnessed the invasion for months and reported on its devastating consequences for Al Jazeera, The Nation, and other outlets. After his home was targeted in an Israeli strike, which nearly killed him, he fled Gaza. In The N…

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Spike Lee and Denzel Washington on a Reunion Making “Highest 2 Lowest” 23:58

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Spike Lee and Denzel Washington first worked together on “Mo’ Better Blues,” released in 1990. Washington starred as a trumpet player trying to make a living in jazz clubs; Lee, who directed the film, also played the musician’s hapless manager. They later worked together on “Malcolm X” and other films, but it has been nearly twenty years since thei…

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Richard Brody Picks Three Favorite Clint Eastwood Films 16:16

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With seven decades in film and television, Clint Eastwood is undeniably a Hollywood institution. Emerging first as a star in Westerns, then as the embattled cop in the Dirty Harry films, the ninety-five-year-old filmmaker has directed forty features and appeared in more than sixty. The film critic Richard Brody just reviewed a new biography of East…

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Is This the Secret to a Long-Lasting Marriage? 55:57

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Welcome back to The Pre Nup, the wedding-obsessed podcast designed to help you plan your dream day! I’m your host, Adriana, and each week, I’m joined by the industry’s top professionals, celebs, influencers, and friends who are sharing their best tips, advice, and the mistakes they’ve made so you don’t have to. This week, I’m talking with sexologis…

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Your Questions Answered: Trump vs. the Rule of Law 34:14

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From the attempt to end birthright citizenship to the gutting of congressionally authorized agencies, the Trump Administration has created an enormous number of legal controversies. The Radio Hour asked for listeners’ questions about President Trump and the courts. To answer them, David Remnick speaks with two regular contributors: Ruth Marcus, who…