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Remembering Norman Lear

Episode Date: December 15, 2023

The towering TV writer/producer died last week at 101. He created All in the Family, Sanford and Son, The Jeffersons, Good Times, Maude, and a lot mor...

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Actor Colman Domingo

Episode Date: December 11, 2023

Colman Domingo stars in two big films this year, in very different roles. In "Rustin," he plays the civil rights leader Bayard Rustin. In the new musi...

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Barry Manilow

Episode Date: December 8, 2023

Barry Manilow recently broke Elvis' record for performances in Las Vegas, and he has a new Broadway musical called Harmony. He spoke with Terry Gross...

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SNL's Kenan Thompson

Episode Date: December 7, 2023

In his new book, Kenan Thompson shares stories from his life and career, like his early days at SNL, his estrangement from his longtime co-star Kel Mi...

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Comic Leslie Jones

Episode Date: November 24, 2023

Leslie Jones says performing stand-up for the first time as a freshman in college felt like putting on a shirt that fit perfectly: "It was just so nat...