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Mark Harris tells the life story of Mike Nichols, one of the most influential directors of the 20th century. Anna... more

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Season four! Stories from Questlove, Mary Gauthier, Anthony Doerr, and George Saunders, and songs from Carrie Brownstein, Drew Holcomb, and... more

Legendary author Joyce Carol Oates reads her poem “Too Young to Marry, but Not Too Young to Die” and pop... more

Basic Folk is one of my favorite podcasts, and in this episode host Cindy Howes talks to Wesley Schultz about... more

Bestselling author Jonathan Lethem reads from his recent “dystopian pastoral” novel, The Arrest, and songwriterTift Merritt performs a song called... more