Juan Gabriel Podcast 'My Divo'; The Kamala Harris Memes; Barbara Walters Full Bio; 'The Decameron'

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Jul 29, 2024
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Mexican singer and megastar Juan Gabriel's soft yet exuberant personality and beautiful music always fascinated journalist Maria Elena Garcia. Her latest podcast, My Divo, explores the late Mexican entertainer's life, and how it helped Garcia reconcile her own sexuality with her Mexican heritage. Garcia joins us to discuss the podcast series, which is available now.

In the week since President Biden withdrew from the presidential race and endorsed VP Kamala Harris, the "interwebs" have been in a frenzy. Suddenly Kamala fever has hit social media, with memes of the VP popping up all over. Atlantic Staff writer Shirley Li wrote a piece called "The Brat-ification of Kamala Harris" and joins us to break down some of the most popular memes as well as discuss how they may play into her campaign. We also take your calls.

Full Bio returns! We pick up our biography series with a deep dive into the life of trailblazing female journalist and television broadcaster, Barbara Walters. We're joined by Susan Page, author of the new book The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters. Today, we discuss Barbara's early life and college years, and how she got ahead in journalism.

The 14th century collection of short stories, The Decameron, by Giovanni Boccaccio, isn't obvious inspiration for a Netflix comedy. But creator and showrunner Kathleen Jordan has done just that, creating a dark comedy set in the midst of the Black Plague. She joins us to discuss the show, which is available to stream now on Netflix.

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