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The Fakes and the Fury
Impeachment: A Daily Podcast
The House Judiciary Committee has voted to send two articles of impeachment for a full House vote. Here's what to keep an eye on in the week ahead.
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Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women,” and Damon Lindelof’s “Watchmen”
The New Yorker Radio Hour
The writer-director discusses her much-anticipated adaptation of the classic novel. And the creator of HBO’s big show of this season talks with Emily Nussbaum. -
Intelligence Squared US: Is Parenting Overrated?
Specials
What shapes us more: our DNA, or the way we’re raised?
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This Week in Politics: Wrapping Up New Jersey's Lame Duck Session
We look at what might get done in the Statehouse – and what will be left on the table. -
Going Beyond Roe
On the Media
For decades, the conversation about reproductive rights in the US has been shaped and dominated by a debate over Roe v. Wade. Is there another way to discuss these issues? -
House Judiciary Committee Approves Two Articles Of Impeachment Against Trump
The committee's approval moves the articles to the full House, which would then decide whether to impeach President Trump.
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FBI Opens Domestic Terror Investigation Into Jersey City Shooting
Authorities said Thursday that the suspects had both previously "expressed interest" in the Black Hebrew Israelite movement, sects of which regularly denounce Jews.
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Review: 'The Thin Place' Tells a Spooky Ghost Story
Lucas Hnath's newsest play is an entertaining romp — and a serious conversation about the nature of belief. -
The Ecstasy Of Dance
Documentary of the Week
The new documentary "Cunningham" makes beautiful use of 3D photography to convey the artistry of the choreographer Merce Cunningham. - Edit Bucket
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Repping the Shy, Quiet Black Girls Who Love to Read
Vashti Harrison writes and illustrates books to inspire young readers — and to showcase a different version of blackness.
Tech and Media
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The Dead Consensus
On the Media
The latest on Trump's impeachment, its parallels to the Andrew Johnson trial, and the rise of the "illiberal" right. -
Can A Computer Catch A Spy?
Thirty years ago, a team of investigators set out to find one of the most damaging spies in U.S. history. It took three years. Could today's computer algorithms uncover insider threats any faster? -
The Double Standard in How the Media Covers 2020 Democratic Candidates
The Takeaway
How the media helped shape which candidates made it this far... and who didn't.
Music For Your Day
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Weekly Music Roundup: Reggie Watts, Bonny Light Horseman, and Xenia Rubinos
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This week, new songs from the creator of Hadestown, Anaïs Mitchell, late night TV show bandleader Reggie Watts, the mercurial Beck. Plus, new music from Xenia Rubinos and Antibalas. -
Rwandan Band The Good Ones Offers Strength and Peace
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The Good Ones are a band Rwandan genocide survivors who make acoustic folk songs. With intricate harmonies and unique instruments, the band performs their latest music, in-studio. -
L.A. Band La Santa Cecilia Sparks Joy With Salsa-Punk
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Los Angeles-based band La Santa Cecilia draws upon their Mexican-American roots, and dips into cumbia, jazz, rock, klezmer, as they see fit. They play new and old tunes, in-studio. -
Watch: Chamber Soul-Pop by yMusic and Emily King
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Prolific chamber sextet yMusic and pop-soul songwriter Emily King, present a one-of-a-kind collaboration that might meld orchestral instruments with contemporary R&B, in-studio. -
Drummer Marcus Gilmore Creates Continuous Melodies
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Drummer and composer Marcus Gilmore carries on the creative openness of his drum elders and underscores the drum set as melodic instrument (as augmented by Sunhouse Sensory Percussion.)
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Tues, Dec 17 | Get Lit with All of It: Little Women
Join Alison Stewart, host of WNYC’s All Of It, for the next installment in their monthly book club series featuring the perennial classic Little Women. Alison will be joined by bestselling authors Kate Bolick (Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own), and Anne Boyd Rioux (Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters) to discuss what has made this holiday favorite an intergenerational classic. Why do we still look at the March sisters as prototypes, and how will a new generation of readers react to the upcoming Greta Gerwig adaptation this Christmas?
Plus, a performance by Molly Burch! Buy a ticket for yourself and read along with Alison and Team All Of It, or buy a table and get your whole book club to come along!
