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Best Of: Billie Eilish & Finneas / The Colbert Cookbook
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/21/1220910110/billie-eilish-finneas-stephen-colbert-evie
Published: December 21, 2024 08:00
Award-winning sister-brother duo Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell talk about their songwriting process, her changing voice, and their new album, Hit Me Hard and Soft. Later, Stephen Colbert and his wife Evie McGee Colbert talk about their cookbook of…
Bonnie Raitt / Francis Ford Coppola
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/20/1220579284/bonnie-raitt-francis-ford-coppola
Published: December 20, 2024 17:25
This month, musician Bonnie Raitt and filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola were both honorees of the Kennedy Center for their contributions to American culture. We're revisiting interviews with both of them. First, blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Bonnie…
Miranda July Wants Women To Read Their Inner Lives In 'All Fours'
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/19/1220280834/miranda-july
Published: December 19, 2024 21:41
Filmmaker and writer Miranda July, whose novel All Fours is on many best books of the year lists, and was described in the New York Times as "the year's literary conversation piece." July spoke with Terry Gross about issues in the novel, like separating…
The Looming TikTok Ban
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/18/1219982261/tik-tok-ban
Published: December 18, 2024 19:42
A new law gives TikTok a January 19 deadline to sell to a non-Chinese company or face a nationwide ban. Law professor Alan Rozenshtein delves into what this means and whether President-Elect Trump could intervene.David Bianculli reflects on the year in…
Billie Eilish & Finneas
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/17/1219887493/billie-eilish-finneas
Published: December 17, 2024 18:45
The Grammy Award-winning singer says working with a vocal coach "honestly changed my life." Eilish and her brother/collaborator Finneas talk with Terry Gross about their new album, Hit Me Hard and Soft, voice lessons, and their favorite homework…
Comedian Ronny Chieng Didn't Tell His Parents He Got A 'Daily Show' Job
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/16/1219830873/ronny-chieng
Published: December 16, 2024 20:23
When Ronny Chieng got a job as a correspondent and then anchor at The Daily Show, he kept the news to himself. "I didn't want to brag," the Malaysia-born comic says. "I just wanted to do the work." Chieng now costars in the series Interior Chinatown, and…
Someone Once Told Elton John He Would Never Be A Pop Star
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/01/1197998044/freshair-bonus-eltonjohn
Published: December 15, 2024 08:00
Pop sensation Elton John wrapped up his farewell tour in 2023, only to pop up in a surprise concert at the October 2024 New York City premiere of the new documentary, "Elton John: Never Too Late." Still, as John reduces his public output — and as that…
Best Of: Jon Batiste's 'Beethoven Blues' / Visual Artist Mickalene Thomas
Published: December 14, 2024 08:00
Jon Batiste joins us at the piano to play his reimaginings of Beethoven, and more. His new album is called Beethoven Blues.Also, we hear from visual artist Mickalene Thomas. She puts Black women in the front and center of her work. Her latest exhibition,…
Cynthia Erivo Sings With 'A Bit A Smile'
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/13/1219032766/cynthia-erivo
Published: December 13, 2024 19:42
The British actor and singer played abolitionist Harriet Tubman in Harriet, and Aretha Franklin in Genius: Aretha. Now she's defying gravity as Elphaba in Wicked. She spoke with Terry Gross in 2021 about some of her roles and her vocal training. Also, Ken…
Stephen & Evie Colbert Share The Taste Of Home
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/12/1218737990/stephen-colbert-evie-cookbook
Published: December 12, 2024 19:21
Late Night host Stephen Colbert and his wife Evie McGee Colbert join Terry Gross to talk about family recipes. They have a new cookbook of South Carolina-inspired dishes called Does This Taste Funny? They also talk about Stephen's harrowing experience…