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Stephen Colbert / Remembering MA Rep. Barney Frank
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/23/nx-s1-5830060/stephen-colbert-remembering-ma-rep-barney-frank
Published: May 23, 2026 17:00
Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ ended last night after 11 years. He spoke with Terry Gross in 2016 shortly after he took over from David Letterman. Before that, Colbert played a conservative persona in the vein of Bill O'Reilly on ‘The Colbert Report.’ When…
Best Of: Zayd Ayers Dohrn’s childhood on the run / Writer Jesmyn Ward
Published: May 23, 2026 04:10
Zayd Ayers Dohrn’s mother, Bernardine Dohrn, was a leader of SDS, a student group protesting the Vietnam War. She also led a faction that broke away and became the Weather Underground, advocating armed resistance against the government. His father, Bill…
Rose Byrne
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/21/nx-s1-5830024/rose-byrne
Published: May 21, 2026 17:48
Rose Byrne starred in big box office comedies like ‘Bridesmaids’ and ‘Neighbors,’ and, more recently, the indie film ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,’ which kind of defies genre. It’s about a woman trying to care of her sick daughter while her life is…
The Justice Department gives Trump an unprecedented settlement
Published: May 20, 2026 19:12
D.O.J. gave President Trump and his family immunity from tax audits and set up a $1.8 billion fund for victims of "government weaponization." Former government lawyer Andrew Weissmann explains the settlement. His book is 'Liar’s Kingdom: How to Stop…
Through loss, Jesmyn Ward will always return to the word
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/19/nx-s1-5826897/through-loss-jesmyn-ward-will-always-return-to-the-word
Published: May 19, 2026 18:51
Jesmyn Ward learned the term "respair" — the recovery of hope after despair — in 2020, shortly after her partner died suddenly. Her new book, ‘On Witness and Respair,’ is an essay collection on grief, motherhood and survival. She spoke with Tonya Mosley…
Son of radicals, Zayd Ayers Dohrn grew up underground & on the run
Published: May 18, 2026 18:24
"From my very first memories, I knew that the FBI was chasing us," Zayd Ayers Dohrn says. "My parents tried to explain it in terms [like] we were like Robin Hood or we were like the Rebel Alliance in Star Wars. So I knew in the way a kid knows that our…
Best Of: Boots Riley / Will Sharpe
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/16/nx-s1-5823761/best-of-boots-riley-will-sharpe
Published: May 16, 2026 09:00
Boots Riley talks about his new film, ‘I Love Boosters.' It stars Keke Palmer as the leader of a crew of women shoplifters who steal from luxury stores and sell the goods cheap to people who can't afford retail. Riley says he thinks of his work labor…
Remembering Philip Caputo, who wrote an unflinching Vietnam War memoir
Published: May 15, 2026 18:15
Philip Caputo wrote the 1977 acclaimed and unflinching memoir ‘A Rumor of War,’ about leading a Marine platoon during the Vietnam War. It taught him a painful truth. “I had discovered that I had a capacity to be violent and dark in my actions in a way that…
How Trump increased China's global power
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/14/nx-s1-5822388/how-trump-increased-chinas-global-power
Published: May 14, 2026 17:37
Former national security official Rush Doshi says President Trump’s 2025 sky-high tariffs on Chinese goods sparked a clash in which China prevailed. Doshi spoke with Dave Davies about the current state of U.S.-China relations and President Trump’s meeting…
Boots Riley wants to 'compel and repel' you
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/13/nx-s1-5821135/boots-riley-wants-to-compel-and-repel-you
Published: May 13, 2026 18:30
Boots Riley’s new film is called ‘I Love Boosters,’ and it stars Keke Palmer as the leader of a crew of women shoplifters in the Bay Area who steal from luxury stores and sell the goods cheap to people who can't afford retail. 20 years before the movie,…
Inside a journalist’s year of using AI for (almost) everything
Published: May 12, 2026 17:31
Tech writer Joanna Stern used AI to read medical results, respond to texts and serve as her therapist. She says her emotional connection to it was unsettling. Her new book is ‘I Am Not a Robot.’ She spoke with Terry Gross.Also, TV critic David Bianculli…
Will Sharpe imagines Mozart's day-to-day in 'Amadeus'
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/11/nx-s1-5818510/will-sharpe-imagines-mozarts-day-to-day-in-amadeus
Published: May 11, 2026 18:25
Sharpe played a newly rich tech bro on vacation in Italy the second season of ‘The White Lotus.’ Now he's starring as Mozart, a musical genius who struggles to "read the room" in the new STARZ limited TV series ‘Amadeus.’ He spoke with Fresh Air producer…
Best Of: Novelist Douglas Stuart / ‘Half Man’ Actor Richard Gadd
Published: May 9, 2026 04:05
Like the main character in his Booker Prize-winning novel 'Shuggie Bain,' writer Douglas Stuart grew up in Glasgow, working class, queer, and with a mother addicted to alcohol. His first career was in fashion, designing underwear for Calvin Klein.…
Broadway producer Jeffrey Seller, from ‘RENT’ to ‘Hamilton’
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/08/nx-s1-5816191/broadway-producer-jeffrey-seller-from-rent-to-hamilton
Published: May 8, 2026 20:37
Broadway producer Jeffrey Seller played a key role in the production of RENT, Hamilton, In the Heights, Avenue Q, and the revival of Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd that starred Josh Groban. His memoir traced his path from ‘Theater Kid’ to producer of Broadway…