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Why anti-fascist vigilantes are infiltrating far-right white nationalist groups
by Terry Gross
New Yorker writer David Kirkpatrick says anti-fascists are using extra judicial methods to do what the FBI can't, by infiltrating white nationalist groups to expose them and planned attacks.
New Takes On Old Songs In 'Standing In The Doorway' And 'The Waylon Sessions'
by Ken Tucker
Chrissie Hynde sings Bob Dylan and Shannon McNally performs songs associated with country singer Waylon Jennings. They both use the structures the men built to create their own rich emotional spaces.
Soccer Star Megan Rapinoe On Equal Pay, And What The U.S. Flag Means To Her
by Terry Gross
Rapinoe has been an outspoken advocate for pay equity and the Black Lives Matter movement. "I see patriotism as constantly demanding better of ourselves," she says. Originally broadcast Nov. 9, 2020.
'Light Perpetual' Imagines Adulthood For 5 Fictional Kids Killed In WWII Attack
by Maureen Corrigan
'Desus & Mero' On How Their Bronx Roots Paved The Way To Comedy Success
by Terry Gross
Desus Nice and The Kid Mero started out doing comedy together on Twitter, then created the Bodega Boys podcast. Their comedy series on Showtime is now in its third season.
Remembering Character Actor Ned Beatty
by Terry Gross
Beatty, who died June 13, made his film debut in Deliverance and then went on to appear in scores of movies, including Network, All the President's Men and Superman. Originally broadcast in 1987.
An Aspiring Aerobics Instructor Exorcises Her Inner Demons In 'Physical'
by David Bianculli
Set in the 1980s, a new dark comedy on Apple TV+ centers on a woman whose husband is running for public office in San Diego, but who has aspirations of her own to produce an aerobics exercise tape.
How The Pentagon Papers Changed Public Perception Of The War In Vietnam
by Terry Gross
Fifty years ago, Daniel Ellsberg leaked classified information about U.S. policy in Vietnam to the press. We listen back to archival interviews with Ellsberg and Ben Bradlee of The Washington Post.
Did COVID-19 Leak From A Lab? A Reporter Investigates — And Finds Roadblocks
by Terry Gross
President Biden has asked the intelligence community to investigate whether or not the virus leaked from a lab in Wuhan, China. Vanity Fair reporter Katherine Eban shares her findings.