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'The Shrouds' introduces a new stage of grief: Watching your loved one decompose
David Cronenberg's thriller centers on an unusual technology that allows people to watch their loved ones decompose in real time. The Shrouds is both deeply morbid and disarmingly funny.
'Crusade For Harmony' Surveys The Life Work Of Saxophonist Julius Hemphill
by Kevin Whitehead
Hemphill was a founding member and principal composer for the World Saxophone Quartet. The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony features seven discs of newly released music from his archives.
Trump's Deal To End War In Afghanistan Leaves Biden With 'A Terrible Situation'
by Terry Gross
The Trump White House agreed to a May 1 troop withdrawal. New Yorker writer Dexter Filkins says Biden must now decide whether to honor a deal that included the Taliban but not the Afghan government.
How Bellingcat's Online Sleuths Solve Global Crimes Using Open Source Info
by Terry Gross
Eliot Higgins is the founder of an online collective that picks apart conspiracy theories and investigates war crimes and hate crimes using clues from the Internet. His new book is We Are Bellingcat.
Magician Derek DelGaudio Traces His Journey From Card Cheat To Illusionist
by Dave Davies
The sleight-of-hand master explores themes of identity, honesty and the emotional cost of keeping secrets in the memoir, AMORALMAN. DelGaudio's one-man show In & Of Itself is now available on Hulu.
Hulu's New Billie Holliday Biopic Falls Short Of Capturing Her Real Story
by Kevin Whitehead
Though Andra Day plays the jazz legend with conviction, The United States vs. Billie Holiday fictionalizes the particulars of Holiday's life, where the real story is dramatic enough.
The Legacies Of Black Icons Sam Cooke, Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) And Malcolm X
by Terry Gross
The film One Night in Miami imagines a night in 1964 where Cooke, Clay, Malcolm X and Jim Brown meet. We listen back to interviews with biographers Peter Guralnick, Jonathan Eig and Alex Haley.
Reporter's Video From Inside Senate On Jan. 6 Shows A Crowd Prepared For Violence
by Terry Gross
New Yorker writer Luke Mogelson says many of the insurrectionists he filmed at the Capitol "had no inkling that what they were doing was wrong or suspicion that it could result in any consequences."