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Director Fernando Frías arrives for the screening of the HBO series Los Espookys on June 2019 in New York City.

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Mexico's Oscar-Winning Directors Embrace Rise Of Fernando Frías De La Parra

7:22pm January 23, 2021

by Mandalit del Barco

Director Fernando Frías de la Parra's Netflix film I'm No Longer Here is Mexico's entry for Best International Feature Film at the Oscars. "He's truly original," says Roma director Alfonso Cuarón.

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The ever-curious Larry King adopted a philosophy of letting his guests be the star of the show and letting them teach him a thing or two.

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Veteran Broadcaster Larry King Dies At 87

11:57am January 23, 2021

by Jeff Lunden

With his trademark suspenders and Brooklyn-accented baritone, King spoke with world leaders, celebrities, authors, scientists, athletes — everyone.

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Alyda Gilkey On The Life And Legacy Of Her Son David, Who Put 'Pictures On The Radio'

8:46am January 23, 2021

by Scott Simon

Gilkey died in 2016 while on assignment in Afghanistan. His mother, Alyda Gilkey, remembers the man behind the lens: an adventurous soul who had a way of putting his subjects at ease.

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Not My Job: Mandy Patinkin Is Big Into TikTok So We Quiz Him On Clocks

7:37am January 23, 2021

You might know Mandy Patinkin from The Princess Bride, or Sunday in the Park with George, or Homeland, or ... TikTok, where he has nearly 1 million followers.

Biography Traces Political Mistakes And Personal Scars That Shaped Joe Biden

1:51pm January 22, 2021

by Terry Gross

Evan Osnos talks about Joe Biden's enduring quest to become president. He says Biden has a different mindset today than he once had: "He's a man who is at peace." Originally broadcast Oct. 27, 2020.

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Check-In: Storytelling With Your Spouse

12:31pm January 22, 2021

Ophira and Jonathan chat about how they've run out of things to chat with their spouses about. Does this story have a beginning, a middle, and an end? Not if Ophira's husband is telling it.

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A Whale of a Quiz

12:31pm January 22, 2021

Hosts of the podcast You're Wrong About, Michael Hobbes and Sarah Marshall, join Ophiria Eisenberg and in-house blue whale Jonathan Krillton for a multiple-choice game about whales.

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International Movie Changes

12:31pm January 22, 2021

Sarah Marshall and Michael Hobbes from the You're Wrong About podcast test their knowledge about international cinematic changes.

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Is It A Lizard?

12:31pm January 22, 2021

From the Showtime docu-series Love Fraud, directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady answer the most important question of all: Is it a lizard?

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The Titular City

12:31pm January 22, 2021

Documentary filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (Love Fraud) guess the names of cities that are named after objects, or vice versa. What was that joke about Hungary and Turkey, again?

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