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Remembering Pete Hamill, A Journalist With A Whitman-esque Embrace Of NYC

2:22pm August 07, 2020

by Maureen Corrigan

Book critic Maureen Corrigan remembers the veteran NYC newsman, who died Aug. 5, as "a tenement kid and high school drop out who never lost connection to where he came from."

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'Satchel' Recalls The Iconic Pitcher Who Helped Integrate Major League Baseball

2:22pm August 07, 2020

by Dave Davies

Hall of Famer Satchel Paige started his career pitching in the Negro leagues and later became a major league star. Author Larry Tye tells his story in Satchel. Originally broadcast in 2010.

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Beyoncé puts a conversation about Africa on the front line with her visual album Black Is King, which premiered on Disney+.

Opinion: We Are Africans. Here's Our View Of Beyoncé's 'Black Is King'

1:51pm August 07, 2020

Esther Ngumbi, a professor from Kenya, and Ifeanyi Nsofor, a doctor in Nigeria, react to the megastar's movie-length music video — and to criticism from other Africans.

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Muppet Laughs

1:00pm August 07, 2020

Comedians Sasheer Zamata (SNL) and Nicole Byer (Nailed It!), hosts of the Best Friends podcast, play an audio game where they guess the Muppet based on its laugh.

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Junk Food Taste Test

1:00pm August 07, 2020

Sasheer Zamata and Nicole Byer try to identify junk foods from the descriptions Ophira and Jonathan give while snacking on them.

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The Mostest

1:00pm August 07, 2020

This game was supposed to be more than one question long, but Sasheer Zamata and Nicole Byer derailed it with an extended conversation about ducks.

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League Of Super Pests

1:00pm August 07, 2020

Comedian Tawny Newsome and actor Jack Quaid (Star Trek: Lower Decks) try to guess the pest based on the description of a made-up superhero.

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Meatless Loaf

1:00pm August 07, 2020

Tawny Newsome and Jack Quaid join house musician Jonathan Coulton in a game where Meatloaf songs are rewritten to be about vegetarian meat substitutes.

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John Early

1:00pm August 07, 2020

Comedian John Early (Search Party) discusses playing narcissistic characters and officiating Amy Schumer's wedding. Then, he plays a game combining Hollywood Squares and Brady Bunch trivia.

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Scientists, artists, thinkers, activists and journalists gather for meals and conservation in an episode of Pan y Circo, hosted by Diego Luna (center).

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Diego Luna Says Shared Meals On 'Pan Y Circo' Transformed Cast And Crew Alike

6:50am August 07, 2020

Scientists, artists, thinkers, activists and journalists gather for meals and conservation in the new Amazon Prime show. "We have to sit at the table," says host Diego Luna.

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