How is it that we are living in the information age — and yet life seems to make less sense than ever? That's the question author and podcast host Amanda Montell set out to answer in her new book, The Age of Magical Overthinking. npr.org/2024/04/09/124…

The project, distributed by APM Studios, is part memoir, part deep investigation into a forgotten Detroit and the life and death of Anita Wiley.
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raisins 👏 for 👏flavor👏 WHYY

This interview is delightful & surprising & deep. Just like Problemista — what a brilliant, funny, sweet & intelligent movie. Listen to Julio’s conversation with Terry & then go watch the movie!!

'I am very attracted to difficult people,' comic/filmmaker Julio Torres says. 'I don't see difficult people as nightmares to escape. I'm really drawn to them like a moth to a flame.' npr.org/2024/03/11/123…

'Dune' director Denis Villeneuve on why he loves sci-fi:
'It’s the ultimate way of dreaming because you project yourself in the future. It's an act of hope.' npr.org/2024/02/28/123…

I am tremendously excited to share details of my new project in collaboration with APM Studios, from American Public Media

As Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson has said, 'You can’t escape from trauma by ignoring it. You only escape trauma by confronting it.'

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Review: Shot entirely in Tokyo, this elegant fable is Wim Wenders' best fiction feature in decades. Although it flirts with glibness, 'Perfect Days' asks questions about how to find joy in imperfect situations. npr.org/2024/02/14/123…

Molly Ringwald says she went from playing teens in the '80s to 'mom purgatory' — playing supportive mothers and entirely skipping what she calls the 'sexy aunt' roles. npr.org/2024/02/12/123…

10 years at Fresh Air and Terry still keeps me on my toesies. You'll never guess what the last question of today's Emma Stone interview is!

When it comes to Black women, Hollywood is 'limited in its thinking' Tracee Ellis Ross says -- so here's how she makes her roles her own. T O N Y A npr.org/2024/01/24/122…

Pinch me! I had my Fresh Air interview today with the queen T O N Y A.

We talked for 90 minutes. She asked me the most beautiful questions about my life & new book LEGACY: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine. 👩🏾‍⚕️🩺

The episode drops this coming Monday 1/22!

'They are making us more passive just by feeding us so much stuff, by constantly recommending things that we are unlikely to click away from, that we're going to tolerate [but] not find too surprising or challenging.' Kyle Chayka tinyurl.com/3r7wv4pj

How social media algorithms 'flatten' our culture by making decisions for us npr.org/2024/01/17/122…

I thoroughly enjoyed chatting it up with Ava DuVernay about Origin, which is phenomenal (I saw twice and wept each time) her wide-ranging career, and her complicated feelings about awards. npr.org/2024/01/15/122…

Paul Giamatti talks about the grumpy teachers who inspired his 'Holdovers' role, his reunion with Alexander Payne, and 'Billions.' npr.org/2024/01/10/122…

OBSESSED with Dave asking Nic Cage about being a meme and he's basically like, 'I'm doing cubism.'
The interview ➡️ tinyurl.com/2xj6nwnr

.Dave Davies's masterful interview with Nicolas Cage is airing/dropping tomorrow (12/21). He asks Cage about being a meme and his answer is 100/10. Golden tape. Don't miss.

Thank you for listening to Fresh Air there were several moments for me too. ❤️

'American Fiction' director Cord Jefferson with T O N Y A
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