Band A Part

Tord Gustavsen Recommends a Norwegian Jazz Classic

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Norway's acclaimed pianist Tord Gustavsen recommends another Norwegian classic, Masqualero's album "Bande a Part."More

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You Don't Have To Vote Like Me To Love Me

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Let’s remember that it wasn’t that long ago that liberals and conservatives were often friends. Jeanne Safer and Richard Brookhiser met during the good old days of American politics. She’s a lifelong liberal; he’s a senior editor for the conservative National Review. They’ve been happily married for more than 35 years.More

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5:32

A Former NPR Executive Leaves His Liberal Bubble Behind

Ken Stern
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Ken Stern has lived and worked in a liberal bubble for most of his life, including his ten years as the CEO of NPR. Then, Ken decided to get out of his liberal bubble into Red America, where he found that he agreed with a lot of what he heard.More

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12:05

How The Right Lost Its Mind And Charlie Sykes Lost His Faith In The GOP

Awash in a sea of Trumpian conservativism
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Charlie Sykes spent more than two decades hosting a popular conservative talk-radio show, railing against Obama and pushing Paul Ryan and Scott Walker onto the national stage. Today, he’s a Trump critic who's disillusioned with the Republican Party.More

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15:10

How to Read the Classics in the Modern Age

Antigone
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Writer, classicist, and stand-up comic Natalie Haynes makes a strong case for reading ancient Greek and Roman literature in the modern age.More

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7:23

Taking Flight, The Throne, Or The Spellbook: The Ways We Process Anxiety Over Women In Power

Women Who Rule
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If our cultural and political history is a guide, women in power make us uncomfortable. We deal with that discomfort in one of two ways: making powerful women out to be villains — witches, demons, succubi, changelings — or erasing them entirely.More