236 Episodes

  1. 228: Contessa Gayles on "Songs From the Hole"

    Published: 8/28/2025
  2. 227: Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady on "Folktales"

    Published: 7/24/2025
  3. 226: Martha Stewart, Alice Waters, John Williams

    Published: 6/13/2025
  4. 225: Will & Harper, Social Studies, Chimp Crazy

    Published: 6/12/2025
  5. 224: Emmy contenders

    Published: 5/30/2025
  6. 223: Questlove, Reginald Hudlin, David Tedeschi

    Published: 5/29/2025
  7. 222: Sam Soko on telling African stories

    Published: 5/8/2025
  8. 221: Sinead O'Shea on Edna O'Brien

    Published: 4/17/2025
  9. 220: Jeremy Workman on "Secret Mall Apartment"

    Published: 3/27/2025
  10. 219: Frederick Wiseman at 95

    Published: 2/14/2025
  11. 218: Shortlisters, part 2

    Published: 1/9/2025
  12. 217: Shortlisters, part 1

    Published: 1/8/2025
  13. 216: "Queendom" with Agniia Galdanova & Igor Myakotin

    Published: 1/7/2025
  14. 215: Ibrahim Nash'at on "Hollywoodgate"

    Published: 1/6/2025
  15. 214: Adam Kinzinger & Steve Pink on "The Last Republican"

    Published: 1/2/2025
  16. 213: Alex Gibney & Alexis Bloom on "The Bibi Files"

    Published: 12/31/2024
  17. 212: William Kentridge on "Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot"

    Published: 12/10/2024
  18. 211: Live from London

    Published: 12/5/2024
  19. 210: Brian Eno & Ibelin

    Published: 12/4/2024
  20. 209: Raoul Peck on Ernest Cole, George Orwell & Haiti

    Published: 11/27/2024

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