Past Due with Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle
Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle
Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle explore what it takes to survive as a creative today. From juggling side gigs to redefining success, we dive into the real stories behind making a living when one job just isn’t enough
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Apr 30, 2021 • 52min
Unf*ck the Police with W. Kamau Bell
“United Shades of America” host W. Kamau Bell joins to discuss the miserable job performance of the police, who are our employees! Also: how trauma can make you funnier and why marginalized folks have to have bigger and better imaginations than others.For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/withfriendslikethese.
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Apr 23, 2021 • 49min
“Boys State” Star Isn’t Ready to Run Again
Documentary “Boys State” was short-listed for an Oscar for its engrossing portrayal of Texas teenagers’ cutthroat politics. One of its stars, Steven Garza, stops by to discuss if the kids are alright. Spoiler alert: Maybe not!For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/withfriendslikethese.
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Apr 16, 2021 • 43min
How to Be Fearless with Tig Notaro
Stand-up Tig Notaro comes by to talk about being free and fearless, and how that makes you a better person and funnier comedian.For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/withfriendslikethese.
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Apr 9, 2021 • 48min
If It’s Not Fixed, Don’t Break It (with Elizabeth Kolbert)
New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert’s new book, “Under a White Sky,” explores the damage to the planet humans have done (or could do) in trying to fix the damage they’ve done: everything from electrocuting carp and to sprinkling the sky with diamond dust.For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/withfriendslikethese.
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Apr 2, 2021 • 55min
When Your Parents Don’t Know You (with Rebecca Carroll)
Rebecca Carroll grew up as the only Black person in her adopted family, and in her small town. Her memoir, “Surviving the White Gaze,” is about exactly what it says.
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Mar 26, 2021 • 44min
Debts to Society
Harvard Law professor Martha Minow has an idea: what if we forgive debts to society with the same generosity that we forgive the debts of corporations?
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Mar 19, 2021 • 43min
Toxic Avenger
New York Magazine's Rebecca Traister expands on her reporting about Andrew Cuomo's reckoning and suggests broadening our understanding of what sexual harassment and abuse look like.
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Mar 12, 2021 • 48min
Love and Death in the Time of Covid
Intercept senior writer Liliana Segura has been reporting on the death penalty for years, including the Trump administration’s lame-duck killing spree. She comes on to discuss the legacy of putting people to death during a pandemic — and to share stories about the heroes she’s found in the darkness.
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Mar 5, 2021 • 54min
Sympathy for the Executioner
Maurice Chammah, author of the NYT Editor’s Pick “Let the Lord Sort Them: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty,” joins us to talk about how enforcing the death penalty poisons everyone who is a part of it.
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Mar 4, 2021 • 50sec
Forgiveness & Reconciliation (New Season Trailer)
On this season of With Friends Like These, host Ana Marie Cox looks at post-Trump America and tries to find models for how we forgive people, and if we should.
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