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Colin Jost, here in 2018, first joined <em>Saturday Night Live</em> as a writer 15 years ago. "It's a world that I love so much," he says of the show.

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  • Author Interviews

Colin Jost Of 'SNL' Knows You're Laughing At His 'Very Punchable Face'

SNL "Weekend Update" co-anchor Colin Jost acknowledges that his clean-cut image sometimes rubs people the wrong way. "When I get hurt or hit on camera ... the audience really loves it," he says.

July 14, 2020
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By:
  • Terry Gross
GPB News NPR

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  • Race

Comedian Chelsea Handler On White Privilege

Last year, Chelsea Handler made a Netflix documentary called Hello, Privilege. It's Me, Chelsea, in which she explored white privilege. She asks how to be a better white person to people of color.

July 14, 2020
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By:
  • Sam Sanders
A top writer for Fox News' Tucker Carlson resigned after CNN revealed his racist and sexist posts, reviving criticism of Carlson's commentaries. Carlson is set to address the controversy on Monday.

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  • Media

Fresh Scrutiny For Fox's Tucker Carlson As Top Writer Quits Over Bigoted Posts

A top writer for Fox News' Tucker Carlson resigns after CNN revealed his racist and sexist posts, reviving criticism of Carlson's commentaries. Carlson is set to address the controversy Monday.

July 14, 2020
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
"I was getting to fulfill a number of romantic notions in my inner child," Matthew Rhys says of playing the title role in the new HBO series <em>Perry Mason.</em>

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  • Television

In 'Perry Mason,' Matthew Rhys Lives Out His Boyhood Noir Fantasies

Welsh actor Matthew Rhys says his version of the iconic criminal defense attorney is more hardboiled than the one Raymond Burr played on TV: "He's a man who kind of lives on whiskey and cigarettes."

July 13, 2020
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By:
  • Terry Gross
Captain Krause (Tom Hanks) looks astern in <em>Greyhound</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

World War II Naval Drama 'Greyhound' Charts A Trim, Efficient Course

Tom Hanks stars in, and wrote the screenplay for, this familiar but effective tale of a Navy captain leading a convoy of merchants ships through U-boat-infested seas.

July 10, 2020
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By:
  • Glen Weldon
Walter Mercado, celebrity astrologer and great dresser, is featured in a new documentary called <em>Mucho Mucho Amor</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

Walter Mercado, Remembered, With 'Mucho Mucho Amor'

Walter Mercado found his way into many tens of millions of homes as a television astrologer. A new Netflix documentary looks at his life and what he meant to the people who watched him.

July 08, 2020
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
<em>Top Chef</em> host Padma Lakshmi began collecting cookbooks and recipes in her teens. In the new Hulu series, <em>Taste the Nation, </em>she travels the country to learn how foods from different cultures contributed to American cuisine.

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  • Television

Padma Lakshmi, Model, Actor And TV Host, Says Above All, She's A Writer

The Top Chef host started out as a model/actress, never intending to have a career in food. But she loved to cook and to write down recipes. Her new show, Taste the Nation, explores immigrant cooking.

July 06, 2020
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  • Terry Gross
Atlanta-based arts critics Kelundra Smith and Jason Evans joined "On Second Thought" to reflect on quarantine's impacts on streaming, and to provide their own recommendations.

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  • News

'Quarantainment': Atlanta Arts Critics On What To Stream In Quarantine

A few weeks ago, screen time was blamed for keeping us apart. Now that millions of people are sequestered in our homes, our screens are bringing us...

March 27, 2020
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By:
  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott
As more streaming services enter the market, consumers are left to decide how many subscriptions to purchase.

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  • Media

Streaming Services Battle Over Content And Consumer Dollars

Friends fans are up in arms after the announcement that Netflix will stop streaming the beloved series in 2020 . The gang will be hanging out on the...

December 04, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Jessica Lowell
Host Masud Olufani, Contributor Andy Borowitz and Host Celeste Headlee

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  • Television

'Retro Report' Adds Historical Context To Headlines Of Today

In this age of divisive politics and news, a new PBS series from GPB questions the premise that this is the worst it’s ever been in American history....

October 07, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Jake Troyer

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  • Television

On Second Thought For Monday, Oct. 7, 2019

Premiering tonight, Retro Report on PBS questions the premise that the modern American political divide is a new one. The series explores the historical...

October 07, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Amy Kiley ,
  • and 6 more
Chuck Reece spoke with Elizabeth Cook, Jim Fortier and Dave Willis on 'Squidbillies.'

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  • Television

Behind The Southern Accents In Adult Swim's 'Squidbillies'

Squidbillies is one of the longest running shows on Atlanta-based Adult Swim. The animated series follows a family of “anthropomorphic mud squids” in...

August 30, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Sean Powers
The stars of "Ghost Brothers: Haunted Houseguests" bring their haunted tales to "On Second Thought."

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  • Television

Travel Channel's Spirited 'Ghost Brothers' Dying To Chase The Departed

Picture this: It's Friday night. You're all alone and suddenly hear creepy noices — maybe even see shadows from the corner of your eye. Who ya gonna...

August 21, 2019
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By:
  • La'Raven Taylor and
  • Virginia Prescott
Jaye Watson is the host of GPB's new TV show, "Your Fantastic Mind."

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  • Television

Jaye Watson Gets Inside 'Your Fantastic Mind' For New GPB TV Show

Emory University's Brain Health Center studies the mysteries of the brain: everything from sleep disorders to degenerative brain diseases. The...

January 28, 2019
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By:
  • Elena Rivera and
  • Virginia Prescott
The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta commissioned 1965's "Charlie Brown Christmas" from Peanuts' creator Charles Schultz.

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  • Television

How Coca-Cola Saved 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'

"A Charlie Brown Christmas" is a beloved seasonal staple, but the Peanuts gang’s TV special wouldn’t have happened if it hadn’t been for the Coca-Cola...

December 20, 2017
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Sean Powers

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