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How Did They Get There — 71 episodes

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Ep. 71 – Marques Johnson on The Crenshaw Chronicles, Ice-T and Don Nelson

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Ep. 70 – Katie McQuerrey on De Gaulle: Résistance, Inside Llewyn Davis and Jessica Chastain

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Ep. 69 – John Stewart Muller on Fling, Mira Sorvino and Trent Reznor

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Ep. 68 – Basic Vocab on Power Book III: Raising Kanan, The General Dynamic and Thundercat

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Ep. 67 - Jared Isaac on An Autumn Summer, Spike Lee and Joe Swanberg

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Ep. 66 - Laura Veirs on Temple Songs, Flying into Darkness and Sufjan Stevens

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Ep. 65 - Cara Ronzetti on Group: The Schopenhauer Effect, Alexis Lloyd and Emotional Vulnerability

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Ep. 64 - Alexis Lloyd on Group: The Schopenhauer Effect, 30 Beats and Thomas Sadoski

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Ep. 63 - Tom Epperson on Baby Hawk, A Family Thing and The Gift

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Ep. 62 - Philip Andelman on Khruangbin, Lenny Kravitz and Waiting on the World to Change

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Ep. 61 - Nabil Elderkin on Gully, The People and Kendrick Lamar

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Ep. 60 - Onur Tukel on Poundcake, Richard's Wedding and Anne Heche

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Ep. 59 - Joe Boyd on And the Roots of Rhythm Remain, Salamat Ali and Nick Drake

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Ep. 58 - Arizona O'Neill on CBC's Creator Network, Organ Donation and Patrick Watson

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Ep. 57 - Bernardo Cubria on Acapulco, The Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx/Latine Vote and Gene Wilder

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Ep. 56 - Matt Williams on Glimpses, Roseanne and Tim Allen

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Ep. 55 - Stephen Suettinger on A Year and Change, Waiting and James Cameron

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Ep. 54 - Wade Allain-Marcus on Eric, French Dirty and Insecure

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Ep. 53 - Idan Ravin on Winning Time, The Hoops Whisperer and Kevin Hart

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Ep. 52 - Max Azulay on 5 Doctors, Carmen and Moony, and Mel Brooks

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Ep. 51 - Elisha Lawson on Syncing Ink, Chicago Improv and Marlon Brando

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Ep. 50 - Andromeda Turre on From the Earth, Growing up Jazz and Charlie Parker

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Ep. 49 - Todd Louiso on Hello I Must Be Going, Love Liza and High Fidelity

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Ep. 48 - Mark Pellington on The Severing, I Melt with You and Nada Surf

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Ep. 47 - Jonathan Parker on Carol Doda Topless at the Condor, (Untitled) and The Architect

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Ep. 46 - Dito Montiel on A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, Son of No One and Reagan Youth

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Ep. 45 - Ezra Barnes on Group, Jessica Jones and Count Basie

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Ep. 44 - Dana Kuznetzkoff on Omara, Forrest Gump and The Wire

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Ep. 43 - Janet Grillo on The Warm Season, Spanking the Monkey and Hip Hop Culture

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Ep. 41 - Angela Zhou on Death and Other Details, Hell on Wheels and Auckland Cuisine

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Ep. 40 - Jesse Gustafson on Day 39, Black Site Delta and Army Peacekeeping Missions

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Ep. 39 - Topper Lilien on Low Down, Where the Money Is and Fisher Stevens

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Ep. 38 - Helen Schulman on Lucky Dogs, P.S. and Gordon Lish

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Ep. 37 - Joel Stein on Story of the Week, I Love the '80s and Martha Stewart

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Ep. 36 - Lauren Wolkstein on Dead Ringers, A Friend of the Family and The Strange Ones

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Ep. 35 - Selina Fillinger on The Morning Show, POTUS and Faceless

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Ep. 34 - Josh Pais on Joker, Committed Impulse and Ray Donovan

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Ep. 33 - Shrimoyee Chakraborty on India Bites, Calcutta Street and Chicken Curry

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Ep. 32 - Maureen A. Ryan on Becoming, Man on Wire and James Marsh

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Ep. 31 - Avy Kaufman on Succession, Capote and Steven Spielberg

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Ep. 30 - George Stroumboulopoulos on World Food Programme, The Clash, and Larry King

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Ep. 29 - Anna Maria Cianciulli on Hamlet/Horatio, Stay and Sanford Meisner

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Ep. 28 - Sam Lipsyte on No One Left to Come Looking for You, 90's NYC and a Corrupt Mayor

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Ep. 27 - Hilary Brougher on South Mountain, Stephanie Daley and The Sticky Fingers of Time

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Ep. 26 - Madeline Taylor on John Adams, The Girl Next Door and Changeover

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Ep. 25 - Andrew Hafitz on Bully, Naz & Maalik and Todd Solondz

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Ep. 24 - Stephen Molton on The Drowning, Brave Talk and Elvis Meets Nixon

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Ep. 23 - David Soldier on The Kropotkins, John Cale and Kurt Vonnegut

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Ep. 22 - Kevin Isola on Billions, The New Bozena and Shakespearean Clowning

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Ep. 21 - Jeremy Robbins on The Purge, Aftermath and Barry Sonnenfeld

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Ep. 20 - David Klass on Out of Time, Kiss the Girls and Walking Tall

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Ep. 19 - Teresa Harris on German architecture, Marcel Breuer and Frank Lloyd Wright

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Ep. 18 - Seemab Gul on Sandstorm, Zahida and The Watchmaker

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Ep. 17 - Ben Kegan on Expiration Term of Service, The First Men and John Hughes

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Ep. 16 - Jack Lechner on Good Will Hunting, Blue Valentine and Regis Philbin

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Ep. 15 - Elisheva Gavra on In Procession, Eyes and Haunted Buildings

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Ep. 14 - Anita Abdinezhad on POTUS, Eradication and Sideways Smile

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Ep. 13 - Vivian Vivas on Absentia, Calcified and San Francisco

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Ep. 12 - Directors, Part II

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Ep. 11 - Scheherezade

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Ep. 10 - Regrets, Part 1

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Ep. 9 - Fuqualified, Part II

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Ep. 8 - Fuqualified, Part 1

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Ep. 7 - Expectations

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Ep. 6 - Blockbusters

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Ep. 5 - Cheers

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Ep. 4 - Directors, Part 1

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Ep. 3 - Games

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Ep. 2 - Characters

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Ep. 1 - Derivatives