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Al Roker shares his life story through seven joyful songs
Seven songs that shaped Kris Bowers, the composer behind ‘Bridgerton’
How music shaped Maria Konnikova, from PhD psychologist to poker champion
BD Wong on music, identity, and fighting for Asian American visibility
How Hinge founder Justin McLeod’s love story shaped a dating empire
Go-Go’s singer Belinda Carlisle says her life got interesting when she got sober
ENCORE: Why Kara Swisher loves country music and the military
How actress Mayim Bialik is rethinking her worth after a lifetime in the spotlight
Inside musician John Grant’s pain: Seven songs that saved his life
31 and done: Why F1 champ Nico Rosberg walked away at the top
Baking star Christina Tosi on the soundtrack behind her cookie empire
How Taylor Swift got TV writer Michael Schur out of a rut
Introducing 'Pacific Standard Time'
Why Andrew Ahn remade the first gay film he ever saw
Trump fired him, but Preet Bharara is still defending the country he loves
How actress Pepi Sonuga keeps the faith, even when Hollywood says 'We don't need you'
Drag queen and activist Peppermint finds joy even when there’s ‘no tears left to cry’
How music taught culture critic Sam Sanders to be grateful for his grief
From the South Bronx to Sesame Street: How Sonia Manzano made Maria a Latina icon
From Mozart to Drake: The music that moves Misty Copeland
Riding waves and weathering life’s storms with surfer-turned-writer Jamie Brisick
ESpecial Episode: The songs that shaped our listeners’ lives (and Sophie’s, too)
How I Met Your Mother gave Josh Radnor 'identity vertigo.' Ayahuasca set him straight.
How TV’s favorite couples therapist, Dr. Orna Guralnik, found her interior life through music
'Everyone’s seen my tits': Keeley Hazell on reclaiming the narrative in her new memoir
Amanda Knox survived a living nightmare. Flight of the Conchords helped.
ENCORE: How Robert Reich learned to fight bullies
Mary Louise Kelly: NPR host, war reporter, mother … spy novelist?
Biographer of geniuses Walter Isaacson on the songs and city that made him
Best-selling author Jason Reynolds writes the YA books he never had
The music, movie stars and murder trial that shaped actor Griffin Dunne
Joan Osborne got famous for 'One of Us' — but finding her own voice took decades
Death, Sex, Money – and music: The mixtape to podcaster Anna Sale’s life
W. Kamau Bell on fighting white supremacy — but keeping it funny
The White Lotus’ Natasha Rothwell on the 'angsty' music that shaped her
How Damian Woetzel jeté-ed his way from ballet phenom to head of The Juilliard School
Embracing ‘amor prohibido’ with singer David Archuleta
John, Yoko, and a 'beautiful boy': How author David Sheff's life was shaped by three relationships
America, the broken? Richard Misrach photographs the country's splendor and scars
Held captive in Iran, Sarah Shourd found solace in a Seal song
Rufus Wainwright’s rough road to becoming ‘the greatest songwriter on the planet’
Inside actor Rita Wilson's other life as a singer
Director Cord Jefferson on winning an Oscar and writing for love
Introducing Professional Book Nerds: An Interview with Daniel Handler
Failing publicly and feeling at home with Nextdoor’s Nirav Tolia
Rock photographer Jay Blakesberg on capturing the souls of legends
Sandra Bernhard’s ‘risky, beautiful, and heartbreaking’ life
Chesa Boudin, raised by radicals, on the songs that shaped him
Rahsaan “New York” Thomas on breaking barriers behind bars
Why Kara Swisher loves country music and the military
Turns out, Mark Cuban is an emotional guy
Introducing American Masters: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Can Do That Genre Too!
OpenAI’s Sam Altman: the human behind the machine
How Rhodessa Jones went from nude dancer to theater icon
How Robert Reich learned to fight bullies
What Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket, says about terror
What inspired the original starchitect, Lord Norman Foster
How comedy saved Margaret Cho’s life
‘Life in Seven Songs’ full theme song
He shaped the iPhone—so what shaped Jony Ive?
D’Wayne Wiggins on Tony! Toni! Toné!, Beyoncé and beyond
The truth hurts with SF Mayor London Breed
Introducing ‘Life in Seven Songs’