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Book critic MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews “Our Noble Selves” by Kate Atkinson.

Journalist DEXTER FILKINS, a staff writer for The New Yorker. His new piece, "Jared Kushner’s Dollar Diplomacy," looks at Trump’s son-in-law’s growing role in American foreign policy while his private-equity firm is backed by billions of dollars from governments in the Middle East. (INTERVIEW BY TONYA MOSLEY) (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW).

Actress DANIELLE BROOKS. She’s known for her roles as Tastee in Orange in the New Black and Sophia in the Broadway revival and film adaptations of The Color Purple. She co-stars in the new film If I Go Will They Miss Me. (INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW).

(1.) Former NFL quarterback, COLIN KAEPERNICK. Ten years ago, as a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, he took a knee during the national anthem to protest police killings of Black people. He was out of the league by the next season and later filed a collusion case against the NFL and settled it. He is the founder of the Know Your Rights Camp, and started a publishing company and an AI literacy company, and in 2021 he made a Netflix series with Ava DuVernay about his childhood called “Colin in Black and White.” His new memoir is called The Perilous Fight.

(1.) Former FDNY Deputy Chief JOHN "JAY" JONAS. He was in the North tower on September 11th when the South tower collapsed. He and his crew made their way down from the 27th floor. On the 20th, they came across a woman who could barely walk. They made it to the fourth floor when the building collapsed around them. JONAS retired from the Fire department in 2022 after almost 43 years. (INTERVIEW FROM 2011.09.07)

Film critic JUSTIN CHANG reviews Practical Magic 2.

SABREENA MERCHANT covers women’s basketball for The Athletic. The WNBA is having a moment, fueled by rising stars like Caitlin Clark, A’ja Wilson, and Angel Reese, recent leadership changes, and the culture war debates over trans athletes. MERCHANT discusses the latest in professional women's basketball —including the controversies surrounding the WNBA, on and off the court. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW.) (INTERVIEW BY SAM FRAGOSO.)

CASEY GERALD, author of the new book The Great Refusal: A New Vision of Resistance. It picks up where his previous book, There Will Be No Miracles Here, left off, which is a memoir that chronicled his life growing up in Oak Cliff, Dallas; attending Yale and Harvard; working at Lehman Brothers; creating a successful nonprofit; and, at the height of his success, walking away. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW).

Tv critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews SCTV, which is now available to stream on Netflix . “SCTV,” also known as “Second City TV,” was a low-budget sketch comedy show that originated in Canada in the mid-1970s and continued in syndication and on network and cable TV until 1984. Its cast members over the years have included John Candy, Martin Short, Catherine O’Hara, and Andrea Martin.

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Singer and songwriter, ROSANNE CASH. When she was 18, her father Johnny Cash gave her a list of 100 essential country songs. Years later she released an album titled The List featuring 12 of those songs. (REBROADCAST FROM 2009.10.05) (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW)

Critic-at-Large JOHN POWERS reviews the new film Coyote vs. ACME.

We remember writer, activist and feminist crusader GLORIA STEINEM. She died Wednesday at the age of 92. We'll listen to excerpts of two interviews with her. Her memoir, My Life on the Road, was dedicated to the doctor who helped Steinem get an illegal abortion when she was 22. She talks about the choices she made in her life--a life that has profoundly influenced women around the world. She helped to launch Ms. Magazine: created, owned, and operated by women, and targeted at increasingly self-aware women of the 1970s. It proved widely popular and hugely influential.

Director PAUL GREENGRASS. His new film, The Uprising, tells the story of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, when tens of thousands of English farmers and laborers rose up against the crown. It stars Andrew Garfield. Twenty years ago, Greengrass made United 93, which re-creates in real time the hijacked flight on September 11th where passengers fought back. He built it from the official record and interviews with more than a hundred family members of those on board. And he directed Captain Phillips about a cargo ship seized by Somali pirates, which starred Tom Hanks..

Film critic JUSTIN CHANG reviews the new drama Filipiñana (Fi-li-pee-NYAH-nuh), which follows a teenage girl who’s just started working at an upscale resort in Manila. It’s the first feature from the Filipino writer-director Rafael Manuel.

New York Times reporter NATASHA SINGER covers the intersection of technology, business, and education. She's written a new book titled Coding Kids: Big Tech's battle to Remake Public Schools.

Journalist ANNIE LOWREY is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where she covers economic policy. Her new book is The Time Tax: How the Government Wastes Our Time, and How to Fix It. She argues that the red tape in American life isn't an accident. It's a policy choice, one that determines who gets food assistance, health care, even the ability to vote. Her previous book is Give People Money about universal basic income. (INTERVIEW BY TONYA MOSLEY) (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW).

Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews two new albums by the Womack Sisters and Margaret Glaspy.

(2.) Actor RHEA SEEHORN<RAY Seehorn>. The former co-star of “Better Call Saul” is nominated for an Emmy for her starring role in “Pluribus,” the Apple TV series created by Vince Gilligan. Terry Gross spoke with RHEA SEEHORN last year about the “Pluribus”. “Pluribus” is nominated for eighteen Emmys, including one for SEEHORN as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. The Emmys are scheduled for September 14th. (THIS INTERVIEW ORIGINALLY AIRED 12.09.2025)

(1.) Actor, writer, and producer RIZ AHMED. He’s nominated for an Emmy for his starring role in the Prime Video series “Bait” in which he plays a British Pakistani actor auditioning to be the next James Bond. AHMED is also a writer and creator of the series.

Jazz critic MARTIN JOHNSON reviews the new album by Cecil McLorin Salvant, “With Every Breath I Take.”