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Zadie Smith's heads up to young people: 'You are absolutely going to become old'

author Zadie Smith. Her new collection of essays is called "Dead And Alive."

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After a roast, comic Nikki Glaser says she needs to cleanse her brain

Comic Nikki Glaser. One of her favorite subjects onstage is sex, and that's true of her new comedy special, "Someday You'll Die," which is streaming on Max. In the special, she also talks about why she doesn't want to have children, her thoughts on monogamy, her experiences with depression and suicidal thinking, getting older - she's 40 now - and how comics are often afraid of getting canceled.

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