238 Episodes

  1. 190: Chris Wilcha — from "This American Life" to "Flipside"

    Published: 06/06/2024
  2. 189: India's Trail-Blazing Director Anand Patwardhan

    Published: 30/05/2024
  3. 188: Margreth Olin on "Songs of Earth"

    Published: 23/05/2024
  4. 187: Rob Reiner on Albert Brooks and Spinal Tap

    Published: 16/05/2024
  5. 186: Yousef Srouji on Palestinian Home Movies

    Published: 09/05/2024
  6. 185: Paul Cronin on Columbia 1968

    Published: 07/05/2024
  7. 184: Clair Titley on "The Contestant"

    Published: 02/05/2024
  8. 183: Just Vision’s Julia Bacha and Suhad Babaa on 20 Years of Covering Israel-Palestine

    Published: 18/04/2024
  9. 182: Sreemoyee Singh — from India to Iran

    Published: 11/04/2024
  10. 181: Mila Turajlić on Non-Aligned

    Published: 04/04/2024
  11. 180: Asmae El Moudir on "The Mother of All Lies"

    Published: 28/03/2024
  12. 179: Alex Gibney on Paul Simon

    Published: 21/03/2024
  13. 178: Anand Giridharadas on "The Persuaders"

    Published: 14/03/2024
  14. 177: Carla Gutierrez on "Frida"

    Published: 07/03/2024
  15. 176: Alissa Wilkinson at The New York Times

    Published: 29/02/2024
  16. 175: S. Leo Chiang on "Island in Between"

    Published: 15/02/2024
  17. 174: Oscar contenders, part 2

    Published: 12/01/2024
  18. 173: Oscar contenders, part 1

    Published: 11/01/2024
  19. 172: Nicole Newnham on “The Disappearance of Shere Hite”

    Published: 30/11/2023
  20. 171: "Every Body" Profiles Intersex Activists

    Published: 22/11/2023

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