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Janis Ian: Breaking Silence

Janis Ian: Breaking Silence

Season 39 Episode 4
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Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny

Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny

Season 39 Episode 5
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These Italian ingredients didn’t exist in America before Marcella Hazan

These Italian ingredients didn’t exist in America before Marcella Hazan

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How Marcella Hazan accidentally became a teacher

How Marcella Hazan accidentally became a teacher

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How Marcella Hazan published her first cookbook

How Marcella Hazan published her first cookbook

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Chef April Bloomfield makes Marcella Hazan’s tomato sauce with onion and butter

Chef April Bloomfield makes Marcella Hazan’s tomato sauce with onion and butter

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What sparked Hannah Arendt's ideas behind "The Origins of Totalitarianism"

What sparked Hannah Arendt's ideas behind "The Origins of Totalitarianism"

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Hannah Arendt’s reflections on being a refugee

Hannah Arendt’s reflections on being a refugee

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How Hannah Arendt developed the concept of "the banality of evil"

How Hannah Arendt developed the concept of "the banality of evil"

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Why McCarthyism was familiar to Hannah Arendt

Why McCarthyism was familiar to Hannah Arendt

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How Janis Ian wrote “Society’s Child”

How Janis Ian wrote “Society’s Child”

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Janis Ian wrote “Some People’s Lives” as a tribute to her friend

Janis Ian wrote “Some People’s Lives” as a tribute to her friend

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Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse

Season 39 Episode 3

Explore the work of cartoonist Art Spiegelman and the impact of his Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Maus, about his parents’ survival of the Holocaust. A defender of free speech, Spiegelman has spoken out as book bans spread across the country.

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