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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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Make the Perfect Meatballs and Tomatoes

Make the Perfect Meatballs and Tomatoes

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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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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 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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Why Janis Ian’s song “At Seventeen” was so universally beloved

Why Janis Ian’s song “At Seventeen” was so universally beloved

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American Masters

How It Feels To Be Free documentary

The inspiring story of how six iconic African American female entertainers – Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier – challenged an entertainment industry deeply complicit in perpetuating racist stereotypes, and transformed themselves and their audiences in the process.