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Articulate
Resilience
Season 8
Episode 1
Even after 50 years of accolades, including a Pulitzer Prize at 26 for his Doonesbury comic strip, Garry Trudeau reckons he may have gotten too much too young. And despite her mastery of the written word, Joyce Carol Oates is skeptical about how well conversation can express the complexities of thought and emotions.
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Yiyun Li and Miguel Gutierrez have been guided by self-understanding.

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David Gray and Aleksandar Hemon struggled to be heard at home. The world soon caught up.

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Deborah Eisenberg and Shira Erlichman fought inner conflicts in search of personal peace.

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Terrance Hayes and Anthony McGill have been resolute in pursuit of their destinies.

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Playwright Sarah Gancher and musicians Jay Ungar & Molly Mason travelled far to find home.

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Tochi Onyebuchi and Stephen Powers are both changing the world, one word at a time.

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Songwriter Valerie June and choreographer Stephen Petronio share the gift of resilience.

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Both Darin Strauss and Steven Mackey were shaped by incidents in their teens.

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In her own inimitable style, Natalie Merchant has experienced enough for several lives.

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Phoebe Bridgers creates wise story songs; Brian Sanders questions received wisdom.

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Stories have shaped our knowledge and communication and are core to our shared humanity.

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Bassist Joseph Conyers in concert and conversation