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Connie Chung Regrets Being A Good Girl

TV news journalist Connie Chung has written a new tell-all memoir. It's about breaking into the boys club of her industry, her marriage to Maury Povitch, and the big scoops of her career. The funny and off-the-cuff news icon spoke with Tonya Mosley.

Connie Chung Regrets Being A Good Girl

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How Trump Created The Illusion Of Success

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner spent years investigating the former president's finances and various businesses. They dispel Trump's myth of being a self-made billionaire, and trace the missteps he made, squandering his father's fortune. Their book is Lucky Loser.

How Trump Created The Illusion Of Success

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Demi Moore's New Beginning

In the horror movie The Substance, Demi Moore plays an aging actress who uses a black-market drug to create a younger version of herself. She says the film examines the pressures middle-aged women face to remain youthful. Moore spoke with Tonya Mosley about "compare and despair" in Hollywood, and why she's entered a new chapter of her life.

Demi Moore's New Beginning

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Best Of: Inside Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover / Comic Taylor Tomlinson

Journalists Ryan Mac and Kate Conger talk about the chaos Elon Musk created inside Twitter, how Musk moved further to the political right, and how Trump wants to appoint Musk to head a new efficiency commission. Their book is Character Limit.

Best Of: Inside Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover / Comic Taylor Tomlinson

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Remembering Actor James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones was the voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars and Mafusa in The Lion King, and once the voice of CNN. But there was a time when he didn't want to be heard. We revisit his 1993 interview with Terry Gross about how he overcame his stutter. Jones died this week at 93.

Remembering Actor James Earl Jones

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Gearing Up For A Post-Election Legal Fight

Democrats and Republicans learned from the legal fight over the 2020 elections, New York Times reporter Nick Corasaniti explains how both sides are prepping for 2024 ballot box fight.

Gearing Up For A Post-Election Legal Fight

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How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter

After buying Twitter in 2022, Elon Musk instituted sweeping changes. He laid off or fired about 75% of the staff –including about half the data scientists. He also ended rules banning hate speech and misinformation. Authors Kate Conger and Ryan Mac recount the takeover in Character Limit.

How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter

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The Unchecked Power Of Sheriffs

Investigative journalist Jessica Pishko says that a growing group of "constitutional sheriffs" have become a flashpoint in the current politics of toxic masculinity, guns, white supremacy, and rural resentment. "Constitutional sheriffs would argue that there is no one who can tell them what to do," Pishko says. "Not the president, not the Supreme Court, not the governor, not the legislature. Sometimes constitutional sheriffs will call themselves something like a king." Her book is The Highest Law in the Land.

The Unchecked Power Of Sheriffs

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Taylor Tomlinson Is Ready To Joke About Her Bipolar II. Mostly.

The After Midnight host was initially unsure about sharing her bipolar II diagnosis on-stage. But, she tells co-host Tonya Mosley, "I got such amazing feedback from people who had been struggling with their mental health." Her new Netflix comedy special is Have It All.

Taylor Tomlinson Is Ready To Joke About Her Bipolar II. Mostly.

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Best Of: SCOTUS Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson / Novelist Danzy Senna

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's new memoir, Lovely One, gives us a rare glimpse into her legal mind. And she gets personal about her childhood, marriage and her time as a public defender.

Best Of: SCOTUS Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson / Novelist Danzy Senna

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