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New Yorker writer Marc Fisher says Patel became FBI director without senior law enforcement experience because of his loyalty to Trump and willingness to seek retribution for his perceived enemies.

After his parents died, Stiller found a stash of their audio recordings. Those tapes of comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara are at the center of the documentary Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost.

Erivo says she found parallels between her life and the experience of her Wicked character, Elphaba. Her new memoir is called Simply More: A Book for Anyone who Has Been Told They're Too Much.

Hawke says playing lyricist Lorenz Hart in Blue Moon pushed him to his limit. Robbin's new play, Topsy Turvy, is about a chorus that loses its ability to sing together after COVID isolation.

Sirāt tells the story of a man searching for his lost daughter at a rave in the Sahara Desert. Though it carries echoes of earlier cinema, nothing about this film feels derivative or secondhand.

Biomedical engineer Rachel Lance says British scientists submitted themselves to experiments that would be considered unethical today. Her book is Chamber Divers. Originally broadcast April, 10 2024.

"Every now and then you bump up against a part that presses you to the wall of your ability," Hawke says of playing lyricist Lorenz Hart. Hawke is also starring in the film Black Phone 2.

The New Yorker's Antonia Hitchens describes how Loomer went from a conspiracy theorist to a close ally of Trump who's gotten government officials she claims are disloyal to the president fired.

Joachim Trier's drama centers on the complicated relationship between a filmmaker and his grown daughters. But for every perceptive moment in the film, there's another that feels coy, even complacent.

Marion Nestle says we need to rethink how we eat. She recommends "real food, processed as little as possible, with a big emphasis on plants." Her new book is What to Eat Now.