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Hamnet is the Best movie of 2026.
And Sinners is the best of 2025. HAPPY OSCARS WEEKENDvoice
The Oscars are this weekend, and I want to talk about a film that knocked me sideways a few months ago.
Kristi Noem More, Texas Voter Suppression, and November is Coming
Allen West — yes, that Allen West, the Florida Man who did a mock execution in Iraq and ran a think tank into embezzlement — just ran a mock election in Dallas County. Conspiracy theories about voting machines led to real voters getting tur...
Counter-programming War with Peace and a true history of democracy
Today feels better than most to send this message. When the United States has plunged much of the world into war, I want to remind us we can choose peace. In this, our 250th year as a nation, let’s remember the seeds already planted on this...
When The U.S. Goes To War... Consume Non-U.S. News
In the mid-1990s, I had the great fortune to take my first overseas trip to Senegal. In a hotel I discovered something called “CNN International” and even then, as a high school student, I thought, “This is way better than what they feed us...
Love Is a Verb, and Our 250-Year Relationship: Esther Perel + Me Live
This week, on the edge of Valentine’s Day, in the 250th year of the United States, and still in the afterglow of Benito Bad Bunny’s epic Super Bowl halftime show, I sat down with Esther Perel to talk about love.
Not the chocolate-and-roses...
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Baratunde is a host, writer, and speaker who explores interdependence through our relationships with nature, each other, and technology. His latest project is the YouTube podcast "Life With Machines."
Renowned psychotherapist, NYT bestselling author, and podcast host exploring the intricacies of modern relationships, intimacy, and desire.
Nat'l security expert. ex-DHS chief of staff. NYT best-selling author. Was “Anonymous” — now urging folks to take their masks off. Founder @ DEFIANCE.org
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