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Monthly Archive: October 2018

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April Ryan Interview: White House Correspondent Fights the Good Fight for Press Freedom

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April Ryan

April Ryan has been a White House correspondent for the American Urban Radio Networks since the Clinton administration. In addition, she can be seen almost daily as a political analyst for CNN. She has been featured in Vogue, Cosmopolitan and Elle magazines as well as the New York Times, Washington Post and Politico, to name a few, and has appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Anderson Cooper 360, Hardball, Meet the Press and many other television news programs. In 2017, the National Association of Black Journalists named her the “Journalist of the Year.”

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John Popper Interview: Blues Traveler Frontman Talks New Album, "Hurry Up & Hang Around"

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John Popper

John Popper is a founding member of Blues Traveler, serving as the band’s frontman with lead vocals and harmonica. They are known for such hits as “Run Around,” “Hook,” “But Anyway” and “The Mountains Win Again.” Other current band members are Chan Kinchla, Tad Kinchla, Ben Wilson and Brendan Hill. Bobby Sheehan, a co-founder of Blues Traveler, passed away in 1999.

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Thursday

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Jeff Bridges Interview: "I’m Thriving and Led by Love. … Get on Board with Loving This Planet"

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Jeff Bridges

Actor, singer and producer Jeff Bridges is the son of legendary film, stage and television actor Lloyd Bridges. His mother, Dorothy, was an actress and a poet and older brother, Beau, is also an actor and director. Bridges won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 2009 film Crazy Heart and earned Academy Award nominations for his roles in six other films. In 1998, he starred as what is arguably his most famous role, The Dude, in the Coen brothers’ film The Big Lebowski.

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Anne Rice Interview: "Vampire Chronicles" Author Talks Latest Installment, "Blood Communion," and Catholic Clergy Scandal

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Anne Rice

Anne Rice’s books have sold nearly 100 million copies, placing her among the most popular authors in recent American history. She is perhaps best known for her series of novels, The Vampire Chronicles, revolving around the central character of Lestat. Two books, Interview with the Vampire and Queen of the Damned, were the subject of film adaptations, and her Vampire Chronicles has been put into development at Hulu for a television series.

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