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If The Nose Is Boring, It Isn't 'Cause Of Cancel Culture: Donald Glover, 'The Underground Railroad'

Kyle Kaplan
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Thuso Mbedu in 'The Underground Railroad.'

After a long absence from Twitter, Donald Glover last week, in a series of since-deleted tweets, .

After a long absence from the popular culture, .

And: The Underground Railroad is a 10-part limited series on Amazon Prime. It's Barry Jenkins's adaptation of Colson Whitehead's 2016 novel.

Some other stuff that happened this week, give or take:


  • A familiar face who was especially adept at deadpan comedy, he also appeared on Broadway in "Same Time, Next Year," wrote books and had his own talk show.

  • The company's senior leadership wanted to quell employees' concerns, and only made things much, much worse

  • An outfit representing some 10,000 radio stations wants to depose star musicians in a heavyweight legal battle.

  • While DeGeneres complains about the reports of her behavior and toxic workplace, it's even harder to remember what it was about the show that changed history -- and was so good.

  • How hundreds of "Jeopardy!" contestants talked themselves into a baseless conspiracy theory -- and won't be talked out of it.

  • Thanks to 'All Star' to 'Hallelujah,' the animated blockbuster’s soundtrack has maintained a quietly rich legacy. The people behind the film -- and musicians behind its songs -- break down how it came together and why it still matters, even as the years started coming and didn’t stop coming.

  • Rich people are heading to space, and they're changing what it means to be an astronaut.

  • This class action filing comes after another customer claimed at the beginning of the year that the candle turned her living room into an "inferno."

  • A.O. Scott critiqued her approach to comedy in a 2005 movie. Now they sit down to talk about what he got right and wrong, and why owning up to mistakes is freeing.

GUESTS:

  • Taneisha Duggan - Artistic producer at TheaterWorks
  • Rich Hollant - Principal at CO:LAB, founder of Free Center, and commissioner on cultural affairs for the city of Hartford

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Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show.

Jonathan is a producer for ‘The Colin McEnroe Show.’ His work has been heard nationally on NPR and locally on ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s talk shows and news magazines. He’s as likely to host a podcast on minor league baseball as he is to cover a presidential debate almost by accident. Jonathan can be reached at jmcnicol@ctpublic.org.

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