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Can't sleep? Journalist Jennifer Senior says you're not alone in your insomnia
by Terry Gross
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jennifer Senior has had insomnia for 25 years. Her new piece in The Atlantic is about her often futile attempts to fall asleep, and about the latest research into insomnia.
'No More Tears' author discusses Johnson & Johnson's questionable business practices
by Tonya Mosley
J&J recently lost a bid to settle lawsuits that claimed its talc powder products, including baby powder, caused cancer. Author Gardiner Harris says the company's defense "is beginning to crumble."
Michelle Williams is brilliantly comic -- and tragic -- in Hulu's 'Dying for Sex'
by David Bianculli
A long-married woman with terminal cancer leaves her husband and embarks on a quest for sexual satisfaction in a miniseries that's so real and so raw it's likely to make you both laugh and cry.
Actor David Tennant does it all, from 'Doctor Who' to Shakespeare to podcasting
by Sam Briger
The Scottish actor played Doctor Who for five years, and has been the lead in many Shakespearean plays. His podcast, David Tennant Does a Podcast With... is now in its third season.
Marking 20 years of 'The Office,' with Steve Carell, Ricky Gervais and others
We celebrate the NBC mockumentary by listening back to archival interviews with Carell, Gervais, Jenna Fischer, John Krasinski, Rainn Wilson, Mindy Kaling and executive producer Greg Daniels.
A culture critic reflects on the limits of language -- and the magic of silence
by Tonya Mosley
Pulitzer Prize-winning New Yorker writer Hilton Als says we "don't actually have much silence left" in our world. His latest exhibition challenges the way we see art, identity and storytelling.
Albums by Lucy Dacus and Jeffrey Lewis show the range of confessional songwriting
by Ken Tucker
Dacus mixes confession and intimacy on Forever is a Feeling. The EVEN MORE Freewheelin' Jeffrey Lewis nods to Dylan's early New York City folkie days, with a great song about the pain of existence.