Battletested with Tanya Acker
By Tanya Acker
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We’ve all been hit by something hard when we didn’t expect it. We’ve come through battles of every kind - personal, professional, national - and still are fighting some of them. What have we learned from them - and what can our past battles teach us about how to live in the present moment? New episodes of BATTLETESTED air every Wednesday, wherever you get your podcasts.
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Judge Michael Corriero on Being Tested By A System He Fought to Change, and Keeping the Faith So Others Don’t Lose Theirs
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May 20, 2026 |
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When the Smoke Clears: Holding Power Accountable in an Age of Disaster
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May 13, 2026 |
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The Battle Over the Vote - Did The Supreme Court Just Reshape American Elections?
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May 06, 2026 |
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The Battle Over Social Media Has Its Day In Court
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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Why Listening to this Special Episode About President Trump, The Wall Street Journal, and Rupert Murdoch Is Important for Your Budget
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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The Partisan Divide That Started it All: Hamilton, Jefferson and the Battle for America’s Soul
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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From The People’s Court to Justice For The People: Judge Marilyn Milian’s First Podcast Ever
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Divided Now, Divided Then! The American Revolution as a Civil War (with David Schmidt)
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Challenging Power and Insisting On Our Own (with Senator Michael Bennet)
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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A Battle for a City’s Life - MS NOW's Jacob Soboroff discusses Firestorm: The Great LA Fires and America’s New Age of Disaster
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Welcome to Battletested with Tanya Acker
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Beth Macy (“Dopesick”) Decides to Tell the Whole Story
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Congressman Jake Auchincloss Decides To Correct False Narratives
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Grammy Winner Adam Blackstone Decides to Play Life in His Own Key
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Walter Mosley Decides to Give His Characters New Dimensions
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Jake Tapper Decides To Take On A Race Against Terror
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Yvette Nicole Brown Decides to Conquer
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Manny Rutinel Decides to Flip the Script in Congress
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Dwayne Betts Decides to Write His Own Story: Part 2
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Dwayne Betts Decides to Write His Own Story: Part 1
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Ezzedine Fishere Decides to Urge Palestinians and Israelis to Make the Second Best Decision for Ending the Crisis in Gaza
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Deciding to Stop Online Sextortion (with SC State Senator Brandon Guffey)
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Public Counsel Decides to Take On the Fight Against Masked ICE Raids
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Amanda Litman (“When We're in Charge: The Next Generation’s Guide to Leadership”) Decides That Power Needs a Refresh
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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Special Re-Release: Emmy Nominee Katherine LaNasa (“The Pitt”) Decides to Embrace the Moment
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Stacey Abrams Decides to Take On the Future of AI in “Coded Justice”
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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ACLU President Deborah Archer Decides To Blow The Whistle on Segregation’s (Not-So-Secret) Strategies for American Cities
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Deciding to Reshape Your Relationship to the Internet (with Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker)
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Journalist Alex Thompson (Axios) Decides to Pull Back the Curtain at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Special Re-Release: CNN's Laura Coates on the Sean “Diddy” Combs Trial
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Hurl Taylor Decides to Master Life (and Business) at 86
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Special Re-Release: Author Martha Wells (‘The Murderbot Diaries’) Has Helped Create the Show of the Summer
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Author Kyra Davis Lurie Decides To Tell A Hidden Story
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Deciding to Fight for Your Differently-Abled Child
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Deciding What to Make of the Sean “Diddy” Combs Trial (with Laura Coates)
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Katherine LaNasa (“The Pitt”) Decides to Embrace the Moment
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Deciding To Be Intentional About the Aging Journey - Caregivers Need Care Too
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Author Kennedy Ryan (“Before I Let Go”) Decides to Tell Love Stories
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May 29, 2025 |
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FYC: Writer and Showrunner Shaye Ogbonna (“Fight Night”) Decides to Tell a New Heist Story
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May 27, 2025 |
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Ronald Young Jr. (‘Weight For It’) Decides That Radical Acceptance Is the Path
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May 22, 2025 |
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Author Martha Wells (‘The Murderbot Diaries’ ) Decides to Tell a Story About Humanity
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May 20, 2025 |
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Deciding What to Make of the Tariffs - With Peter Harrell
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May 15, 2025 |
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We're Back!
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May 13, 2025 |
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Why is LA Burning? Tanya talks to NYT energy reporter Ivan Penn
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Writer and Showrunner Shaye Ogbonna ("Fight Night") on Telling New Stories and the Art of the Heist
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Deciding How to Define-A Conversation with author Nicola Yoon about her latest book, One of Our Kind
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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A Trip to His Late Father’s Homeland With Vice President Kamala Harris. A Decision to Tell Untold Stories.
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Tanya talks to Vanity Fair Special Correspondent Gabriel Sherman
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Deciding to Protest and Wanting to Win – Tanya talks to ESPN Reporter Ramona Shelburne
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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How Do We Stop Hating the Internet?
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Tanya talks to Host and Journalist Tamron Hall
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Tanya talks to Rahsaan Thomas
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Special Re-Release: Zamaan Qureshi On How to Make Social Media Safer
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Special Re-Release: Emmy and Peabody Award-winning writer, producer and director Ann Druyan
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Maryam Keshavarz On Telling American Stories and Her New Film, The Persian Version
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Special Re-Release: Overcoming Miseducation and Illiteracy (with Oliver James)
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Talking Invisible Beauty with Bethann Hardison and Frédéric Tcheng
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Holding Social Media Companies Accountable - Between Classes
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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The Art that Makes You Happy!
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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A Timely Conversation with Congressman Ro Khanna
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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People Lie. When to Make them Pay. When to Move On.
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Tanya Talks to Justice Kyra Harris Bolden of the Michigan Supreme Court
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Crypto for Beginners, FTX, and One of the Biggest Financial Frauds on Record
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Fentanyl Poisoning Took Her Sons - How She Fights Back
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Special Re-Release: Triumph in Uvalde
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Tanya Talks Music with Kelefa Sanneh (The New Yorker)
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Great Hoaxes: The Time People Believed A Woman Gave Birth to Rabbits
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Great Hoaxes: The Time People Believed There Were Praying Man-Bats on the Moon
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Adulting When Governing
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Great Mom, Great Vision, and a Lemonade Stand
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Tanya talks to Musician Robert “Kool” Bell of Kool & The Gang
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Standing Up For Kindness
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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They Didn’t Like the Way Schools Treated Their Kids. So They Did Something.
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Overcoming Miseducation and Illiteracy - A Conversation with Oliver James
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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Human Trafficking and Gilgo Beach
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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He Invented the Barcode!
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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The Price of Lies
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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The Gilgo Beach Murders Were Cold For Years. Why?
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Building Trust - Trusting Rule of Law
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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He Served His Sentence For Filing A False Tax Return - Now The FCC Wants To Take His Business.
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Triumph in Uvalde
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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Stopping Online Sextortion
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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How to Make A.I. Your Friend and How Not-Friends Can Make You Greater
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Special Re-Release: Tanya Talks to Ambassador Robert O’Brien
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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He Did All 12 Disney Parks in 12 Days!
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May 31, 2023 |
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Special Re-Release (pre debt-ceiling drama): Leaders and Deciders: Tanya talks to Congressman Ro Khanna
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May 17, 2023 |
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Special Re-Release: A 79-Year Young Champion Powerlifter Explains How To Keep Getting Better
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May 10, 2023 |
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Tanya Asks Amy!
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May 03, 2023 |
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60 Years of Music - Tanya talks to Robert “Kool” Bell
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Tanya Talks to Legendary Performer Melba Moore
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Tanya Talks to Robin Steinberg About Justice
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Your Kidneys Need You!
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Tanya talks to Dr. Kamin Samuel: U.S. Navy’s First Black Woman Helicopter Pilot
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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A Conversation with Michigan Supreme Court Justice Kyra Harris Bolden
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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The Art of Our Wars: The Power of Kindness
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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The Art of Our Wars: Battling Insurrectionists Who Want to Run Things
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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The Problem with Polls + How to Double Down on Democracy
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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The Art of Our Wars: Fighting Wrongful Convictions
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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The Art of Our Wars: Tanya talks to Attorney Stacy Phillips About Doing Divorce Better
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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The Art of Our Wars: Tanya talks to Larry Bakman About Battling in Court
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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The Art of Our Wars: Religious Freedom or Religious Compulsion?
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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The Art of Our Wars: The Coach Who Fought to Pray
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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The Art of Our Wars: The Fight to Define Money - A Brief History with Professor H.W. Brands
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Crypto for Beginners! Investors Lost Trillions - Why? And What Happened at FTX?
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Special re-release - Tanya Talks to Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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THE ART OF OUR WARS: Special Re-Release - Tanya talks to Sarah Carver and Jennifer Griffith
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Special Re-Release: Tanya talks to Mallory Whitmore - “The Formula Mom”
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Tanya Talks Book Bans With Author George Johnson
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Taking a Leap into the New - Tanya talks to Author Douglas Davis
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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A 79-Year Young Champion Powerlifter Explains How To Keep Getting Better
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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We Divorced Britain in 1776 But Can’t Quit That Family
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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College, Student Debt, and the American Dream - Tanya talks to Pulitzer Prize winner Will Bunch
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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Can An Independent Win? Evan McMullin thinks so.
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Special Re-Release: Admiral Michelle J. Howard, USN, Ret.
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Art on the Outside and the Magic Within - Tanya Talks to Costume Designer PC Williams
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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Safety, Accountability and Second Chances
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Special Re-Release: “The Best Beloved Thing Is Justice” - The New Book About Judge Dorothy W. Nelson
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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Tanya talks to Mallory Whitmore - “The Formula Mom”
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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Tenacity, Telling Stories, and Pursuing a Calling - Tanya talks to Actor Safiya Fredericks
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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From Homelessness to Culinary Success - Tanya talks to Chef Brooke Coleman
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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Tanya Takes a Bite (of History) with Max Miller
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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The Hazing That Changed A Life Forever
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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From Foster Care to Founder - Tanya talks to Sixto Cancel
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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When Government Doesn’t Play By The Rules with People Who Didn’t
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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The Supreme Court - The Process and The Pushback
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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Tanya talks to National Security and Counterterrorism Expert Juliette Kayyem about the January 6 Hearings
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Tanya talks to Hayley Taylor Schlitz
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Bringing Down a Fraud in The Big Conn: Hero’s Welcome or Shunned for Speaking Up?
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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Tanya talks to World Champion Olympic Medalist Elana Meyers Taylor
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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Tanya Talks to Ashleigh Banfield About the Tragedy of Violence
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Haitians Won Their Freedom. Then They Had To Pay.
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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Tanya talks to Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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A Conversation about the Supreme Court with Professor Kent Greenfield
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May 26, 2022 |
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The State of our Mental Health
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May 19, 2022 |
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“The Best Beloved Thing Is Justice” - The New Book About Judge Dorothy W. Nelson
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May 12, 2022 |
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Banning Books! Learning Math! Culture Wars! (Oh My!)
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May 05, 2022 |
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Special Re-Release: African-American History: The Gift that Gives All Year
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Special Re-Release: Russia’s War - China’s Lesson? Tanya Talks to Ambassador Robert O’Brien
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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The Bright and the Beautiful - Art that Makes You Happy!
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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Economics 101 - Tanya Talks to Economist Dr. Bill Conerly
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Tanya talks to Rear Admiral Sandy Adams, USN, Ret.
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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Russia’s War - China’s Lesson? Tanya Talks to Ambassador Robert O’Brien
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Tanya Talks to Congressman Ro Khanna
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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African-American History: The Gift that Gives All Year
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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Special Re-Release: Tanya talks to Olympic Silver Medalist Kimberly Glass
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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Tanya Talks Policing with Captain Marisa Barnes (KCPD - MO)
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Special Re-Release: The Fate of Facts with Jon Meacham
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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How the West Was A Win (For a Minute) For African-Americans
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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Special Black History Month Re-Release: Tanya Talks to Filmmaker Yoruba Richen
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Special Release: The Supreme Court and the Theatre of Politics
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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Tanya talks to Admiral Michelle J. Howard, USN, Ret.
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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Justice - Everyone’s Hope (Pt. 2)
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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Justice - Everyone’s Hope (Pt. 1)
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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Don’t Be Bullied By the Rise of Lies!
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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A Look Back at 2021 on The Tanya Acker Show-and Here’s to 2022!
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Dec 29, 2021 |
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A Veteran Newsman Talks The News Business - Plus, Vive La France!
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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Get A Will in Case of Fights With Cousin X! Save Your Land! Plant Trees and Grow Your $! Tanya and Jennie Stephens Explain Why and How.
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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Chris Cuomo, The Rules and the Why of It All
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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Tanya talks to Hal Williams
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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Sauce v. Gravy - Tanya talks to Judge Patricia DiMango
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Tanya Talks Music with Kelefa Sanneh
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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Re-Release: The Day that Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Showed Up
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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A Conversation About Justice: Tanya talks to Hot Bench’s Judge Michael Corriero
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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The Rage of Innocence: Tanya talks to Professor Kristin Henning
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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Dance as Conversation with Jamila Glass
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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How Danielle Walker Made Food Her Medicine
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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The Meaning of Money
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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Re-Release: Tanya Talks Vaccines with Dr. Sherril Rieux
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Tanya talks to Olympic Silver Medalist Kimberly Glass
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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History Unsilenced: Tanya Talks to DeNeen L. Brown
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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The Day that Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Showed Up
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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Defending Democracy from Doom
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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Tanya Talks the Fate of Facts with Jon Meacham
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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Tanya talks to former Biden Advisor, Moe Vela
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May 24, 2021 |
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Tanya Talks Vaccines with Dr. Sherril Rieux
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May 13, 2021 |
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Tanya talks to the High School Sweethearts Who Make Work Fun
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May 07, 2021 |
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Tanya Talks to Christopher Thomas from Judge Judy and Hot Bench
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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“Cancel Culture” and the Era of Outrage
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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Tanya Talks to Filmmaker Yoruba Richen
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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Staying Sane During the Insanity: Tanya talks to Dr. Nzinga Harrison
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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Tanya Talks to Dr. Gretchen Sorin, Co-Director of PBS’ “Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America”
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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Tanya talks to Director Stanley Nelson
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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Now You Know Why We Love Our Constitution!
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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Confronting American Terrorists, the Inauguration, and Moving Forward
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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The Supreme Court, the Trump Lawsuits and Free Speech
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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The Attack on America - January 6, 2021
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Jan 10, 2021 |
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Governing in the Age of Anger
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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She Said She Was Fired for Being Gay... So She Ran For Office and Won
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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Tanya talks to Emmy and Peabody Award-winning writer, producer and director Ann Druyan
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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45 Years in the News Business: Tanya talks to Dateline NBC correspondent Josh Mankiewicz
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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Bipartisan Buddies to Bitter Impeachments: Tanya talks to David Kennerly (Pt. 3)
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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Who are we America? Tanya Talks to David Kennerly (Pt. 2)
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Oct 20, 2020 |
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Justice, Fairness, and Safety: Tanya Talks to DA Rachael Rollins
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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Who Are We America? Tanya Talks to Pulitzer Prize Winning Photographer, David Kennerly (Part 1)
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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My Book!
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Oct 06, 2020 |
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“Agents of Chaos”
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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Superspreading, Herd Immunity, and Why COVID-19 Is So Dangerous
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Oct 04, 2020 |
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Stars and Strife: A Conversation with Director David Smick
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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No More False Choices - Doing Justice and Safety At The Same Time
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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Mo’Kelly Talks Roger Stone and Racism
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Sep 01, 2020 |