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  • Revisiting The Craft And Vision Of 'Graduate' Director Mike Nichols
    The late director is the subject of a new PBS American Masters documentary. Another documentary about Nichols will be shown on HBO next month. Nichols spoke to Fresh Air's Terry Gross in 2001.
  • Future Animator Corey Garig
    Twenty-five-year old Corey Garig works at a deli (where Martha met him) to support himself and his family while he teaches himself computer animation.Look…
  • The Call of the Midwife
    On this episode of The Spark: Maya Hawthorn knew she wanted to be a midwife as soon as she learned that midwives exist. Martha and she talk some about the…
  • 'The Queen' Reveals The Story Of The Woman Who Became A Symbol Of Welfare Fraud
    Linda Taylor rose to infamy during the 1970s, when prize-winning reporter George Bliss brought her criminal activity to light — and then-candidate Ronald Reagan turned her into the Welfare Queen.
  • News brief: Mariupol resistance, drug overdose deaths, mask mandate appeal
    Russia says it controls most of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol. The White House has a plan to reduce drug overdose deaths. The Justice Department will appeal the mask ruling by a federal judge.
  • U.S. Reaches COVID-19 Milestone: Death Toll Is Over 200,000
    More than 200,000 people in the U.S. have died of COVID-19. We hear from three areas of the country about how the pandemic has affected life there.
  • Bicycle Repairman Ben Wyse
    Ben Wyse is one of (as far as we know) the only two mobile bike repairmen in the country. Apparently a "bicycle powered bike shop" is a rarity. Martha's…
  • Cooking Up a Murder Mystery
    On this episode of The Spark: Martha speaks with Mollie Cox Bryan, who has gone from pies to murder... at least in her writing. Mollie Cox Bryan, the…
  • Choosing the Writing Life
    On this episode of The Spark: Martha speaks with Books & Brews author, Rebecca Kauffman.Rebecca went to NYC to attend the Manhattan School of Music as a…
  • Cuba's Amazing Cars
    On this episode of The Spark: Martha continues her conversation with Peter Van Acker about his merry Cuban adventures... and they talk a lot about the…
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