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Carla Hall on cooking, courage, and curiosity

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Carla Hall on cooking, courage, and curiosity

For nearly twenty years, chef, author, and actor Carla Hall has taught us to cook from the heart across both screen and stage. Beyond culinary arts, her career path has spanned diverse fields such as accounting and modeling. Today, Carla joins the show to discuss how to navigate your next move with confidence, whether in your career or in the kitchen.

Carla Hall on cooking, courage, and curiosity

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Olivia Colman in Wicker.

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The movies and TV we’re most excited about this fall

This fall, there’s a lot of movies and TV on tap for you to see. And we're as excited for all of it to arrive as you are. So we’ve got a guide to what’s worth keeping on your radar, including Wicker, Wildwood, Wild Horse Nine, Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother and Avatar: Seven Havens.

Fall Guide

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A clipping of hair labeled as Thomas Jefferson's in the collections of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello, his primary home and plantation.

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New DNA analysis adds evidence Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings

A lock of hair, 15 years of sleuthing and a 200-year-old question. In History by a Hair, Smithsonian Institution scholar Richard Kurin follows the DNA trail back to Thomas Jefferson.

New DNA analysis adds evidence Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings

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Diana, Princess of Wales, waves to the crowd as she leaves the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute in Sydney Australia, Nov. 1, 1996.

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A new book by Princess Diana's brother prompts war of words with King Charles III

A new book by the late Princess Diana's brother, Charles Spencer, has made headlines with damning allegations about King Charles III. Buckingham Palace responded with a strongly-worded statement.

"There's times I'm playing the banjo and I just feel the ancestors," Rhiannon Giddens says.

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Rhiannon Giddens' banjo connects her to her ancestors: 'The spirits come through'

A self-described "folkie to the bone," Giddens sings and plays banjo and fiddle in this interview. Her latest album, Hope Is the Thing with Feathers, takes its name from an Emily Dickinson poem.

FA: Rhiannon Giddens

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David Ellison, Chairman & CEO, Paramount Skydance speaks on stage during New York Upfront Partnership Event 2026 at Storied NYC on April 22, 2026 in New York City.

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Media

Paramount makes concessions to salvage $111 billion Warner Bros. Discovery deal

Paramount's owners have made concessions to 12 Democratic state attorneys general to settle a lawsuit that endangered the media company's bid for its larger Hollywood rival, Warner Bros. Discovery.

HFR Paramount and AGs settle

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John Wilson in The History of Concrete.

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Great documentaries you don’t want to miss

We talk a lot about movies and TV shows, but new documentary films sometimes can sometimes get lost in the shuffle. So today we’re highlighting some new documentaries that are worth your time and you don’t want to miss – including Remake, The History of Concrete, Black Zombie, The Oldest Person in the World, and You Had to Be There.

Great documentaries you don’t want to miss

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Are we in a 'color recession'?

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Are we in a 'color recession'?

Are neutrals dominating your color palette?

Are we in a color recession?

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Chef Brian Landry prepares a grilled pompano dish with broken Romesco at The Bayou Bar at the Pontchartrain Hotel before opening hours on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans, La. on Aug. 19, 2026.

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A new cookbook pays tribute to two New Orleans staples — 'Rhythm & Roux'

At Bayou Bar, music and food go hand in hand. Which is why a new cookbook from chef Brian Landry and bandleader Peter Harris has recipes from the menu and stories from the musicians who play there.

COOKBOOK: Rhythm and Roux

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Alzo Slade and Peter Sagal on stage at the Studebaker Theater in Chicago

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'Wait Wait' for September 19, 2026: With Not My Job guest Hernan Diaz

This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, special guest Hernan Diaz and panelists Adam Burke, Shantira Jackson

, and Sam Rocha

‘Wait Wait’ for September 19, 2026: With Not My Job guest Hernan Diaz

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Volunteer excavators and archaeologists, many of them kneeling, search the soil for artifacts at the Nunalleq dig site.

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Archaeologists are racing to save precious artifacts in Alaska after last year's storm

Last year, remnants of a typhoon damaged homes, infrastructure and an archaeological dig site. Now, archaeologists are trying to get as many objects out as possible before the next storm.

A fond farewell to brunch and also humankind

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A fond farewell to brunch and also humankind

This week, panelists Adam Burke, Shantira Jackson, and Sam Rocha talk about the AI apocalypse, beds full of bees, and the death of brunch. Plus, guest Hernan Diaz discusses his favorite pen and his new novel ‘Ply’

A fond farewell to brunch and also humankind

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