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Danielle Brooks - "Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia"

Season 26 E 79 • 04/07/2021

Actor Danielle Brooks talks about becoming a new mother during the pandemic and portraying the gospel singer Mahalia Jackson in the Lifetime biopic "Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia."

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America Faces a Fourth COVID-19 Wave
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Experts sound the alarm about a potential fourth wave of the coronavirus in the U.S., but a massive surge in vaccinations offers hope for a return to normalcy after a year of unease.
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The Coronavirus Causes a Recession for Women
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Desi Lydic talks to economist Olga Shurchkov and infectious disease researcher Dharushana Muthulingam about how the pandemic is hurting working women due to childcare disruptions.
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Georgia Voter Suppression
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Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signs a GOP-backed law that severely restricts voting access, drawing condemnation from President Biden and backlash from major companies based in the state.
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Morgan Freeman - "Be There, This Is Your Shot" PSA
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Garrett Bradley - "Time"
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Film director Garrett Bradley discusses her Academy Award-nominated documentary "Time," which chronicles a woman's decades-long effort to get reunited with her incarcerated husband.
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Toxic Wastewater in Florida & Yahoo Answers Shutting Down
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Florida faces a potential flood of highly toxic water, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen proposes a global corporate tax rate, and Yahoo Answers announces its upcoming shutdown.
04/06/2021
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07:00

COVID-19 Vaccine Passports
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As more people get vaccinated for the coronavirus, states and businesses float the idea of vaccine passports as a public safety measure, leading to paranoid freak-outs on Fox News.
04/06/2021
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09:03

If You Don't Know, Now You Know - The Sudden Rise of NFTs
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Trevor gives a rundown on the recent craze over non-fungible tokens -- or NFTs -- which allow artists to sell digital versions of their work as unique collectibles to the highest bidder.
04/07/2021
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06:22

Mitch McConnell's Warning to Corporations & Siri's Voice
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Mitch McConnell lashes out at corporations protesting Georgia's voter restriction law, the U.S. and Iran begin negotiating via intermediaries, and Apple announces updates to Siri's voice.
04/07/2021
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04:26

Bracket of Bulls**t: Pandemic Edition - The Winner of 2020
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The final 2020 Bracket of Bulls**t comes down to Jeff Bezos's obscene accumulation of wealth during the pandemic and the many people who insist on wearing masks pulled under their nose.
04/07/2021
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06:53

Danielle Brooks - "Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia"
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Actor Danielle Brooks talks about becoming a new mother during the pandemic and portraying the gospel singer Mahalia Jackson in the Lifetime biopic "Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia."
04/07/2021
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12:36

Culture Wars: Moral Kombat
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Fox News' Tucker Carlson rails against United Airlines' diversity initiative for hiring new pilots, and Republicans push hard for discriminatory transphobic policies against kids.
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Desi Lydic Fox-Splains Georgia's Restrictive Voting Law
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Desi Lydic launches into a Fox News-worthy defense of Georgia's controversial law that severely restricts voting access, and she has harsh words for the corporations speaking out against it.
04/08/2021
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04:02

Biden's Gun Control Orders & Physicists Find Mystery Force
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President Biden rolls out executive orders aimed at curtailing America's gun violence, and scientists discover a particle with game-changing implications about the nature of the universe.
04/08/2021
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Lee Isaac Chung - "Minari"
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Writer and director Lee Isaac Chung discusses "Minari," his Academy Award-nominated film about a Korean-American family that moves to Arkansas in order to pursue the American dream.
04/08/2021
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03:32

"Double Mutant" Coronavirus Emerges
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The CDC sounds the alarm about heightened risks posed by COVID-19 variants sweeping the U.S., and The Daily Show issues a PSA about vaccination.
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Virus Hot Spots Denied Vaccine Surge & Floridians Burn Masks
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Michigan struggles to obtain extra vaccines from the Biden administration after becoming a coronavirus hotspot, and protesters in Florida burn their face masks.
04/12/2021
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Miguel - "Art Dealer Chic Vol. 4"
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Singer-songwriter Miguel talks about dealing with pandemic life, the release of his new EP "Art Dealer Chic Vol. 4" and his advocacy for mental health.
04/12/2021
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07:14

Tribe Worships Prince Philip & Matt Gaetz's Venmo History
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A Pacific Island tribe regards the late Prince Philip as a god, Congressman Matt Gaetz's Venmo transactions come under scrutiny, and Israel allegedly sabotages an Iranian nuclear centrifuge.
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05:28

Minnesota Police Shooting & Violent Traffic Stop in Virginia
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Protests erupt in Minnesota after another unarmed Black man is killed by police, and cops brutalize a Black military service member at a traffic stop in Virginia.
04/12/2021
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05:41

Scrabble Players Want Slurs Banned from the Word List
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Dulce Sloan talks to Scrabble champion Will Anderson and Harvard law professor Randall Kennedy about an organized effort to have offensive slurs removed from Scrabble's official word list.
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