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Elizabeth Olsen doesn’t want validation, but she does want you to understand her taste. She shares why she’s terrified of dying, but is fascinated with death and the joy of idle people watching.

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Want to get rich quick? You’re not alone. Right now, Americans spend over $100 billion, yes billion, every year on lottery tickets. Today on the show, in collaboration with Scratch and Win from WGBH, how the mafia, Sputnik, medical equipment, and the electoral college led to American’s obsession with playing the numbers.

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More than a hundred roles in a nearly four-decade career let Val Kilmer explore a wealth of human experience.

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As ICE agents arrest international students at campuses across the U.S., professor Daniel Kanstroom discusses the law — and the human cost. He says the round-ups are designed to “send a message.”

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A famed graphic novelist returns! A Southern-gothic crime-thriller inspired by The Godfather! An extremely in depth biography of Mark Twain! And more!

“My deskmate smells like roadkill, just like my roommate. It’s like I never left home.”

Indonesian residents of Queens, N.Y., gather once a month to celebrate the culture and food of their homeland. The emphasis is on the food.

Val Kilmer died from pneumonia. He had recovered after a 2014 throat cancer diagnosis that required two tracheotomies.

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In Daredevil: Born Again, Charlie Cox returns as everyone’s favorite blind-but-with-heightened-senses Marvel superhero. This time out, he hangs up his horns and throws himself into his career as a lawyer. At the same time, the criminal mastermind Kingpin (played by Vincent D’Onofrio) decides to go straight and run for mayor of New York City. The two men declare a truce, but will it last?

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