Now What? with Brooke Shields

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How Celeste Ng writes herself into the story

New York Times bestselling author Celeste Ng (Little Fires Everywhere, Everything I Never Told You) chats with Brooke about the underlying meaning of her latest novel Our Missing Hearts, why she doesn't take public reaction to her work personally, and what it's like to take a back seat when a project gets adapted by Hollywood A-listers. Plus, Celeste reveals how a harrowing racist encounter from her childhood has forever changed the way she approaches injustices in the world.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Katie Couric on shaking the morning show stigma

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  Brooke's husband Chris Henchy takes the hot seat

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  Jennifer Esposito on not taking no for an answer

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  Cheryl Strayed on embracing the gray area

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  Dr. Sanjay Gupta on training your brain to be resilient

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  Joan Baez on learning to confront the past

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  Cedric the Entertainer on putting fatherhood ahead of fame

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  John Stamos on sobriety and choosing to survive

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  How Sarah Silverman changed comedy’s boy’s club

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  Why Willie Geist is the anti-Anchorman

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  Bowen Yang on why he ditched a medical career for comedy

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  Erin Andrews on refusing to give up hope

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  How being a benchwarmer pushed Ellie Kemper into comedy

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  Now what do we do about women’s health?

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  Savannah Guthrie on why a little fear is a good thing

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  Michael Strahan on the importance of being seen