Bedatri Datta Choudhury

Where's the summer news slump I was promised? 😭

Niche Amtrak post. But sometimes you look around, everyone's quiet but you know which ones don't know it's a quiet car

I get migraines and I haven't been able to figure out the exact triggers. But with a doctor I figured out that Nurtec works more than any Triptans. But my insurance demands I'm prescribed three kinds of Triptans (knowing they don't work) before I can be prescribed Nurtec. Make it make sense!

I think it's normal to think of songs about a city when you're visiting it. Unfortunately, this time in SF, that song is the Beautiful South's "Don't Marry Her." Excellent song but a rather uncouth hum-on-the-bus song

The more I travel through the country, the more I realise New Yorkers are not rude

The Lonely Feminist - Truthdig Two landmark films by Lebanese director Heiny Srour get a timely re-release 50 years after they were made.

I have never interviewed someone for close to 2 hours. I also have never interviewed someone for close to 2 hours and felt like I wasn't done asking questions. Heiny Srour is a goddamn treasure

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On Rungano Nyoni's "On Becoming a Guinea Fowl," which is undoubtedly one of the best films I've watched in a while

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It's the year 2025 and my memoir is still called "White People Explain RRR to Me"

Meet the Pistachio Barons Who Control California’s Water - Truthdig A new documentary lifts the curtain on a real-world ‘Chinatown.’

How are pistachios and the privatization of water in California related, you ask?

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I'd crip walk to the diss track against my ex too

Isn't it cute when your dentist asks you a question when they have your mouth drawn wide open with a mouth prop?

Colman Domingo's cravat vs the world

No one ever used the word 'expert' in the episode. And maybe you should take your grievances to @npr.org

OMG I had forgotten about that rap video smh

Which is also where Alicia Keys grew up!

He grew up in Hells Kitchen in the artists co-ops because his mum was a Broadway dancer

Do you ask this question to American critics reviewing Iranian films? Not accusing but confused.

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People who have never applied for a visa in their lives, having strong opinions on visas and visa holders and visa processes, is embarrassing (for them) and hilarious (for not them).

In 'A Complete Unknown,' Timothée Chalamet captures the idea of Bob Dylan : Pop Culture Happy Hour A Complete Unknown isn't a traditional biopic. Instead of covering Bob Dylan's life story from birth to old age, it covers the period shortly after his arrival in New York City, as he first begins to ...

Went on Pop Culture Happy Hour to talk about Bob Dylan and, surprising zero people, spoke a lot about Joan Baez

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Yeah older generation journos definitely. Rex Reed, the film critic lives in the Dakota uptown with Yoko Ono as a neighbour, among others :/

I see films where journalists own big houses and sigh so loudly. That aside, the new Almodovar film is excellent

Omg my mother stopped visiting the family whose gift the shop left the tag in. She was so embarrassed!

The Everything Union A new documentary goes inside the dramatic origins of the Amazon Labor Union — just in time for holiday shopping decisions.

Very happy with the fortuitous timing of my chat with Brett and Stephen, the filmmakers of Union, the documentary on the Amazon Labor Union that just got shortlisted for the Oscars

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I had an MRI today where they played me the music I wanted and an EEG where they asked me to sleep for an hour. It was beautiful.

Oh no worries!

Copper's mom is from South Philly. The story has been updated

Bradley Cooper and Colman Domingo take on Lincoln Center together The South Philly actor, who recently became friends with West Philly native Domingo, has high praise for the 'Sing Sing' star.

Was a South Philly mets West Philly jawn this morning at Lincoln Centre with Bradley Cooper and Colman Domingo after a "Sing Sing" screening

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Thank you for listening Megan!