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With ‘Serial,’ Journalist Sarah Koenig Took the Podcast Format to New, Award-winning Heights

American Journalist Sarah Koenig is a former producer and guest host for the television and NPR program “This American Life” and the host and executive producer of its spinoff, “Serial.” Koenig, who is Jewish, was born in New York City. She graduated from the University of Chicago in 1990 with a bachelor of arts in political science…

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus Broke the ‘Seinfeld Curse’

Julia Louis-Dreyfus is one of the most award-winning actresses in American television history, having received more Primetime Emmy Awards and more Screen Actors Guild Awards than any other performer. She is most widely recognized for her roles on “Seinfeld,” “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” and “Veep,” where she set a record for most Emmy wins for the same role…

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Elizabeth Dole’s Political Career and Notable Firsts

Elizabeth Dole is the first woman to serve as a United State Senator for North Carolina and the first female Republican presidential candidate. Dole worked under six different presidents and her career included other notable firsts: the first female Secretary of Transportation and the first female executive of the American Red Cross since its founder, Clara Barton…

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The Prolific and Pulitzer Prize-Winning Louise Erdrich

Louise Erdrich is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, poet, and member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. She has written 28 books across fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and children’s literature, and often focuses on the “Indigerati,” her name for urban, intellectual Native Americans of the Upper Midwest…

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Betty Friedan: The Icon Who Set the Modern Feminist Movement in Motion

An icon of the women’s rights movement, Betty Friedan was a force for change and broke new ground when her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique was released. It explored the idea that women could find personal fulfillment outside of traditional stereotypes and is often credited with starting the second wave of the Feminist Movement in the 20th century…

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