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854 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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   Barbra Streisand

   Barbra Streisand on “The Secret of Life” · Jun 2025

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   Boots Riley

   The Director Boots Riley on “Sorry to Bother You” · Jan 2019

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   Brandy Clark

   Brandy Clark: Grammy-Nominated Album Is “Authentically Me” · Dec 2023

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   Brian Jordan Alvarez

   Brian Jordan Alvarez on “English Teacher” · Oct 2024

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   Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

   Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Discovering America · Jan 2018

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   Chloé Zhao

   Chloé Zhao on “Hamnet,” Which Is Nominated for Eight Academy Awards · 2 episodes

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   Colson Whitehead

   Colson Whitehead on His Harlem Trilogy · 3 episodes

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   Connor Ratliff

   Connor Ratliff Talks with Sarah Larson, Plus Chef Bryant Terry · Mar 2022

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   Doreen St. Félix

   Summer, By The Book · Jul 2019

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    E Jean Carroll

    E. Jean Carroll on Trump Defamation Cases: “Money Is Precious to Him” · 2 episodes

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    Elizabeth Warren

    Senator Elizabeth Warren, and How to Pick a Great Cartoon · Apr 2017

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    Hilton Als

    Hilton Als and Emma Cline on the Late Joan Didion · 4 episodes

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    Jacques Pépin

    Home Cooking with Jacques Pepin and Klancy Miller · Aug 2021

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    Jane Mayer

    Jane Mayer, David Grann, and Patrick Radden Keefe on the Importance of a Good Villain. · 9 episodes

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    Jason Isbell

    Jason Isbell on Songwriting While Sober · Jul 2022

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    Jeffrey Toobin

    Jeffrey Toobin Explores Donald Trump’s “True Crimes and Misdemeanors” · 3 episodes

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    Jenifer Lewis

    The Actor Jenifer Lewis: Mother, Activist, Hurricane · Aug 2022

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    Jennifer Egan

    A Solution For the Chronically Homeless, and Listening to Taylor Swift in Prison · 2 episodes

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    John Fetterman

    John Fetterman on Trump’s “Raw Sewage,” and What the Democrats Get Wrong · 2 episodes

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    Josh Shapiro

    Josh Shapiro on How Kamala Harris Can Win Pennsylvania · Sep 2024

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    Joyce Carol Oates
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    Julianne Moore

    Julianne Moore Explains What She Needs in a Film Director · Dec 2024

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    Julio Torres

    Julio Torres Makes Everything Funny—Including Color Theory · Mar 2026

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    Julián Castro

    Julián Castro on the Biden Problem, and What the Democratic Party Got Wrong · 2 episodes

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    Kamasi Washington

    Brazil, Bruce Lee, and Black Lives in the Music of Kamasi Washington, and the Uncertain Future of the Democratic Party · Jul 2018

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    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

    Episode 47: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and the Ups and Downs of Ayahuasca · Sep 2016

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    Karen Bass

    Mayor Karen Bass on Marines in Los Angeles · Jul 2025

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    Kristen Roupenian
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    Laura Marling

    Laura Marling, a Briton in Los Angeles · Jul 2020

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    Maria Ressa

    The Nobel Prize Winner Maria Ressa on the Turmoil at Facebook · Oct 2021

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    Marianne Williamson

    Marianne Williamson Would Like to Clarify · Aug 2019

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    Michael Wolff

    Michael Wolff on MAGA’s Revolt Over Jeffrey Epstein · Jul 2025

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    Michaela Coel

    Michaela Coel on Making “I May Destroy You” · Jul 2020

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    Noah Baumbach

    Noah Baumbach on “Jay Kelly,” His New Movie with George Clooney · 2 episodes

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    Patti LuPone

    A Legend on Broadway, Patti LuPone Makes Her Début in the Marvel Cinematic Universe · Sep 2024

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    Percival Everett

    Percival Everett’s “James” Wins a Pulitzer · 2 episodes

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    Phoebe Bridgers

    Live at Home Part II: Phoebe Bridgers · 2 episodes

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    Radha Blank
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    Ruth E. Carter

    A Writer Solves a Mystery, and Ruth E. Carter Steps into the Spotlight · Feb 2019

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    Stephanie Hsu

    Stephanie Hsu on “Everything Everywhere All at Once”; and the 2023 Brody Awards · 2 episodes

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