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

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   Steve Martin

   Steve Martin and Jerry Seinfeld, and Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax · Nov 2020

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   Wes Anderson

   Wes Anderson and Jeffrey Wright on “The French Dispatch” · Sep 2021

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   Abdul El-Sayed

   Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed Is “Not a Burn-It-Down Kind” of Candidate · Jul 2026

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   Alex Thompson
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   Ayelet Waldman

   A Lakota Playwright’s Take on Thanksgiving; Plus, Ayelet Waldman on Quilting to Stay Sane · Nov 2024

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   Bill McKibben

   Bill McKibben and Elizabeth Kolbert on the Pandemic and the Environment · 2 episodes

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   Bryant Terry

   Bryant Terry “Blackifies” Fennel, and Ian Frazier Says Goodbye to 2020, in Verse · Dec 2020

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   Charlamagne Tha God

   A Progressive Evangelical, and Charlamagne Tha God · Nov 2019

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   Chloe Bailey

   Chloe Bailey on Working Solo; and the Lost New Jersey Photos of Cartier-Bresson · Mar 2023

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    Chris Murphy

    Senator Chris Murphy: “This Is How Democracy Dies—Everybody Just Gets Scared” · Mar 2025

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    Cory Booker

    Cory Booker: “America Needs Moral Leadership, and Not Political Leadership” · 2 episodes

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    Danielle Brooks

    Danielle Brooks Comes Full Circle in “The Color Purple” · Jan 2024

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    David Axelrod

    Episode 51: David Axelrod on the Cubs and the Candidates, and Kenya Barris on “Black-ish” · Oct 2016

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    Denzel Washington
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    Dexter Filkins

    Dexter Filkins on Drones and the Future of Warfare · 7 episodes

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    Elizabeth Strout
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    Eric Adams

    Eric Adams Talks with David Remnick · Jul 2021

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    Geoffrey Hinton

    Geoffrey Hinton: “It’s Far Too Late” to Stop Artificial Intelligence · Nov 2023

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    Graham Platner

    Graham Platner Is Staying in the Race · Dec 2025

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    Gretchen Whitmer

    Governor Gretchen Whitmer on COVID-19, Trump, and the Accusations Against Joe Biden · May 2020

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    JB Pritzker

    What Resistance Means to Governor J. B. Pritzker · Nov 2025

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    Jack Schlossberg

    Jack Schlossberg, the Kennedy Running for Congress in New York · Jun 2026

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    James McBride

    James McBride on His New Novel, “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store” · Aug 2023

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    Jennifer Welch

    With the Podcast “I’ve Had It,” Jennifer Welch Goes “Dark Woke” on Politics · Jan 2026

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    Jessica Tarlov

    Jessica Tarlov, a Lonely Liberal on Fox News’ “The Five” · Aug 2026

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    Jill Lepore

    The History Wars and America at 250, with the Historian Jill Lepore · 12 episodes

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    Jill Soloway

    High-Fashion Hijabs, Jill Soloway, and Bluesman Blind Joe Death · 2 episodes

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    John Lewis

    Episode 42: The Honorable John Lewis, and the Inimitable Paul Simon · Aug 2016

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    Jorge Ramos
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    Kaitlan Collins

    Kaitlan Collins Is Not “Nasty”; She’s Just Doing Her Job · Mar 2025

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    Katie Drummond

    How Big Tech Sets the Agenda in Trump’s America · 2 episodes

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    Leonard Cohen

    Leonard Cohen: A Final Interview · 3 episodes

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    Lucinda Williams

    Lucinda Williams Talks with Ariel Levy · 2 episodes

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    Lynn Nottage

    Terrific, Tremendous New Health Plans, and Lynn Nottage on her play “Sweat” · Mar 2017

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    Marco Rubio
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    Mathias Döpfner

    Politico’s Mathias Döpfner, and Sam Knight Reports from Qatar · Dec 2022

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    Michael R. Jackson

    Michael R. Jackson on “A Strange Loop,” His Black, Queer Coming-of-Age Musical · Jun 2022

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    Naftali Bennett

    Naftali Bennett and the New Hard Line in Israeli Politics · Jun 2021

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    Robert Caro

    Robert Caro on the Making of “The Power Broker” · 3 episodes

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    Sally Yates

    Kelela Reinvents R. & B., and Sally Yates Gets Fired · Oct 2018

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