Penny Lane, Omar El Akkad, and The Dip

Published: Dec. 10, 2021, 8 p.m.

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Host Luke Burbank and announcer Elena Passarello share the strange things listeners love that remain otherwise unpopular; filmmaker Penny Lane discusses her new HBO documentary about instrumentalist Kenny G and what makes his music so polarizing; writer Omar El Akkad unpacks his award-winning novel\\xa0What Strange Paradise\\xa0and how writing fiction freed him after a decade-long career in journalism;\\xa0and Seattle soul revivalists The Dip perform "Sure Don\'t Miss You."

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