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episode 5400: Tom Waits
Waits' two lyrical concept albums, Blood Money and Alice, are being reissued on vinyl for their 20th Anniversary. He wrote the music with his wife, Kathleen Brennan. The interviews were originally recorded in 2002 and 2011.
Film critic Justin Chang reviews Tár, the new film by Todd Field, starring Cate Blanchett.