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The dance was part of a protest against executive orders signed by President Trump." loading="lazy" /> </picture> </a> </div> <div class="credit-caption"> <div class="caption-wrap"> <div class="caption" aria-label="Image caption"> <p> Performers dance outside of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on Monday. 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She told NPR: "I got a call, and someone said, 'We heard that this was your lifelong dream.' And it is."</a></p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="item has-image has-audio"> <div class="item-image"> <div class="imagewrap has-source-dimensions" data-crop-type="wide" style=" --source-width: 4011; --source-height: 2256; " > <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/12/06/1217547163/rachel-bloom"> <picture> <source srcset="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/12/05/rachelbloom-4_wide-e27e3a1565f202496596e48c7903a3a05e7685f3.jpg?s=300&c=85&f=jpeg" data-original="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/12/05/rachelbloom-4_wide-e27e3a1565f202496596e48c7903a3a05e7685f3.jpg?s=300&c=100&f=jpeg" data-template="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/12/05/rachelbloom-4_wide-e27e3a1565f202496596e48c7903a3a05e7685f3.jpg?s={width}&c={quality}&f={format}" data-format="webp" class="respArchListImg lazyOnLoad" type="image/webp" /> <source srcset="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/12/05/rachelbloom-4_wide-e27e3a1565f202496596e48c7903a3a05e7685f3.jpg?s=300&c=85&f=jpeg" data-original="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/12/05/rachelbloom-4_wide-e27e3a1565f202496596e48c7903a3a05e7685f3.jpg?s=300&c=100&f=jpeg" data-template="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/12/05/rachelbloom-4_wide-e27e3a1565f202496596e48c7903a3a05e7685f3.jpg?s={width}&c={quality}&f={format}" data-format="jpeg" class="respArchListImg lazyOnLoad" type="image/jpeg" /> <img src="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/12/05/rachelbloom-4_wide-e27e3a1565f202496596e48c7903a3a05e7685f3.jpg?s=300&c=85&f=jpeg" data-original="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/12/05/rachelbloom-4_wide-e27e3a1565f202496596e48c7903a3a05e7685f3.jpg?s=300&c=100&f=jpeg" data-template="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/12/05/rachelbloom-4_wide-e27e3a1565f202496596e48c7903a3a05e7685f3.jpg?s={width}&c={quality}&f={format}" data-format="jpeg" class="respArchListImg lazyOnLoad" alt="Rachel Bloom" loading="lazy" /> </picture> </a> </div> <div class="credit-caption"> <div class="caption-wrap"> <div class="caption" aria-label="Image caption"> <p> Rachel Bloom at the Maximum Fun offices in Los Angeles, CA. <b class="credit" aria-label="Image credit"> Daniel Huecias/Maximum Fun </b> <b class="hide-caption"><b>hide caption</b></b> </p> </div> <b class="toggle-caption"><b>toggle caption</b></b> </div> <span class="credit" aria-label="Image credit"> Daniel Huecias/Maximum Fun </span> </div> </div> <div class="item-info-wrap"> <div class="item-info"> <div class="slug-wrap"> <h3 class="slug"><a href="https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510309/bullseye">Bullseye with Jesse Thorn</a></h3> </div> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/12/06/1217547163/rachel-bloom" data-metrics-ga4='{"action":"topic_homepage_recirculation_click","category":"recirculation","clickType":"performing-arts","clickName":"topic headline click","clickUrl":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/12\/06\/1217547163\/rachel-bloom","clickPosition":"2.16"}' >Rachel Bloom</a></h2> <p class="teaser"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/12/06/1217547163/rachel-bloom"><time datetime="2024-12-06"><span class="date">December 6, 2024  </span></time>Rachel Bloom is a comedian and songwriter. She created and starred in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. The spring of 2020 was a tough time for a lot of us. It took Bloom a few years to process all that, and now we have the result: Death, Let Me Do My Special on Netflix. Bloom joins us to talk about her special. We get into what it was like to see the world grieve the loss of his writing partner, Adam Schlesingler, so publicly. 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He's a stand-up comedian and impressionist who's performed on the <em>Late Late Show, Conan</em>, <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live</em> and many more. He's got a brand new stand-up special out now called James Adomian: <em>Path of Most Resistance</em>. 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He bought a souvenir ticket for that game -- and it remains one of his favorite Rangers possessions. Castillo poses with his nephew Leo (left) and brother Lance (center) that night." loading="lazy" /> </picture> </a> </div> <div class="credit-caption"> <div class="caption-wrap"> <div class="caption" aria-label="Image caption"> <p> Jerad Castillo (far right), a Texas Rangers fan, attended Game 1 of the 2023 World Series. He bought a souvenir ticket for that game — and it remains one of his favorite Rangers possessions. 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