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When music streaming services like Spotify or Apple Music recommend a song or an album, it can be a make-or-break moment for lesser-known artists. But it still doesn’t pay the bills: musicians earn on average less than half of a cent per stream unless they’re among a platform’s top artists. Streaming fraud and copycat tracks can also cut into their pay — types of theft that could be made even easier with generative artificial intelligence. We’ll talk about how automation and technology are changing how we consume music, how that music sounds and what artists are paid.see more
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'The 50 Funniest American Writers'

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Writer, comedian and satirist Andy Borowitz joins us to talk about his new book, "The 50 Funniest American Writers: An Anthology of Humor From Mark Twain to The Onion."

A contributor to The Daily Beast, The New Yorker and The New York Times, Borowitz was the first person ever to win an award for humor from the National Press Club.

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Andy Borowitz, writer and humorist

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