This is the story of how a group of people brought music back to Afghanistan by creating their own version of American Idol.

The joy they brought to the nation.

You're free completely.

No one is there to destroy you.

The danger they endured.

They said my head should be cut off.

I'm John Legend.

Listen to Afghan Star on the I Heart Radio app, Apple

Podcast or wherever you get your podcast.

You may know Jackson Pollack, the painter famous for his iconic drip paintings.

But what do you know about his wife, artist Lee Krasna?

On death of an artist, Krasna and Pollock, the story of the artist who reset the market for American abstract

painting, just maybe not the one you're thinking of.

Listen to Death of an artist, Krasna and Pollack on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts,

or wherever you listen to podcasts.

I'm Salaia Mozant, and I've covered economic policy for years and reported on how it impacts people across the United States.

In 2016, I saw how voters were leaning towards Trump and how so many Americans felt misunderstood by Washington.

So I started the Big Take D.C.

We dig into how money, politics and power shaped government and the consequences for

voters.

With new episodes every Thursday,

you can listen to the Big Take D.C. on the I Heart Radio app,

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