Synopsis
Listen to "NBC Nightly News," providing reports and analysis of the day's most newsworthy national and international events. This audio podcast, updated each weekday evening by NBCNews.com, brings you the day's show in its entirety. For more from "Nightly News", visit http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news
Episodes
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The Drink with Kate Snow: Jeff Daniels
21/11/2021 Duration: 10minJeff Daniels discusses how he defied his agents by starring in Dumb & Dumber opposite Jim Carrey. Jeff credits his tendency to risk failure as the driving force in his career. Jeff is now back on Broadway as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird and starring in the Showtime series, American Rust.
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The Drink with Kate Snow: Mitch Albom
31/10/2021 Duration: 09minMitch Albom talks with Kate Snow about how his failed music career led him to accidentally become a best-selling author.
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The Drink with Kate Snow: Ben Platt
19/09/2021 Duration: 09minBen Platt discusses how he went from community theater to a starring role on Broadway. Platt is now reprising the role of Evan in the new film “Dear Evan Hansen.”
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The Drink with Kate Snow: Usain Bolt
18/07/2021 Duration: 09minUsain Bolt, the world’s fastest man, discusses how he rose to the top of his field, how best to maximize your workouts and what it’s like to be a father.
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American Dreaming with José Díaz-Balart: Tariq Farid
12/06/2021 Duration: 28minTariq Farid, founder of Edible Arrangements, tells José Díaz-Balart how his business bloomed beyond his imagination, and how his family’s search for the American Dream was the leading force in expanding Edible Arrangements from one flower shop to more than 1,000 franchises across the U.S and Canada.
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The Drink with Kate Snow: Apolo Ohno
27/04/2021 Duration: 10minApolo Ohno is known as the most decorated American Winter Olympian in history. But in his first Olympic trials, he finished dead last. He traces his “hard pivot” in life, when he left the world of short track speed skating and had to figure out a new career path.
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American Dreaming with José Díaz-Balart: NASA engineers Elio Morillo and Roxana González Burgos
16/04/2021 Duration: 27minNASA engineers Elio Morillo and Roxana González Burgos share their interplanetary journey from Puerto Rico to Mars. They tell José Díaz-Balart about their American Dream and their hopes to inspire future Latino generations to take the lead on the forefronts of technology.
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American Dreaming with José Díaz-Balart: Don Francisco
20/02/2021 Duration: 20minMario Kreutzberger, known as “Don Francisco,” has graced televisions and filled the hearts of families for more than 50 years after starting his career in Chile. Don Francisco sits down with José Díaz-Balart and tells him how he made his American Dream a reality.
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The Drink with Kate Snow: Mindy Kaling
15/02/2021 Duration: 09minEarly in her career, Mindy Kaling faced brutal rejection – and then she found her way to “The Office” where she was able to shine. She speaks candidly with Kate Snow about her feelings of failure, despite all she has achieved as a writer, actress, and creator.
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American Dreaming with José Díaz-Balart: Gloria Estefan
15/01/2021 Duration: 25minGrammy award-winner and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Gloria Estefan was first seen as “too American for Latins” and “too Latin for Americans”. Estefan talks with José Díaz-Balart about how she pushed to showcase her Cuban roots, revolutionizing the music industry on her way to achieving her own American Dream.
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American Dreaming with José Díaz-Balart: John Leguizamo
06/12/2020 Duration: 14minFrom Colombia to New York City, actor and comedian John Leguizamo opens up about the experiences that have shaped his American Dream through his constant push to be seen in a Hollywood world that lacks Latino representation. How does someone reach success in both film and theater as a Latino immigrant without losing their roots in an effort to belong? Leguizamo tells José Díaz-Balart.
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The Drink with Kate Snow: Lena Waithe
01/12/2020 Duration: 07minLike most kids, Lena Waithe loved watching TV – but storytelling eventually became her calling in life. Her success has allowed her to become a role model for Black creators in Hollywood at a time when the industry is going through major change.
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American Dreaming with José Díaz-Balart: Luis von Ahn
27/10/2020 Duration: 16minLuis von Ahn is the genius behind CAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA, which was sold to Google in 2009, and also the founder and CEO of Duolingo, the world's most popular language-learning platform. Born and raised in Guatemala, von Ahn saw firsthand that high-quality educational opportunities were limited to those who could afford it. Inspired to fix this, he created Duolingo to make language education free and accessible to everyone. von Ahn says he’s achieved his American Dream and is now working toward making an impact on worldwide education.
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The Drink with Kate Snow: Misty Copeland
12/10/2020 Duration: 09minBallet gave a young and shy Misty Copeland the chance to feel confident and beautiful for the first time. After making history in the ballet world, Copeland is reaching out to young kids with her children’s books.
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American Dreaming with José Díaz-Balart: Lele Pons
12/09/2020 Duration: 07minLele Pons is one of the most influential digital creators in the world today. Through creativity, hard work and determination, Pons is learning to take charge of her mental illness.
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The Drink with Kate Snow: Michael Phelps
02/08/2020 Duration: 08minThe secret to Olympic Gold? Swimming champion Michael Phelps says it has all to do with dreaming big, even at a very young age.
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The Drink with Kate Snow: Marcus Samuelsson
19/07/2020 Duration: 09minMarcus Samuelsson is one of the most successful chefs and restaurateurs working today – he owns more than a dozen restaurants and hosts his own show, “No Passport Required.”
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The Drink with Kate Snow: Jay Leno
21/06/2020 Duration: 07minWe all know Jay Leno from his two decades hosting the "Tonight Show." But he says it’s the two decades before that really made him.
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BONUS: Kate Snow on Into America
08/05/2020 Duration: 21minAs a bonus for Nightly News listeners, we're sharing this week's episode of Into America, which teamed up with the Nightly News team to look at what happens when an economic crisis and a mental health crisis collide.This pandemic has left millions of Americans without a job and unable to look for a new one. Another 3.2 million people filed jobless claims last week, bringing the total to 33 million since coronavirus hit. Experts predict that the US unemployment rate is now somewhere around 20 percent, a rate approaching the Great Depression. Host Trymaine Lee talks with Anchor of Sunday Nightly News and Senior National Correspondent. Kate Snow about how unemployed Americans are dealing with the new anxieties created by this crisis, and where people can turn for help. Subscribe to Into America now: https://link.chtbl.com/7BcTGqT3?sid=description
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The Drink with Kate Snow: Jon Bon Jovi
03/02/2020 Duration: 07minRock star Jon Bon Jovi and his wife Dorothea Bongiovi talk to Kate Snow about his record deal at 20 years old and their mission to give back.