Adele is stronger than ever as she releases ‘30,’ says music critic - a podcast by KCRW

Six years after Adele’s last album, the British superstar is releasing “30” this Friday, a record aptly named for her age when she started songwriting. “Adele is now exceptional. … She's a brand. People know what they're getting when they get an Adele album, and they are more than happy to consume her,” says Chris Molanphy , music critic for Slate.
Former White House advisor Steve Bannon turned himself in at the FBI field office in Washington D.C. today — after his indictment on contempt of Congress charges.
David Gilbert, who was involved in the 1981 robbery of a Brink’s truck in New York and is the father of San Francisco’s district attorney, will be released from prison this month.
And scientists are looking at ways to make cats hypoallergenic — by dampening a protein of theirs called “Fel d 1.”

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