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Friday, January 18, 2019: Killer Mike, Jiayang Fan and more

Today on q: rapper Killer Mike, q This music panel with Angeline Tetteh-Wayoe and Lisa Chistiansen, Jennifer Benka on Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver, New Yorker staff writer Jiayang Fan on Cantopop singer Denise Ho.
Rapper and activist Killer Mike, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver, Cantopop singer Denise Ho. (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images, Warner Bros./REX/Shutterstock, ISAAC LAWRENCE/AFP/Getty Images)

Today on q, with guest host Laurie Brown:

  • Rapper Killer Mike talks about using bold and even controversial measures to try and tackle big divisions in America in his new Netflix series Trigger Warning.
  • The q This music panel discusses the 50th anniversary of Woodstock.
  • Jennifer Benka talks about the life and legacy of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver.
  • The New Yorker's Jiayang Fan explains how Hong Kong pop star Denise Ho went from Cantopop queen to pro-democracy activist.

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