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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    With Forky in 'Toy Story 4,' is there a recycling message?

    O ur critics review "Child's Play," the eighth movie about the murdering doll, but this time Chucky is a defective robot/app; "Anna," about a former model-turned-assassin; "Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am," a documentary about the Nobel…

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jun 21, 2019 • 1 min read

    Our critics review "Child's Play," the eighth movie about the murdering doll, but this time Chucky is a defective robot/app; "Anna," about a former model-turned-assassin; "Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am," a documentary about the Nobel Prize-winning author; "Toy Story 4," in which Woody, Buzz, and the gang go on a road trip with their owner Bonnie and a new toy named Forky.

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    Why have so many whales washed up on the Pacific coast?
    1. 0:00What would a US-Iran war look like?
    2. 10:12Navy Seal trial in San Diego takes dramatic turn
    3. 17:15Why it now costs far more for insulin
    4. 26:12More than 80 whales starved, washed up on Pacific Coast this year
    5. 35:35With Forky in 'Toy Story 4,' is there a recycling message?You’re reading this
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    The full episode

    5 of 5
    Why have so many whales washed up on the Pacific coast?
    1. 0:00What would a US-Iran war look like?
    2. 10:12Navy Seal trial in San Diego takes dramatic turn
    3. 17:15Why it now costs far more for insulin
    4. 26:12More than 80 whales starved, washed up on Pacific Coast this year
    5. 35:35With Forky in 'Toy Story 4,' is there a recycling message?You’re reading this
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