NPR News: 'Radio Diaries' Creator Looks Back On 25 Years Of The Project

'Radio Diaries' Creator Looks Back On 25 Years Of The Project
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Radio Diaries creator Joe Richman about some of the people he's introduced us to over the past 25 years and how documenting one's life has changed over time.

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NPR News: Double Feature: Refugees In 'Limbo,' And Spies And Subterfuge In 'Cliff Walkers'

Double Feature: Refugees In 'Limbo,' And Spies And Subterfuge In 'Cliff Walkers'
Chinese director Zhang Yimou tells an epic tale of subterfuge and spies in Cliff Walkers. And in the Scottish dramedy Limbo, a young musician is stranded in a starkly beautiful no-man's-land.

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NPR News: Germany Will Repatriate Benin Bronzes, Plundered From Africa In The 19th Century

Germany Will Repatriate Benin Bronzes, Plundered From Africa In The 19th Century
German officials announced they have reached an agreement with Nigeria to return artifacts looted from the ancient Kingdom of Benin and now housed in German museums; other nations also hold bronzes.

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NPR News: Kate Winslet On The Roles That Scare Her And How 'Titanic' Shaped Her Career

Kate Winslet On The Roles That Scare Her And How 'Titanic' Shaped Her Career
Winslet stars in the new HBO series, Mare of Easttown. She spoke to Fresh Air in 2020 about her breakout turn in Titanic when she was in her 20s. "I was learning on the fly," she says.

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NPR News: 'Fresh Air' Remembers Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins

'Fresh Air' Remembers Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins
Collins, who died April 27, orbited in Apollo 11 while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made their historic moon walk. Speaking to Fresh Air in 1988, he described his solo orbit as "completely serene."

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NPR News: Sierra Teller Ornelas: Rutherford Falls

Sierra Teller Ornelas: Rutherford Falls
Rutherford Falls' co-creator Sierra Teller Ornelas talks about Native American representation in her new sitcom, and explains what "bank plants" are.

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NPR News: Good Tries

Good Tries
Actor Mary Holland and director Maureen Bharoocha (Golden Arm) guess if the failed products described are real or fake.

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NPR News: The Chortle Instruments

The Chortle Instruments
Actor Mary Holland and director Maureen Bharoocha (Golden Arm) listen to clips of unusual musical instruments. The title of this game is a gratuitous pun of a series of young adult fantasy novels.

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NPR News: My 'Kind' Of Music

My 'Kind' Of Music
Maria Bamford and Richard Kind (Everything's Gonna Be Okay) play a word game celebrating Kind's musical theater performances, even the performances he doesn't remember very well.

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NPR News: Has This Been To Space?

Has This Been To Space?
The hilarious Maria Bamford and Richard Kind (Everything's Gonna Be Okay) guess if various objects have been to space. But they're all silly objects, because "Soyuz capsule" is kind of a gimmie.

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NPR News: Check-In: Sweet Sixteen

Check-In: Sweet Sixteen
Jonathan Coulton's daughter just turned 16. He and Ask Me Another host Ophira Eisenberg discuss the bittersweet passage of time.

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NPR News: Bittersweet Film 'About Endlessness' Highlights Life's Humor And Despair

Bittersweet Film 'About Endlessness' Highlights Life's Humor And Despair
A priest loses his faith. A woman breaks the heel of her shoe. A couple visits their child's grave. Life unfolds as a series of stylized, bone-dry comic sketches in Roy Andersson's sublime new film.

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NPR News: Return For Mickey, Stay For The Churros: Disneyland Reopens After 13 Months

Return For Mickey, Stay For The Churros: Disneyland Reopens After 13 Months
"I can't wait to just be there and feel it and listen to the music and smell the churros," says Robert Laird, a Disney megafan.

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NPR News: 'Disaster Girl', The Stuff Of Memes, Sells For Nearly $500,000 As NFT

'Disaster Girl', The Stuff Of Memes, Sells For Nearly $500,000 As NFT
Zoë Roth was just 4 when her dad took a picture of her standing in front a burning house. That photo launched uncounted memes and now the original copy has sold at auction as a nonfungible token.

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NPR News: Maeve Higgins: Why is the "Good Immigrant" Narrative Dangerous?

Maeve Higgins: Why is the "Good Immigrant" Narrative Dangerous?
Irish comedian Maeve Higgins moved to the U.S. with a visa for artists with "extraordinary abilities." But the myth of the "good immigrant," she says, perpetuates harm and discrimination.

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NPR News: Channel Your Inner Wildlife Photographer And Chill Out With 'New Pokémon Snap'

Channel Your Inner Wildlife Photographer And Chill Out With 'New Pokémon Snap'
After years of begging by fans online, Nintendo has released a sequel to the classic N64 game Pokémon Snap — it's a peaceful playthrough that has you taking pictures of monsters, not capturing them.

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NPR News: In 'The Mitchells Vs. The Machines,' A Dysfunctional Family Gets A Hard Reboot

In 'The Mitchells Vs. The Machines,' A Dysfunctional Family Gets A Hard Reboot
A very funny machine uprising forces an estranged daughter (Abbi Jacobson) and father (Danny McBride) to save the world — and rebuild their relationship.

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NPR News: Burning Man Canceled: 'Relief' As Burners, Locals See Bright Side Of Informal Events

Burning Man Canceled: 'Relief' As Burners, Locals See Bright Side Of Informal Events
For the second straight year, the communal arts festival isn't happening because of the pandemic. But the community that hosts the pilgrimage doesn't mind.

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NPR News: Collection Showcases 20 Years Of Louis Armstrong's Studio Work

Collection Showcases 20 Years Of Louis Armstrong's Studio Work
A CD set from Mosaic, full of singles and albums made between '46 and '66, confirms the variety of Armstrong's studio sides — and shows how much work went into making them sound casual.

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NPR News: Author Imbolo Mbue Explores The Politics Of Oil In 'How Beautiful We Were'

Author Imbolo Mbue Explores The Politics Of Oil In 'How Beautiful We Were'
Mbue's novel was inspired in part by her own experiences growing up in Cameroon. Set in a fictional African village in the 1980s, it follows a group of villagers who take on an American oil company.

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NPR News: 2 Novels Explore The Big Romantic Bargains We Strike In The Name Of Love

2 Novels Explore The Big Romantic Bargains We Strike In The Name Of Love
Early Morning Riser, by Katherine Heiny and Secrets of Happiness, by Joan Silber, ruminate on love and family — particularly the family that's thrust upon you when you fall in love.

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NPR News: Jhumpa Lahiri's New 'Whereabouts' Is About Places Both Geographical And Emotional

Jhumpa Lahiri's New 'Whereabouts' Is About Places Both Geographical And Emotional
Jhumpa Lahiri's new novel — which she wrote in Italian, then translated back to English herself — centers on a middle-aged Italian woman trying to figure out her place in the world.

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NPR News: Survival Is An Invitation To Push Through Hard Times In 'White Magic'

Survival Is An Invitation To Push Through Hard Times In 'White Magic'
Elissa Washuta's White Magic is full of magic — and pain — as it deals with trauma while exploring cultural inheritance and the way attacks on Native women never stopped.

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NPR News: 'Mom Genes' Aims To Examine Biological Transformations Of Motherhood

'Mom Genes' Aims To Examine Biological Transformations Of Motherhood
Abigail Tucker's descriptions of how radically women may change at the time of motherhood — and, as an extension, how this might affect their ability to focus on other things — gets pretty harrowing.

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NPR News: 'The Haunting Of Alma Fielding' Is A Ghost Story — And A Tale Of Power And Fear

'The Haunting Of Alma Fielding' Is A Ghost Story — And A Tale Of Power And Fear
In 1938, a housewife went to the press complaining of a poltergeist in her home — and a ghost hunter investigated. Kate Summerscale's true tale is about women and power, anxiety, and choices.

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NPR News: Money Mark, Beastie Boys Keyboardist, Has A Timeless Reminder

Money Mark, Beastie Boys Keyboardist, Has A Timeless Reminder
As part of Morning Edition's Song Project, Mark Ramos Nishita revisited the songwriting routine he implemented at the beginning of lockdown, and which changed dramatically throughout it.

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NPR News: Penn Museum Apologizes For 'Unethical Possession Of Human Remains'

Penn Museum Apologizes For 'Unethical Possession Of Human Remains'
In the early 19th century, hundreds of human skulls — many obtained from grave robbers — were assembled for the Morton Collection and used to lend scientific support to white supremacy.

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NPR News: Stephen Colbert On Missing His Live Audience And Making Comedy A Family Business

Stephen Colbert On Missing His Live Audience And Making Comedy A Family Business
Colbert has been taping Late Show without a studio audience during the pandemic — but he's not always alone. Sometimes his wife Evie is in the room. If she laughs, he knows he's on the right track.

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NPR News: How Poetry Has Helped To Guide People During The Pandemic

How Poetry Has Helped To Guide People During The Pandemic
April is National Poetry Month. We look at how people have turned to poetry for comfort and courage during the pandemic.

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NPR News: In 'Stronger,' Cindy McCain Reflects On Life, And The Last Days, With John McCain

In 'Stronger,' Cindy McCain Reflects On Life, And The Last Days, With John McCain
In her memoir, the late senator's wife details a decision on emergency surgery in John McCain's final days, reviews their 38 years of marriage — and offers her thoughts on Donald Trump.

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NPR News: Did Last Night's Oscars Work As A TV Show?

Did Last Night's Oscars Work As A TV Show?
We've talked about the ratings and who won what — but did the Oscars telecast work as good TV? Oscars producers made some unusual choices this year. We break down the good, the bad and the ugly.

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NPR News: The Lost Recordings Of Hasaan Ibn Ali Reveal A Legend Just Getting Started

The Lost Recordings Of Hasaan Ibn Ali Reveal A Legend Just Getting Started
Nearly half of the Philadelphia-based pianist's recorded work had gone unheard for decades, until now.

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NPR News: Cheap, Legal And Everywhere: How Food Companies Get Us 'Hooked' On Junk

Cheap, Legal And Everywhere: How Food Companies Get Us 'Hooked' On Junk
Journalist Michael Moss says processed foods can be alluring in some ways cocaine or cigarettes are. His new book explains how companies keep us snacking by appealing to nostalgia and brain chemistry.

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NPR News: 7 Takeaways From The Train-Station Oscars

7 Takeaways From The Train-Station Oscars
A bungled ending, some charming winners, and making the best of a bad situation — the 2021 Oscars left an impression in a few ways.

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NPR News: 'Nomadland' Brings Home The Oscar For Best Picture

'Nomadland' Brings Home The Oscar For Best Picture
The epic odyssey of a woman who loses her job and her home — and joins the growing number of Americans living out of vans as they search for work — is the big winner at the 2021 Academy Awards.

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NPR News: Tyler Perry Accepts the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Tyler Perry Accepts the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Viola Davis presented the award to the filmmaker at the Academy Awards on Sunday — she worked with Perry on the 2009 film Madea Goes to Jail.

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NPR News: It's Now Possible: Performers Of Color Could Win All Four Acting Oscars

It's Now Possible: Performers Of Color Could Win All Four Acting Oscars
With wins for Youn Yuh-jung as Best Supporting Actress, and Daniel Kaluuya for Best Supporting Actor, there is a real possibility that performers of color will sweep all four Oscars for acting.

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NPR News: Youn Yuh-jung Is First Korean To Win Oscar For Best Supporting Actress

Youn Yuh-jung Is First Korean To Win Oscar For Best Supporting Actress
In the celebrated film Minari, Youn Yuh-jung plays Soon-ja, the grandmother of a young boy whose family has relocated to rural Arkansas. "I really understood this script deeply," she told NPR.

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NPR News: Pixar's 'Soul' Wins Best Animated Feature — The Film Never Played In U.S. Theaters

Pixar's 'Soul' Wins Best Animated Feature — The Film Never Played In U.S. Theaters
Last fall, with most theaters closed due to COVID-19, Disney announced it would release Soul exclusively on its streaming service Disney+. Soul is the first Pixar film to feature a Black protagonist.

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NPR News: Chloé Zhao Is The First Woman Of Color To Win Oscar For Best Director

Chloé Zhao Is The First Woman Of Color To Win Oscar For Best Director
The Nomadland director was also the first woman to receive four Oscar nominations in a single year, in the Best Film Editing, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture categories.

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NPR News: Regina King Opens Oscars As Emerald Fennell Wins Best Original Screenplay

Regina King Opens Oscars As Emerald Fennell Wins Best Original Screenplay
Los Angeles' Union Station is the new backdrop for this year's Academy Awards, as Promising Young Woman writer Emerald Fennell wins Best Original Screenplay.

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NPR News: 'Ma Rainey' Hairstylists Are 1st Black Women To Win Makeup, Hairstyling Oscar

'Ma Rainey' Hairstylists Are 1st Black Women To Win Makeup, Hairstyling Oscar
Hairstylists Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson along with makeup artist Sergio Lopez-Rivera won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling for their work on the film Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.

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NPR News: Oscars 2021: The Complete Winners List

Oscars 2021: The Complete Winners List
Find all the 2021 Academy Award winners right here. We'll be updating the list throughout the night.

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NPR News: 2021 Is Oscar's Most Diverse Year — And Now We Know Why

2021 Is Oscar's Most Diverse Year — And Now We Know Why
A new study from UCLA shows Hollywood made big progress last year in terms of including women and people of color, both behind and in front of the camera — and that diversity is what audiences want.

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NPR News: #NPRPoetry: Natalie Diaz

#NPRPoetry: Natalie Diaz
Poet Natalie Diaz — author of Postcolonial Love Poem, which was a finalist for the National Book Award — tells NPR's Michel Martin about some of the listener-submitted poems that caught her eye.

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NPR News: What To Watch For At The Oscars

What To Watch For At The Oscars
Tonight's ceremony closes out the longest and most unconventional awards season in Hollywood history. Several presenters and nominees will appear in person, and there's even a red carpet of sorts.

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NPR News: Embarrassed By Your Parents? 'Watercress' Explores That Universal Kid Experience

Embarrassed By Your Parents? 'Watercress' Explores That Universal Kid Experience
A little girl is initially ashamed when her immigrant parents stop the car to forage for watercress by the side of the road — until she learns more about her family's history in China.

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NPR News: 'Curb' Uses Poetry To Scrub At The Wounds Of Anti-Asian Racism

'Curb' Uses Poetry To Scrub At The Wounds Of Anti-Asian Racism
Divya Victor's new book is a compilation of poems, memories, histories and essays, considering domestic terrorism against Asian Americans, in urgent words that spill out on the page like blood.

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NPR News: This Sunday, Visit 'PreachersNSneakers' For Fashion, Flexing And For-Profit Faith

This Sunday, Visit 'PreachersNSneakers' For Fashion, Flexing And For-Profit Faith
In 2019 the PreachersNSneakers Instagram account started calling attention to famous preachers and their designer clothes. Ben Kirby, the no-longer anonymous person behind the account, has a new book.

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NPR News: At This Year's Oscars, Diversity And Social Consciousness Go Hand-In-Hand

At This Year's Oscars, Diversity And Social Consciousness Go Hand-In-Hand
After years of #OscarsSoWhite and #OscarsSoMale, industry observers are crowing over the 2021 nominations. This expanded diversity comes along with increased social consciousness in the year's films.

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NPR News: 'In Deeper Waters' Is A Frothy Romantic Confection

'In Deeper Waters' Is A Frothy Romantic Confection
F.T. Lukens' earnest new seafaring romance follows a young prince desperate to hide his magical powers from the pirates who've kidnapped him — and the mysterious boy who comes to his rescue.

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NPR News: If Big Box Office Means Big Ratings, This Year's Oscars Are In Big Trouble

If Big Box Office Means Big Ratings, This Year's Oscars Are In Big Trouble
Most awards seasons find film fans seeking out Best Picture nominees in the runup to the telecast, with the eventual winner reaping millions of additional dollars. But this year's bounce is a thud.

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NPR News: Not My Job: We Quiz Broadway Star André De Shields On Canals

Not My Job: We Quiz Broadway Star André De Shields On Canals
De Shields is an actor, singer, choreographer, writer, musician, lyricist, a professor and an icon of style. He'll appear as King Lear at the St. Louis Shakespeare Festival this summer.

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NPR News: On Netflix, Leigh Bardugo's 'Shadow And Bone' Celebrates A Diverse Grishaverse

On Netflix, Leigh Bardugo's 'Shadow And Bone' Celebrates A Diverse Grishaverse
"I never want people to feel like fantasy and romance and magic and adventure belong to just one kind of person," the fantasy author says. A new Netflix series is adapted from her works.

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NPR News: 'What's Not To Love'? Only A Few Moments In This Otherwise Charming Story

'What's Not To Love'? Only A Few Moments In This Otherwise Charming Story
The married-in-real-life team of Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka have a new YA romance, about a toxic (maybe too toxic) high school rivalry that, of course, turns to love in the end.

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NPR News: 'The Falcon And The Winter Soldier' Finale Makes A Poignant Reveal

'The Falcon And The Winter Soldier' Finale Makes A Poignant Reveal
The final episode of the first season of Marvel's Disney+ series dropped Friday — along with a timely surprise.

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NPR News: A Gay White Teen Struggles To Exist In Apartheid South Africa In 'Moffie'

A Gay White Teen Struggles To Exist In Apartheid South Africa In 'Moffie'
The brutal and mesmerizing new film takes place in South Africa in 1981, where 16-year-old Nicholas is coming to grips with his homosexuality in an environment that couldn't be more hostile to it.

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NPR News: 'Soul' Creators On Passion, Purpose And Realizing You're 'Enough'

'Soul' Creators On Passion, Purpose And Realizing You're 'Enough'
Pete Docter and Kemp Powers' Oscar-nominated film challenges popular notions of success and failure by imagining a place where souls are matched with passions. Originally broadcast March 23, 2021.

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NPR News: Nora McInerny: How Can We Face Life's Rough Edges?

Nora McInerny: How Can We Face Life's Rough Edges?
When experiencing grief or hardship, how can we move forward? This hour, writer Nora McInerny shares ideas on navigating the most difficult parts of life... and living life fully in the face of loss.

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NPR News: A Pandemic 'Romeo & Juliet' Finds A New Language Of Love And Loss

A Pandemic 'Romeo & Juliet' Finds A New Language Of Love And Loss
A cleverly made Romeo & Juliet, adapted from a planned theatrical run to a filmed version, embraces the promise and the romance of a large and empty theater as a place to situate a classic story.

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NPR News: 'Shadow And Bone': Netflix's Latest Fantasy Series Is Tsar-tlingly Bingeable

'Shadow And Bone': Netflix's Latest Fantasy Series Is Tsar-tlingly Bingeable
Netflix's new fantasy series contains many familiar elements, but a twisty, fast-moving plot and smart storytelling decisions make it a satisfying, eminently bingeable meal.

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NPR News: An 'Overjoyed' LeVar Burton Welcomes Chance To Guest-Host 'Jeopardy!'

An 'Overjoyed' LeVar Burton Welcomes Chance To Guest-Host 'Jeopardy!'
"I've had my eye on that job for a long time," the actor and director said recently. Nearly 250,000 people have signed a petition backing his dream.

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NPR News: Looking For A Way To Mark Earth Day? Here Are Our Suggestions

Looking For A Way To Mark Earth Day? Here Are Our Suggestions
When you come back inside after celebrating Earth with a walk or by planting some trees, check out these ways NPR's Arts & Culture team has connected with our Mother Earth via the arts.

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NPR News: Why Did The Chicken Befriend The Widow? Find Out In This Plucky Italian Novella

Why Did The Chicken Befriend The Widow? Find Out In This Plucky Italian Novella
An older woman living on a remote farm turns to an emotional-support hen for company. Sacha Naspini's newly translated novella is a slim volume, packed with unexpected secrets and epiphanies.

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NPR News: Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations, Publisher Suspends Shipping Of Blake Bailey Book

Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations, Publisher Suspends Shipping Of Blake Bailey Book
Three former students and a publishing executive have alleged sexual misconduct by award-winner Blake Bailey, with two accusing the author of rape, according to reports. Bailey denies the allegations.

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NPR News: 'Drawing Inspiration' From Artists Who Make Their Mark On Paper, Not Canvas

'Drawing Inspiration' From Artists Who Make Their Mark On Paper, Not Canvas
"Drawings show the hand of the artist," says Nicola Lorenz, Executive Director of Manhattan's Forum Gallery and curator of this exhibition. "No two artists make their marks in the same way,"

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NPR News: With Steamed Eggs And Succulents, 'Goodbye, Again' Brings Us Home

With Steamed Eggs And Succulents, 'Goodbye, Again' Brings Us Home
Writer and cartoonist Jonny Sun's new book is a collection of essays, reflections and illustrations that consider everything from Tetris to succulent plants to dealing with loneliness.

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NPR News: Louise Erdrich Takes Home Aspen Words Literary Prize For 'The Night Watchman'

Louise Erdrich Takes Home Aspen Words Literary Prize For 'The Night Watchman'
Erdrich's novel — about a Chippewa tribal elder working as a night watchman while battling government efforts to the tribe's treaties and land ownership rights — was based on her own grandfather.

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NPR News: Acting Is 'Problem Solving,' Says Courtney B. Vance

Acting Is 'Problem Solving,' Says Courtney B. Vance
Vance played the charismatic and show-stopping attorney Johnnie Cochran in The People v. O.J. Simpson. Now he takes to the pulpit as Aretha Franklin's father, Rev. C.L Franklin, in Genius: Aretha.

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NPR News: In 'We Are Bridges,' A Writer Resurrects Her Great Grandfather's Memory

In 'We Are Bridges,' A Writer Resurrects Her Great Grandfather's Memory
In 1904, Cassandra Lane's great grandfather Burt Bridges was lynched. In telling his story, Lane offers her own memoir — and lessons on family and American history for her future child and readers.

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NPR News: 'At The End Of The World,' An Elegant And Gritty Mystery Debut

'At The End Of The World,' An Elegant And Gritty Mystery Debut
Zhanna Slor's debut novel, set in a funky neighborhood of Milwaukee, follows two Russian immigrant sisters on very different paths. one now searching for the other after her mysterious disappearance.

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NPR News: Avocado Going Bad? Put It In Chocolate Mousse

Avocado Going Bad? Put It In Chocolate Mousse
If you've got an avocado that's about to go bad, you can use it to make this simple, healthy chocolate mousse recipe.

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NPR News: George W. Bush Lends His Voice To Immigrants In 'Out Of Many, One'

George W. Bush Lends His Voice To Immigrants In 'Out Of Many, One'
The former president's book features portraits of 43 immigrants — athletes, public servants, business leaders, educators: "I am attempting to join others in saying the system's broken. Let's fix it."

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NPR News: Nigella Lawson On How To Find Peace While Cooking

Nigella Lawson On How To Find Peace While Cooking
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with cookbook writer Nigella Lawson about her latest book Cook, Eat, Repeat and how to stop viewing cooking as tedious and, instead, find peace in the kitchen.

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NPR News: 'Renegades' Podcast With Obama And Springsteen Is Interesting ... Enough

'Renegades' Podcast With Obama And Springsteen Is Interesting ... Enough
There's clearly a limit to what the former president will say --even on his own platform. Obama's conversation with the Boss is at its most fluid and introspective when the two discuss masculinity.

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NPR News: Tribute Album 'Law Years' Captures Ornette Coleman's Happy Bounce

Tribute Album 'Law Years' Captures Ornette Coleman's Happy Bounce
Coleman, who died in 2015, had a knack for writing catchy melodies in a distinctive voice. Saxophonist Miguel Zenón loves Coleman's music and put together a quartet to play some.

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NPR News: After Growing Up In A Cult, Lauren Hough Freed Herself By Writing The Truth

After Growing Up In A Cult, Lauren Hough Freed Herself By Writing The Truth
Hough was 15 when her family left the Children of God cult. Afterward, she struggled to face the trauma of her past. Her new collection of personal essays is Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing.

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NPR News: Broadway Stars Bring Pandemic Joy By Way Of The Singing Telegram

Broadway Stars Bring Pandemic Joy By Way Of The Singing Telegram
Broadway has been dark for quite some time due to the pandemic. Some out of work Broadway actors are using singing telegrams to earn some cash and make use of their talents.

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NPR News: Missing Travel? This 'Irreverent Guide' Visits Anthony Bourdain's Favorite Places

Missing Travel? This 'Irreverent Guide' Visits Anthony Bourdain's Favorite Places
"He always made people feel like they belonged," says a former Bourdain producer. World Travel: An Irreverent Guide is based on the TV chef's writings and an interview conducted just before his death.

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NPR News: A Daughter Grieves Her Mom, And Finds Herself, In 'Crying In H Mart'

A Daughter Grieves Her Mom, And Finds Herself, In 'Crying In H Mart'
Michelle Zauner's new memoir, built on her 2018 New Yorker piece of the same name, powerfully maps a complicated mother-daughter relationship cut much too short, with Korean food as a guide.

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NPR News: 'Open Water' Explores Blackness and the Vulnerability of Falling In Love

'Open Water' Explores Blackness and the Vulnerability of Falling In Love
Caleb Azumah Nelson's Open Water is built on a familiar premise: two young people meet and fall in love. Nelson's debut novel is brimming with references to Black art, music, poetry and photography.

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NPR News: Author's Advice To Millennials: Manage Your Money And Stop Pleasing Others

Author's Advice To Millennials: Manage Your Money And Stop Pleasing Others
Julie Lythcott-Haims's new book, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult, is a handbook on adulthood. Her 2017 memoir, Real American, is the story of her coming to terms with her biracial identity.

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NPR News: No Kidding: Japan's Kidnaping Epic 'Lady Joker' Will Hook You

No Kidding: Japan's Kidnaping Epic 'Lady Joker' Will Hook You
The first volume of Kaoru Takamura's 1997 eccentric crime thriller has just been translated into English. Inspired by a real-life case, Lady Joker reveals its world in rich, polyphonic detail.

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NPR News: Photos: The Culture Of Whales

Photos: The Culture Of Whales
Belugas play, a sperm whale nurses, and orcas teach their pups to hunt in a series of photographs from National Geographic photographer and explorer Brian Skerry.

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NPR News: #NPRPoetry: Samuel Getachew

#NPRPoetry: Samuel Getachew
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with poet Samuel Getachew, former National Youth Poet Laureate finalist, about his favorite listener-submitted poems.

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NPR News: 'Renegade' Rug Makers Create Community, Tufting On TikTok

'Renegade' Rug Makers Create Community, Tufting On TikTok
With industrial metal tufting guns, fiber artists can make colorful, textured designs — Pokémon characters, candy wrappers, portraiture — worthy of walls, floors or social media feeds.

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NPR News: Saying Goodbye to Hollywood's Cinerama Dome

Saying Goodbye to Hollywood's Cinerama Dome
Hollywood's Cinerama Dome is known for its space-age looking dome and its wide, curved screen. 60 years of movie-going there seems to be coming to The End.

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NPR News: When 'Jeopardy!' Might Announce A Permanent Host

When 'Jeopardy!' Might Announce A Permanent Host
TV's Jeopardy! is featuring guest hosts like Katie Couric to Aaron Rodgers. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks The Ringer's Claire McNear, who wrote a book about the show, what's next.

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NPR News: The Ant-icipation Is Over: 'Juan Hormiga' Is Here!

The Ant-icipation Is Over: 'Juan Hormiga' Is Here!
Gustavo Roldán's tale of an adventurous (if nap-prone) ant — newly translated into English — has everything you could want: silliness, adventure, daring, a cliffhanger, and a fun, satisfying ending.

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NPR News: House Of Yes Performers At Home: How Artists Persevere

House Of Yes Performers At Home: How Artists Persevere
The House of Yes performance venue in Brooklyn is closed for now, but the artists that were active in it are busier than ever, finding themselves and making art that speaks to the times we live in.

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NPR News: Producer Scott Rudin Steps Back From Broadway Following Allegations Of Bullying

Producer Scott Rudin Steps Back From Broadway Following Allegations Of Bullying
The producer announced Saturday that he would take a step back after allegations of bullying and workplace misconduct were reported this month.

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NPR News: Not My Job: We Quiz Japanese Breakfast On 'The Breakfast Of Champions'

Not My Job: We Quiz Japanese Breakfast On 'The Breakfast Of Champions'
Singer songwriter Michelle Zauner performs under the name Japanese Breakfast so we've invited her to answer three questions about Wheaties.

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NPR News: Kate Winslet, Brad Ingelsby On Their Newest HBO Crime Drama

Kate Winslet, Brad Ingelsby On Their Newest HBO Crime Drama
NPR's Debbie Elliott speaks with Kate Winslet and Brad Ingelsby about their new series, Mare of Easttown.

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NPR News: 'The Light Of The Midnight Stars' Doesn't Shine Brightly Enough

'The Light Of The Midnight Stars' Doesn't Shine Brightly Enough
Rena Rossner's YA novel, set in a magical version of medieval Eastern Europe, follows a rabbi and his three supernaturally-talented daughters. Unfortunately the characters never quite come to life.

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NPR News: Everybody Harbors A Secret — And A Motive — In HBO's 'Mare Of Easttown'

Everybody Harbors A Secret — And A Motive — In HBO's 'Mare Of Easttown'
Kate Winslet plays a small-town lead detective who's haunted by an unsolved case — and by her own past — in this excellent series. Mare of Easttown is both a mystery story and a character study.

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NPR News: Louise Erdrich On Her Personal Connection To Native Peoples' 'Fight For Survival'

Louise Erdrich On Her Personal Connection To Native Peoples' 'Fight For Survival'
Erdrich's novel, The Night Watchman, is based on her grandfather's role in resisting a Congressional effort to withdraw federal recognition from her family's tribe. Originally broadcast March 4, 2020.

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NPR News: Yo-Yo Ma: Beginner's Mind

Yo-Yo Ma: Beginner's Mind
World-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma (Words + Music) talks about his impromptu performance at a COVID vaccination site and plays a game about pop songs that quote classical music pieces.

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NPR News: Not A Lot of Hair Metal

Not A Lot of Hair Metal
Timothy Simons (Veep, The Pole) and Theodore Bressman (The Pole) listen to hair metal songs rewritten to be about fictional characters who don't have a lot of hair.

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NPR News: History of Libraries

History of Libraries
Timothy Simons (Veep, The Pole) and Theodore Bressman (The Pole) are quizzed on their library knowledge. Can they Dewey Decimate this quiz?

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NPR News: Category Is!

Category Is!
Sohla El-Waylly (Ancient Recipes with Sohla) and Stella Parks (Bravetart) play an Ask Me Another challenge specifically tailored to their interests. Tarot, Marvel characters and horrors films, oh my!

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NPR News: Food Jazz

Food Jazz
Chefs Sohla El-Waylly (Ancient Recipes with Sohla) and Stella Parks (author of Bravetart) flex their food muscles as they create meals out of random items from the Ask Me Another pantry.

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NPR News: Check-In: American Citizen Ophira Eisenberg

Check-In: American Citizen Ophira Eisenberg
Ask Me Another host Ophira Eisenberg and Jonathan Coulton discuss Ophira's new American citizenship status and how her test proctor is a fan of the show.

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NPR News: Mom Releases Book Based On 10 Years Of Ramadan Traditions

Mom Releases Book Based On 10 Years Of Ramadan Traditions
10 years ago, story teller Salma Hasan Ali started a blog marking the month of Ramadan called "30 Days, 30 Deeds." This year, she releases a book of stories and lessons from a decade of the blog.

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NPR News: Dispatches From Quarantine: How Young People Are Documenting History

Dispatches From Quarantine: How Young People Are Documenting History
Enticed by what young adults had to share about the pandemic, historian Alexandra Zapruder set out to document history through an online gallery called Dispatches from Quarantine.

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NPR News: 'Grey's Anatomy' Is In Its 17th Season ... But Are Today's Shows Built To Last?

'Grey's Anatomy' Is In Its 17th Season ... But Are Today's Shows Built To Last?
Whither the long-running, primetime scripted show — in an upended television landscape that's changed not only the way we watch TV, but the way stories are told and shows are sold.

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NPR News: Neither #OscarsSoWhite Nor #OscarsSoMale — What A Difference A Pandemic Makes

Neither #OscarsSoWhite Nor #OscarsSoMale — What A Difference A Pandemic Makes
It's been a catastrophic 12 months for movie theaters. It has also been a banner year for diversity at the Oscars — but it's going to take some work to make it permanent.

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NPR News: Podcaster Chronicles Racism, 'Resistance' And The Fight For Black Lives

Podcaster Chronicles Racism, 'Resistance' And The Fight For Black Lives
Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr. lost a close friend from college to police violence. His podcast explores different aspects of the movement for Black lives — including Tejan-Thomas Jr.'s personal history.

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NPR News: 'The Making Of Biblical Womanhood' Tackles Contradictions In Religious Practice

'The Making Of Biblical Womanhood' Tackles Contradictions In Religious Practice
Biblical womanhood is a pervasive concept among evangelicals. A new book by historian Beth Allison Barr argues those ideas may be more secular than scriptural.

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NPR News: 'Leaving Isn't The Hardest Thing' Isn't Just A Cult Memoir

'Leaving Isn't The Hardest Thing' Isn't Just A Cult Memoir
Essay after essay, it becomes clear that writer Lauren Hough is drawing parallels between the Family and good ol' fashioned American Exceptionalism in all its various facets.

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NPR News: 2021 Whiting Awards Honor 10 Soon-To-Be-Big Writers

2021 Whiting Awards Honor 10 Soon-To-Be-Big Writers
The winners of this year's Whiting Awards have been announced; the $50,000 prize honors emerging writers, with the aim of enabling them to concentrate full-time on their work.

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NPR News: 'Quo Vadis, Aida?' Asks: Where Does A Society Go After War Ends?

'Quo Vadis, Aida?' Asks: Where Does A Society Go After War Ends?
Jasmila Zbanic's Oscar-nominated film dramatizes the genocide of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica in 1995. Aida is a former teacher working as a translator for U.N. forces.

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NPR News: Journalist Investigates 'Crime Story' Of The Sackler Family And The Opioid Crisis

Journalist Investigates 'Crime Story' Of The Sackler Family And The Opioid Crisis
Empire of Pain author Patrick Radden Keefe says the Sackler family has "thrown a lot of energy" into trying to thwart his reporting about the family's involvement in the opioid crisis.

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NPR News: Pacific Theatres And Arclight Cinemas Won't Be Reopening

Pacific Theatres And Arclight Cinemas Won't Be Reopening
ArcLight is one of the theater chains most loved by filmmakers and film lovers. Shut for a year in the pandemic, ArcLight Cinemas and Pacific Theatres announced their locations will close for good.

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NPR News: Starring As A Starlet, Amanda Seyfried Shines As Marion Davies In 'Mank'

Starring As A Starlet, Amanda Seyfried Shines As Marion Davies In 'Mank'
To get into the role, Seyfried watched Davies' old movies, read her autobiography and listened to old scratchy recordings. She says playing the silver screen star was the ultimate dress-up dream.

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NPR News: Catching Up With Laurie Anderson, An Artist Always Ahead Of Her Time

Catching Up With Laurie Anderson, An Artist Always Ahead Of Her Time
The versatile, eclectic multimedia artist and musician Laurie Anderson has taken stock of her life's work, pursuing reissues and retrospectives while always forging ahead.

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NPR News: Henry Louis Gates Jr. On 'The Black Church' And His Own Bargain With Jesus

Henry Louis Gates Jr. On 'The Black Church' And His Own Bargain With Jesus
When he was 12, Gates made a bargain with Jesus in an attempt to save his mother's life. He talks about how that altered his own life, and his new book and PBS series, The Black Church.

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NPR News: 'The Final Revival Of Opal & Nev' Is A Faux Music History That Rocks

'The Final Revival Of Opal & Nev' Is A Faux Music History That Rocks
Dawnie Walton's sly narrative is a story about music, race and family secrets that spans five decades, centering on an interracial rock duo who strike it big in the early '70s.

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NPR News: Cinerama Dome Among ArcLight, Pacific Theaters To Close Due To Pandemic Losses

Cinerama Dome Among ArcLight, Pacific Theaters To Close Due To Pandemic Losses
With the closing of 300 screens, Hollywood laments the loss of the iconic Cinerama Dome; it opened in 1963 with the premiere of Stanley Kramer's wide-screen comedy It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.

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NPR News: 'The Souvenir Museum' Is An Exhibit To Savor

'The Souvenir Museum' Is An Exhibit To Savor
Elizabeth McCracken's new story collection dazzles with verbal flexibility, insight and feeling, capturing the oddities and mixed bags, the loves and losses that make up most people's lives.

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NPR News: Mother-Daughter Memoir Of Autism Exemplifies The Power Of Language

Mother-Daughter Memoir Of Autism Exemplifies The Power Of Language
Heartbreaking and uplifting in equal measure, I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust is a chronicle of not only finding one's voice, but of learning to make others understand that voice.

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NPR News: Leslie Odom Jr. Finds Sam Cooke's Voice In 'One Night In Miami'

Leslie Odom Jr. Finds Sam Cooke's Voice In 'One Night In Miami'
Odom Jr. landed his first Broadway role at 16, and later starred as Aaron Burr in Hamilton. Now he's up for two Oscars, one for his role as Cooke in One Night in Miami.

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NPR News: Emerald Fennell's 'Promising Young Woman' Doesn't Let Anyone Off The Hook

Emerald Fennell's 'Promising Young Woman' Doesn't Let Anyone Off The Hook
Fennell describes her Oscar-nominated film about a woman who hunts down sexual predators as "a kind of fantasy," but also as something "much darker and, I hope, more honest than that."

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NPR News: 'Emancipation' Moving Production Out Of Georgia, Due To New Voting Laws

'Emancipation' Moving Production Out Of Georgia, Due To New Voting Laws
Actor Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua, who are producing the Civil War-era film 'Emancipation', announced Monday that they are pulling the movie's production from Georgia.

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NPR News: A Picture Book About Children At The Border Aims To Spark Family Conversations

A Picture Book About Children At The Border Aims To Spark Family Conversations
The new children's book Hear My Voice/Escucha Mi Voz pulls from the author's interviews with migrant children detained in U.S. facilities in 2019.

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NPR News: 'Today, I Am A Witness To Change': A Crowdsourced Poem Against Anti-Asian Hate

'Today, I Am A Witness To Change': A Crowdsourced Poem Against Anti-Asian Hate
NPR's resident poet Kwame Alexander created a community poem from submissions that reflected on increased violence and discrimination against Asian Americans.

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NPR News: John Boehner On The 'Noisemakers' Of The Republican Party

John Boehner On The 'Noisemakers' Of The Republican Party
Boehner was the Republican speaker of the House during much of the Obama presidency. His new memoir recounts his time leading House Republicans — even if that meant doing things he personally opposed.

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NPR News: #NPRPoetry: Mark Doty

#NPRPoetry: Mark Doty
Poet Mark Doty, winner of the 2008 National Book Award for poetry, discusses his favorite listener-submitted poems with NPR's Michel Martin.

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NPR News: 'Filled With Her Spirit,' A Louisville Art Exhibition Honors Breonna Taylor

'Filled With Her Spirit,' A Louisville Art Exhibition Honors Breonna Taylor
Just over a year after police officers shot and killed Taylor in her home, the Speed Art Museum has opened a show in her memory. "To see it all come together is just a blessing," says Taylor's mother.

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NPR News: PHOTOS: Mumbai Falls In Love All Over Again With Its Forgotten Fountains

PHOTOS: Mumbai Falls In Love All Over Again With Its Forgotten Fountains
They're majestic. They're neglected. And now they're slowly being fixed up. Conservationists are preserving them — and officials hope the fountains will supply free water for the city's impoverished.

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NPR News: Wye Oak's Jenn Wasner Is On Her Own In New Album, 'Head Of Roses'

Wye Oak's Jenn Wasner Is On Her Own In New Album, 'Head Of Roses'
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Jenn Wasner, best known from the band Wye Oak, about her solo project, Flock Of Dimes, and her new album Head Of Roses.

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NPR News: How Yahoo! Answers Shaped The Internet

How Yahoo! Answers Shaped The Internet
Yahoo! Answers is shutting down in May. From sex education to homework help, users of the forum remember how it shaped early Internet culture.

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NPR News: In 'Moffie,' A Gay Soldier Comes Of Age During Apartheid In South Africa

In 'Moffie,' A Gay Soldier Comes Of Age During Apartheid In South Africa
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to director Oliver Hermanus about his new movie, Moffie, set in 1981 apartheid-era South Africa.

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NPR News: For April, 3 Tales Of Love, Luck, And Happy Ever After

For April, 3 Tales Of Love, Luck, And Happy Ever After
This month, our romance columnist Maya Rodale has three down-on-their-luck heroines whose fortunes change dramatically, via a dreamy bad boy, a surprise inheritance, and a revelation about the past.

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NPR News: Black Enterprise, Tradition And Culture At The Bronner Bros. Hair Show

Black Enterprise, Tradition And Culture At The Bronner Bros. Hair Show
Photographer Rahim Fortune visited the Bronner Bros. hair show in Atlanta in February 2020. He says he found a "sense of Black entrepreneurship in the space."

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NPR News: Not My Job: We Quiz Peloton Instructor Ally Love On Skeletons

Not My Job: We Quiz Peloton Instructor Ally Love On Skeletons
Ally Love's regular Sunday classes, "Sundays with Love," have made the beloved spinning teacher a pandemic celebrity. We've invited Love to play a game called "Peloton? Meet Skele-ton."

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NPR News: Opinion: Remembering The Late Comedy Writer Anne Beatts

Opinion: Remembering The Late Comedy Writer Anne Beatts
NPR's Scott Simon remembers comedy writer Anne Beatts, who died this week at the age of 74. She worked in male-dominated writers' rooms at Saturday Night Live and National Lampoon magazine.

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NPR News: Hairstylists Deal With Disastrous Pandemic Mistakes As People Come Back To Salons

Hairstylists Deal With Disastrous Pandemic Mistakes As People Come Back To Salons
Do-it-yourself bangs, extensions, and color: stylists and barbers have seen some wild pandemic hair as newly vaccinated Americans emerge for professional grooming.

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NPR News: Help Was On The Way For Shuttered Venues. Then The Website Crashed.

Help Was On The Way For Shuttered Venues. Then The Website Crashed.
The Small Business Administration launched an application portal for its $16 billion relief program for shuttered venues yesterday, but technical problems prompted deactivation for repair.

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NPR News: Filmmaker Finds An Unlikely Underwater Friend In 'My Octopus Teacher'

Filmmaker Finds An Unlikely Underwater Friend In 'My Octopus Teacher'
Craig Foster spent a year diving — without oxygen or a wetsuit — into the frigid sea near Cape Town, South Africa. His documentary is now nominated for an Oscar. Originally broadcast Oct. 20, 2020.

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NPR News: Nasim Pedrad

Nasim Pedrad
Saturday Night Live alum and star of the upcoming TBS sitcom Chad, Nasim Pedrad talks about playing Dora the Explorer at kids' birthday parties.

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NPR News: Idioms Around The World

Idioms Around The World
Sasheer Zamata and Caitlin McGee (Home Economics) translate idioms from around the world. Don't get caught holding the candle!

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NPR News: Love Means Constantly Having To Say You're Sorry

Love Means Constantly Having To Say You're Sorry
From the ABC sitcom Home Economics, Sasheer Zamata and Caitlin McGee listen to apologies from various movies and television shows. Sorry 'bout it!

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NPR News: Alternative 80s

Alternative 80s
In this music parody game, Reggie Watts and Kate Berlant listen to alternative 1980s songs about things that happened in the 80s — of other centuries.

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NPR News: Real Or Fake: Wellness Products

Real Or Fake: Wellness Products
Inspired by comedian Kate Berlant's podcast POOG (GOOP, backwards), she and The Late Late Show's Reggie Watts guess if various wellness experiences are real or made up.

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NPR News: Check-In: Study Buddy

Check-In: Study Buddy
The famously Canadian Ophira Eisenberg studies flashcards for her upcoming U.S. citizenship test.

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NPR News: Rapper And Actor DMX Dead At 50

Rapper And Actor DMX Dead At 50
The rapper died today at White Plains, NY Hospital, after being on life support.

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NPR News: 'The Nevers': When Steampunk Gets Foggy

'The Nevers': When Steampunk Gets Foggy
A surfeit of characters, ideas, themes — and familiar writerly tics — obscures the storytelling in the opening episodes of HBO's new series about Victorian women granted special powers.

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NPR News: 'I Feel Like I'm An Olympian': Youn Yuh-jung On Her Historic Oscar Nomination

'I Feel Like I'm An Olympian': Youn Yuh-jung On Her Historic Oscar Nomination
The celebrated Korean actor plays a loving, mischievous grandma in Minari — a role that has earned her newfound fame in the U.S. She says the character brought back memories of her great-grandmother.

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NPR News: Former Speaker John Boehner's Memoir Serves As A Reflection On Life In 'Crazytown'

Former Speaker John Boehner's Memoir Serves As A Reflection On Life In 'Crazytown'
On the House chronicles Boehner's humble rise in national politics and his front-row seat to the revolution within his Republican party that ultimately forced him out of Congress.

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NPR News: Sex Therapist Is 'Here To Help' In Her New Book Specifically For Women

Sex Therapist Is 'Here To Help' In Her New Book Specifically For Women
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with sex therapist Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus about her upbringing, career, and advice from her new book Sex Points.

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NPR News: Plots, Subplots And Wildly Fascinating Villains Abound In 'The Nevers'

Plots, Subplots And Wildly Fascinating Villains Abound In 'The Nevers'
HBO's new series, which was initially created by Joss Whedon, is a superhero story set at the very end of the Victorian era. It features a team of outcast women with paranormal abilities.

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NPR News: For Operators Of Shuttered Arts Venues, Financial Assistance Arrives At Last

For Operators Of Shuttered Arts Venues, Financial Assistance Arrives At Last
The long-awaited Shuttered Venues Operators Grant, administered by the Small Business Administration, is now accepting applications.

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NPR News: 'Dance Can Give Community': Twyla Tharp On Choreographing Through Lockdown

'Dance Can Give Community': Twyla Tharp On Choreographing Through Lockdown
Twyla Moves, a new documentary by PBS American Masters, tells the story of the legendary choreographer, who got her start performing on subway platforms and rooftops in the 1960s.

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NPR News: In The Rise And Fall Of The Sacklers' Opioid Empire, An American Dream Turns Toxic

In The Rise And Fall Of The Sacklers' Opioid Empire, An American Dream Turns Toxic
Patrick Radden Keefe helped expose the Sackler family's role in the deadly opioid epidemic. His new book deepens the narrative, raising questions about the blurring of medicine and capitalism.

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NPR News: How Niki De Saint Phalle Channeled Pain Into Joyful, Vibrant Works Of Art

How Niki De Saint Phalle Channeled Pain Into Joyful, Vibrant Works Of Art
The artist said she learned to "translate emotions, fear, violence, hope and joy into painting." An exhibition of her work is now on view at MoMa PS1 in New York.

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NPR News: Ambition, Alchemy And Searching For Way To Fit In 'Gold Diggers'

Ambition, Alchemy And Searching For Way To Fit In 'Gold Diggers'
Sanjena Sathian's novel follows a Georgia teenager, son of Indian immigrants, as he struggles with balancing his own ambitions and those of his parents, and finding his own way to be brown in America.

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NPR News: Merry Clayton Bares Her 'Beautiful Scars'

Merry Clayton Bares Her 'Beautiful Scars'
Seven years after surviving a car crash that took her legs and nearly took her life, singer Merry Clayton is releasing a new album, Beautiful Scars.

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NPR News: 'Them': The Trauma, The Trauma

'Them': The Trauma, The Trauma
Amazon's new anthology series, executive produced by Lena Waithe, unrelentingly explores "terror in America."

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NPR News: 'Atlantic Crossing' Explores Little Known Relationship During World War II

'Atlantic Crossing' Explores Little Known Relationship During World War II
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with actor Kyle MacLachlan about playing former President Franklin D. Roosevelt in PBS' Masterpiece series Atlantic Crossing.

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NPR News: For This Palestinian Cook, The Kitchen Is A 'Powerful Place' — Not A 'Life Sentence'

For This Palestinian Cook, The Kitchen Is A 'Powerful Place' — Not A 'Life Sentence'
Reem Kassis began gathering family recipes after the birth of her first child. The recipes, she says, "could be the story of any and every Palestinian family." Her new book is The Arabesque Table.

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NPR News: 'Disco Elysium: The Final Cut' Is A Grimly Gorgeous Genre-Bender

'Disco Elysium: The Final Cut' Is A Grimly Gorgeous Genre-Bender
In Disco Elysium, you play as an unnamed detective figuring out the story behind a dead body in a windswept, wintry city. The new Final Cut edition features extra quests and a fully-voiced script.

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NPR News: Too Many 'Peaces' Overload An Otherwise Entertaining Story

Too Many 'Peaces' Overload An Otherwise Entertaining Story
Helen Oyeyemi's new novel is a no-holds-barred mashup of Agatha Christie-style mystery oddities like mongoose genealogy, kidnapped gaming champions and a woman who chokes on emeralds in her sleep.

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NPR News: 'Farewell For Now:' Leigh Bardugo On 'Rule Of Wolves'

'Farewell For Now:' Leigh Bardugo On 'Rule Of Wolves'
Leigh Bardugo is winding up her Russian-inflected Grishaverse series (at least for now) with Rule of Wolves, which continues the story of the dashing King Nikolai of Ravka and his demonic interloper.

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NPR News: 'This Is About Lifting Culture,' Says History-Making Producer Charles D. King

'This Is About Lifting Culture,' Says History-Making Producer Charles D. King
Judas and the Black Messiah has made Oscar history as the first Best Picture nominee with an all-Black producing team. And it's not the first time producer Charles D. King has made Hollywood history.

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NPR News: H.E.R. Is A 'Soul Baby' With a Social Conscience

H.E.R. Is A 'Soul Baby' With a Social Conscience
The morning after winning two Grammy awards, R&B singer H.E.R. received an Oscar nomination for the song "Fight For You" from the film Judas and the Black Messiah.

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NPR News: Basic Training Proves Anything-But-Basic In The Powerful South African Drama 'Moffie'

Basic Training Proves Anything-But-Basic In The Powerful South African Drama 'Moffie'
The effect of so much institutional hatred within the military of South Africa in the early '80s was to leave a generation traumatized, the film concludes.

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NPR News: In 'Caul Baby,' A Rare Gift Becomes A Double-Edged Sword

In 'Caul Baby,' A Rare Gift Becomes A Double-Edged Sword
In Morgan Jerkins' novel, a family of Black women has a gift; they're born with a caul, a layer over their skin that protects them from harm. They can share and sell the caul — which brings trouble.

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NPR News: Poet Hanif Abdurraqib On The Intersection Of Black Excellence, Joy And Pain

Poet Hanif Abdurraqib On The Intersection Of Black Excellence, Joy And Pain
What do Soul Train and Whitney Houston tell us about race in America? In his book, A Little Devil in America, the culture critic traces the history of Black performance through moments in pop culture.

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NPR News: A Daughter Struggles To Escape Her Mother's Shadow In 'Libertie'

A Daughter Struggles To Escape Her Mother's Shadow In 'Libertie'
What if a child doesn't share a parent's ambition? Kaitlyn Greenidge's novel is inspired by the life of Susan Smith McKinney-Steward, the third Black woman to earn a medical degree in the U.S.

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NPR News: Haruki Murakami: 'I've Had All Sorts Of Strange Experiences In My Life'

Haruki Murakami: 'I've Had All Sorts Of Strange Experiences In My Life'
Murakami's new story collection, First Person Singular, touches some of his favorite subjects — jazz, baseball, classical music — but also highlights some of the unexplained oddities of life.

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NPR News: Memoir Offers Advice On 'How To Raise A Feminist Son'

Memoir Offers Advice On 'How To Raise A Feminist Son'
A feminist son, says author Sonora Jha, means "a boy who believes in the full humanity of women and girls around him." It also means recognizing that as they grow older, they can be led by women.

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NPR News: Singer Brandi Carlile Talks Ambition, Avoidance And Finally Finding Her Place

Singer Brandi Carlile Talks Ambition, Avoidance And Finally Finding Her Place
The six-time Grammy winner got her start as a kid, singing backup for an Elvis impersonator. Her new memoir, Broken Horses, is about her early life and the family she's built.

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NPR News: Hunter Biden Says His Family Never Gave Up On Him

Hunter Biden Says His Family Never Gave Up On Him
Hunter Biden's new memoir is a story of his years of alcohol and drug addiction. He tells NPR that the one constant was the love of his family: "Their light was never not seeking me out."

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NPR News: #NPRPoetry: Franny Choi Reads Listener Submitted Poems

#NPRPoetry: Franny Choi Reads Listener Submitted Poems
Poet Franny Choi tells NPR's Michel Martin about some of her favorite listener submitted poems for National Poetry Month.

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NPR News: John Batiste On His New Album, 'We Are'

John Batiste On His New Album, 'We Are'
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Jon Batiste. The prolific artist, who composed music for Disney and whose band plays for Stephen Colbert, is releasing a solo album.

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NPR News: Ilona Bannister's Debut Novel Depicts The Struggles Of New Motherhood

Ilona Bannister's Debut Novel Depicts The Struggles Of New Motherhood
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to author Ilona Bannister about her debut novel, When I Ran Away.

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NPR News: Go Back In Time To The Last Appearance Of The Brood X Cicadas

Go Back In Time To The Last Appearance Of The Brood X Cicadas
Back in 2004, the last time that the Brood X cicadas emerged in Washington D.C., NPR's Peter Breslow recorded his four-year-old twin daughters amidst the din in his backyard.

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NPR News: Smile, You're Vaccinated! The Rise Of The COVID-19 Vaccine Selfie

Smile, You're Vaccinated! The Rise Of The COVID-19 Vaccine Selfie
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with New York Times fashion director Vanessa Friedman about the selfie photographs that people post on social media after receiving their COVID-19 vaccine.

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NPR News: Old Ways Cradle A New Life In 'I Sang You Down From The Stars'

Old Ways Cradle A New Life In 'I Sang You Down From The Stars'
Caldecott Medal-winning artist Michaela Goade's Tlingit heritage her illustrations for I Sang You Down From the Stars, about a woman following Indigenous customs as she prepares for motherhood.

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NPR News: 'First Person Singular' Asks A Lot Of Questions — But Shies Away From Answers

'First Person Singular' Asks A Lot Of Questions — But Shies Away From Answers
Haruki Murakami's plain-spoken new story collection features narrators a lot like him — male, middle-aged, recounting inexplicably strange things that have happened to them,

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NPR News: Video: When Love Transcends Prison, A Couple Finds Each Other Through Letters

Video: When Love Transcends Prison, A Couple Finds Each Other Through Letters
Sheila & Joe is a film about two people separated by incarceration who met, fell in love and committed their lives to one another through hundreds of pages written over thousands of days.

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NPR News: Rickie Lee Jones' Debuts Memoir Names After One Of Her Best-Known Songs

Rickie Lee Jones' Debuts Memoir Names After One Of Her Best-Known Songs
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to musician Rickie Lee Jones about her new memoir, Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour.

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NPR News: People Are Stealing Legos. Here's Why

People Are Stealing Legos. Here's Why
Lego theft may be on the rise, with French police investigating an international ring of alleged Lego thieves. Lego expert Gerben van IJken says there could be a Lego black market.

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NPR News: We Swoon, We Faint — 'Bridgerton' Will Return For Season 2 Without Its Hunky Duke

We Swoon, We Faint — 'Bridgerton' Will Return For Season 2 Without Its Hunky Duke
The first season of Netflix's hit Regency romance series starred Regé-Jean Page as the smoldering Duke of Hastings — but when the series returns, it will pick up with a new love story, and no Duke.

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NPR News: Indoor Theater Slowly Resumes In A Socially Distanced Way In New York City

Indoor Theater Slowly Resumes In A Socially Distanced Way In New York City
It's been more than a year since theater goers have been able to see an indoor performance in New York City. But some spaces and producers are moving to find safe ways to open up.

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NPR News: 'Law & Order' Actor Found Something 'Larger' Than Himself On 'SVU'

'Law & Order' Actor Found Something 'Larger' Than Himself On 'SVU'
Christopher Meloni spent 12 seasons on Law & Order: SVU before leaving the show in 2011. Now he's returning to the franchise, starring in Law & Order: Organized Crime. Originally broadcast April 2019.

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NPR News: Remembering Larry McMurtry, A Writer Who Helped Define The American West

Remembering Larry McMurtry, A Writer Who Helped Define The American West
Best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Lonesome Dove, McMurtry wrote more than 30 books and screenplays, many set in the West. He died on March 25. Originally broadcast in 1995.

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NPR News: Alfonso Ribeiro

Alfonso Ribeiro
Host of America's Funniest Home Videos and star of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Alfonso Ribeiro talks about his time on Broadway and the origins of the iconic Carlton dance.

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