NPR News: Apple TV+'s 'The Problem With Jon Stewart' Struggles To Find Its Comedic Voice

Apple TV+'s 'The Problem With Jon Stewart' Struggles To Find Its Comedic Voice
The show's focus on important subjects makes for compelling viewing. But much from the first two episodes feels like a stitched-together pastiche of items from The Daily Show.

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NPR News: All-Star Lineup Of Dre, Snoop, Eminem, Blige And Lamar Will Perform At The Super Bowl

All-Star Lineup Of Dre, Snoop, Eminem, Blige And Lamar Will Perform At The Super Bowl
The five icons will perform on stage together for the first time at the 2022 Pepsi Super Bowl on Feb. 13 in Inglewood, Calif. Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar are natives of Southern California.

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NPR News: Comedian Josh Johnson Dares To Make Us Laugh In A Global Pandemic

Comedian Josh Johnson Dares To Make Us Laugh In A Global Pandemic
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with comedian Josh Johnson about his newfound success and how comedy has served as a processing tool for collective trauma throughout the pandemic.

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NPR News: Britney Spears is on the road to independence. The media should let her take the wheel

Britney Spears is on the road to independence. The media should let her take the wheel
On Wednesday, Jamie Spears was suspended as his daughter's conservator. Is all the media attention, including three new Spears documentaries, still welcome?

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NPR News: Tommy Kirk, The Fresh-Scrubbed Face Of Disney As A Child Actor, Dies At 79

Tommy Kirk, The Fresh-Scrubbed Face Of Disney As A Child Actor, Dies At 79
Generations of children, and more than a few adults, cried along with Kirk when his character Travis Coates tearfully pulled a rifle trigger in Old Yeller.

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NPR News: These Poems' Sensual Details Explore The Friction Between Integrity And Desire

These Poems' Sensual Details Explore The Friction Between Integrity And Desire
Natasha Rao gets to know herself by examining how she clings to her past in her debut poetry collection Latitude.

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NPR News: During Banned Books Week, Readers Explore What It Means To Challenge Texts

During Banned Books Week, Readers Explore What It Means To Challenge Texts
Libraries, schools, authors and readers are celebrating Banned Books Week. Among the Top 10 most challenged books in the U.S. are The Hate U Give and To Kill A Mockingbird.

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NPR News: Danish Museum Pays Artist $84,000. He Sends 2 Blank Canvases

Danish Museum Pays Artist $84,000. He Sends 2 Blank Canvases
Artist Jens Haaning says the blank canvases make up a new work of art — titled Take the Money and Run — that he calls a commentary on poor wages. The museum wants the money back.

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NPR News: A Judge Suspends Britney Spears' Dad From Her Conservatorship

A Judge Suspends Britney Spears' Dad From Her Conservatorship
At a hearing Wednesday at Los Angeles Superior Court, Judge Brenda J. Penny suspended the pop star's father from controlling her financial affairs. Britney Spears has accused him of exploiting her.

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NPR News: Iranian Singer Googoosh Raises Her Voice To Keep Her Nation's Culture Alive

Iranian Singer Googoosh Raises Her Voice To Keep Her Nation's Culture Alive
Known as "The Voice of Iran," Googoosh was silenced by the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Active again since 2000, she uses music to keep Iranians forced to leave the country in touch with their culture.

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NPR News: 'Me Too' Founder Tarana Burke Says Black Girls' Trauma Shouldn't Be Ignored

'Me Too' Founder Tarana Burke Says Black Girls' Trauma Shouldn't Be Ignored
Burke says society often ignores Black girls' sexual trauma — and that the R. Kelly trial, coming after 25 years of allegations, highlights the "stark difference" in response to victims of color.

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NPR News: Art Or Heist? A Danish Artist Took $84,000 And Sent A Museum 2 Blank Canvases

Art Or Heist? A Danish Artist Took $84,000 And Sent A Museum 2 Blank Canvases
"The work is that I have taken their money," artist Jens Haaning said of his new piece, titled "Take the Money and Run."

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NPR News: Britney Spears Has A Chance To Be Free From Her Father Today. Here's What To Know

Britney Spears Has A Chance To Be Free From Her Father Today. Here's What To Know
Spears and her father have petitioned to end his conservatorship role. But there are a few ways the judge could rule, including denying their petitions, replacing him or terminating the arrangement.

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NPR News: No One's Telling The Truth In Joshua Ferris's New Novel — Or Are They?

No One's Telling The Truth In Joshua Ferris's New Novel — Or Are They?
Charlie Barnes, the figure at the center of Ferris's A Calling for Charlie Barnes, is 68 and on his fifth marriage, and after a self-diagnised cancer scare, he wants his son to write his life story.

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NPR News: For Fall, 3 Novels Where Great Translations Make All The Difference

For Fall, 3 Novels Where Great Translations Make All The Difference
Sometimes, it's not the author you choose, it's the translator. So we've picked three novels where the translation will help you discover new things about the text, even if you can read the original.

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NPR News: Terence Blanchard's Met Opera Debut Is A Singular Achievement And A Shared Success

Terence Blanchard's Met Opera Debut Is A Singular Achievement And A Shared Success
The composer's magnetically powerful Fire Shut Up in My Bones lands with a force of authenticity, a too-rare window into Black life in an operatic setting.

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NPR News: Married Filmmakers Alex Rivera And Cristina Ibarra Both Win MacArthur 'Genius Grants'

Married Filmmakers Alex Rivera And Cristina Ibarra Both Win MacArthur 'Genius Grants'
Married filmmakers Alex Rivera and Cristina Ibarra are both winners of Macarthur Genius grants this year. They do separate but related work all dealing with immigration and migrant labor.

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NPR News: With 'Cloud Cuckoo Land,' Anthony Doerr Dazzles And Disturbs

With 'Cloud Cuckoo Land,' Anthony Doerr Dazzles And Disturbs
Doerr's follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel All The Light We Cannot See follows five young people, each living in dangerous times across the span of eight centuries.

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NPR News: What New Netflix And Hulu Documentaries Reveal About Britney Spears' Conservancy

What New Netflix And Hulu Documentaries Reveal About Britney Spears' Conservancy
Netflix's Britney vs Spears and Hulu's Controlling Britney Spears — released right before an important hearing on the singer's conservatorship— piece together how Spears lost control of her life.

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NPR News: This Year's MacArthur 'Genius Grants' Were Just Announced—Here's The Full Winner List

This Year's MacArthur 'Genius Grants' Were Just Announced—Here's The Full Winner List
Yes, we know they're technically called "MacArthur Fellows." But for this group of artists, scientists and scholars, the term fits well enough as any other.

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NPR News: October Book-Ahead: What We're Excited To Read Next Month

October Book-Ahead: What We're Excited To Read Next Month
October has plans to bring us some new works from established authors — and some attention-grabbing books from new ones. Here are some of the books we're excited about coming next month.

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NPR News: Anita Hill Started A Conversation About Sexual Harassment. She's Not Done Yet

Anita Hill Started A Conversation About Sexual Harassment. She's Not Done Yet
Hill doesn't regret testifying against Clarence Thomas during his 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearing: "There is victory in being able to come forward and state what has happened to you."

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NPR News: Anthony Doerr's New Novel Spans Centuries, Yet Fits Together Like Clockwork

Anthony Doerr's New Novel Spans Centuries, Yet Fits Together Like Clockwork
Cloud Cuckoo Land follows four people in very different times and places, all connected by an imaginary manuscript — also called "Cloud Cuckoo Land" — by a real author, the philosopher Diogenes.

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NPR News: Beck Bennett Is Leaving 'SNL,' But Three New Cast Members Are Joining The Lineup

Beck Bennett Is Leaving 'SNL,' But Three New Cast Members Are Joining The Lineup
Apart from Bennett's departure, the announcement from Saturday Night Live also includes another departure from Lauren Holt, two promotions and three new hires at NBC's sketch comedy series.

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NPR News: R. Kelly Found Guilty Of Racketeering And Sex Trafficking

R. Kelly Found Guilty Of Racketeering And Sex Trafficking
A jury found the disgraced R&B star guilty of charges that included sexual exploitation of a child, racketeering and sex trafficking. He faces a possible sentence of 10 years to life in prison.

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NPR News: 'Dear Evan Hansen' Actor Ben Platt Escapes From Anxiety By Being In The Spotlight

'Dear Evan Hansen' Actor Ben Platt Escapes From Anxiety By Being In The Spotlight
Platt frequently worries about the past and what's to come, but there's one place where his anxiety tends to subside. "Being on stage, for me, is kind of the antidote to that," he says.

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NPR News: Hosts Of The View Say Their COVID Tests Were False Positives

Hosts Of The View Say Their COVID Tests Were False Positives
Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro were pulled off the air Friday in a startling moment of live television that forced an abbreviated Kamala Harris interview to be conducted remotely.

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NPR News: The Rolling Stones Are Back On Tour And Paid Tribute To Late Drummer Charlie Watts

The Rolling Stones Are Back On Tour And Paid Tribute To Late Drummer Charlie Watts
The legendary rockers launched their pandemic-delayed "No Filter" tour over the weekend at the Dome at America's Center in St. Louis without their drummer of nearly six decades.

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NPR News: Highlights From The Tony Awards

Highlights From The Tony Awards
Moulin Rouge! The Musical took home 10 awards, including the night's biggest: Best musical. The Inheritance won for best play, and A Soldier's Play for best revival.

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NPR News: 'Believing' Is A Book Only Anita Hill Could Have Written

'Believing' Is A Book Only Anita Hill Could Have Written
Altogether, Believing is an elegant, impassioned demand that America see gender-based violence as a cultural and structural problem that hurts everyone, not just victims and survivors.

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NPR News: Terence Blanchard Makes History At The Metropolitan Opera

Terence Blanchard Makes History At The Metropolitan Opera
Fire Shut Up in My Bones, based on the Charles M. Blow memoir of the same title, is the first work by a Black composer to be staged by the Metropolitan Opera.

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NPR News: Anthony Hamilton On Being Vulnerable And His New Album 'Love Is The New Black'

Anthony Hamilton On Being Vulnerable And His New Album 'Love Is The New Black'
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with singer-songwriter Anthony Hamilton, who delivers his first album in five years with the help of some friends including Jennifer Hudson.

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NPR News: Tiny Desk Teams Up With Alt.Latino This Month

Tiny Desk Teams Up With Alt.Latino This Month
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre about their Alt.Latino Tiny Desk takeover for Hispanic Heritage Month.

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NPR News: Gotta Catch Them All: Pokemon Fans Go Crazy Over New Oreos

Gotta Catch Them All: Pokemon Fans Go Crazy Over New Oreos
Oreo + Pokemon = CHAOS. People are buying and selling limited-series Oreos with the popular characters on them for a pretty penny. Dennis Lee with The Takeout talks about what's going on.

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NPR News: 4 Things To Know Ahead Of The 2021 Tony Awards

4 Things To Know Ahead Of The 2021 Tony Awards
The 74th Annual Tony Awards will be presented on Sunday, September 26 more than 15 months after they were previously scheduled. But these pandemic Tonys are by no means business as usual.

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NPR News: 'Wait Wait' For Sept. 25th, 2021: Bowen Yang Plays Not My Job

'Wait Wait' For Sept. 25th, 2021: Bowen Yang Plays Not My Job
Bowen Yang is an Emmy-nominated writer and performer on Saturday Night Live, so we invited him to answer three questions about the shows that air live Monday-Friday: local news broadcasts.

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NPR News: Autopsy Shows That Actor Michael K. Williams Died Of Drug Intoxication

Autopsy Shows That Actor Michael K. Williams Died Of Drug Intoxication
Actor Michael K. Williams, known for playing Omar Little on "The Wire" and an Emmy nominee, died of acute drug intoxication in what a medical examiner said was an accidental death.

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NPR News: Anthony Doerr On The Spark That Inspired 'Cloud Cuckoo Land'

Anthony Doerr On The Spark That Inspired 'Cloud Cuckoo Land'
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with author Anthony Doerr about his latest novel, Cloud Cuckoo Land.

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NPR News: Tom Skerritt Grapples With His Own Death In 'East Of The Mountains'

Tom Skerritt Grapples With His Own Death In 'East Of The Mountains'
NPR's Scott Simon talks to Tom Skerritt, who stars in East of the Mountains, a film about a retired heart surgeon dying of cancer.

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NPR News: Ruth Ozeki Tackles Capitalism, Materialism And Neoliberalism In New Book

Ruth Ozeki Tackles Capitalism, Materialism And Neoliberalism In New Book
NPR's Scott Simon asks Ruth Ozeki about her new novel, The Book of Form and Emptiness.

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NPR News: Teen Student Podcast Challenge Winners Talk Tattoos

Teen Student Podcast Challenge Winners Talk Tattoos
Chicago teens made a podcast discussing the pros and cons of getting tattoos. We check back in on them after they were named finalists in NPR's 2021 Student Podcast Challenge.

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NPR News: Opinion: Free Expression Is On The Decline, In Cuba And Elsewhere

Opinion: Free Expression Is On The Decline, In Cuba And Elsewhere
Cuba is one of dozens of countries, including some U.S. allies, using emergency powers to stifle free expression.

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NPR News: Fall Brings YA Historicals About Thieves And The Rapscallions Who Love Them

Fall Brings YA Historicals About Thieves And The Rapscallions Who Love Them
Both The City Beautiful and Before We Disappear feature young crooks getting by in big cities at the turn of the 19th century, one haunted by his past and the other trapped by his magic powers.

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NPR News: Dan Savage On Why Gay People Give Better Sex Advice

Dan Savage On Why Gay People Give Better Sex Advice
Savage has a new book celebrating 30 years writing his sex advice column "Savage Love." He talked with NPR about where he's been wrong, what's changed, and why gay people know more about sex.

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NPR News: R. Kelly's Federal Trial Is In The Hands Of The Jury

R. Kelly's Federal Trial Is In The Hands Of The Jury
After six weeks of emotionally charged testimony, jury deliberation begins in the New York federal trial of disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly. If convicted he could spend 10 years to life in prison.

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NPR News: ABC's New 'Wonder Years' Succeeds By Centering A Black Family In History

ABC's New 'Wonder Years' Succeeds By Centering A Black Family In History
The new revival of the 1988 series works because it reclaims Black people's part in history.

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NPR News: The Final Final Round

The Final Final Round
Ophira and Jonathan answer listener questions and say goodbye.

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NPR News: Off The Air

Off The Air
Ophira quizzes Jonathan about Ask Me Another moments that weren't heard on the show.

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NPR News: The Ends

The Ends
Guest puzzle guru Cecil Baldwin and guest musician Julian Velard share their favorite Ask Me Another memories. Jonathan Coulton performs his final music parody.

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NPR News: There Are No Emergencies In Trivia

There Are No Emergencies In Trivia
A long-running inside joke finally pays off as Ophira Eisenberg breaks a glass box containing an emergency word game. Comedians Aparna Nancherla and Joyelle Nicole Johnson take on the challenge.

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NPR News: Very Important Puzzlers

Very Important Puzzlers
MVP celebrity guests and Ask Me Another fans Kristen Anderson Lopez and Robert Lopez identify clips of other Ask Me Another VIPs (Very Important Puzzlers).

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NPR News: Preshow Ritual

Preshow Ritual
Ophira Eisenberg and Jonathan Coulton demonstrate and explain the Ask Me Another team's preshow ritual at live tapings.

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NPR News: Heroism Exacts A Daunting Price In 'Wife Of A Spy' And 'Azor'

Heroism Exacts A Daunting Price In 'Wife Of A Spy' And 'Azor'
Two new films grapple with the complexity of moral courage. Wife of a Spy is set in Japan on the cusp of WWII. Azor follows a Swiss banker during the Argentine dictatorship of the 1980s.

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NPR News: 'The Morning Show' Recap, Season 2, Episode 2: 'It's Like The Flu'

'The Morning Show' Recap, Season 2, Episode 2: 'It's Like The Flu'
Alex tries to negotiate her return to TMS in a couple of different ways, while Mitch eats gelato in Italy and feels sad.

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NPR News: 'Ted Lasso' Recap, Season 2, Episode 10: Love And Death

'Ted Lasso' Recap, Season 2, Episode 10: Love And Death
Rebecca suffers a loss, and her friends and loved ones rally to her side. Meanwhile, Ted starts to open up to Sharon in earnest and Keeley gets a surprise.

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NPR News: How Japanese Breakfast Crafted The Sounds Of The New Game 'Sable'

How Japanese Breakfast Crafted The Sounds Of The New Game 'Sable'
Musician Michelle Zauner talks about the history and process behind her soundtrack for the new video game Sable – including inspiration from The Secret of Mana and indie legends Yo La Tengo.

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NPR News: Do Androids Dream Of Romantic Dinners? 'I'm Your Man' Ponders Humanity And Love

Do Androids Dream Of Romantic Dinners? 'I'm Your Man' Ponders Humanity And Love
Dan Stevens stars as the android of Maren Eggert's dreams in the German romantic comedy "I'm Your Man."

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NPR News: Communication Is The Challenge In This Novel Of Loss And Discovery

Communication Is The Challenge In This Novel Of Loss And Discovery
Jon McGregor's new novel follows an expedition guide who suffers a stroke in the middle of an Antarctic ice storm and loses the ability to speak — and the people around him at a loss for what to say.

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NPR News: In New Filing, Britney Spears Consents With The Petition To End Her Conservatorship

In New Filing, Britney Spears Consents With The Petition To End Her Conservatorship
The filing represents the first time Britney Spears has called for an end to the arrangement in court documents, though she has called for its termination in hearings.

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NPR News: 'Office' Star B.J. Novak Wants To Surprise You With His New Project

'Office' Star B.J. Novak Wants To Surprise You With His New Project
Novak's latest project is The Premise, an anthology series which he writes and directs. Episodes deal with current issues, like social media obsession and celebrity worship, and end with a twist.

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NPR News: The Autumnal Equinox Is This Afternoon. Fall Is Here

The Autumnal Equinox Is This Afternoon. Fall Is Here
According to the National Weather Service, at 3:20 p.m. EDT today, the Autumnal Equinox (the moment when the length of daylight and darkness are almost perfectly equal) occurs.

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NPR News: 'Whizzpopping' News: Netflix Now Owns All Of Roald Dahl's Stories

'Whizzpopping' News: Netflix Now Owns All Of Roald Dahl's Stories
Netflix has acquired The Roald Dahl Story Co. (RDSC), which manages the British author's catalogue. "Human beans" just can't get enough, as Dahl's loveable BFG might say.

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NPR News: Anime Anthology 'Star Wars: Visions' Expands The Galaxy Far, Far Away

Anime Anthology 'Star Wars: Visions' Expands The Galaxy Far, Far Away
The uneven Disney+ series views the Star Wars universe through an anime lens. The result points up the visual potential — and narrative limitations — of the franchise.

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NPR News: Percival Everett's Latest Grounds Racial Allegory In History, Horror And Blood

Percival Everett's Latest Grounds Racial Allegory In History, Horror And Blood
In The Trees, Everett revisits the 1955 murder of Emmett Till, imagining a series of similar killings in the same small Mississippi town. Mixing horror, humor and insight, it's impossible to put down.

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NPR News: The Lack Of Latinos In Media Could Affect How Others View Them, The Government Says

The Lack Of Latinos In Media Could Affect How Others View Them, The Government Says
The report discovered that the biggest growth among Hispanics in the media industry was in service jobs, while management jobs had the lowest representation.

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NPR News: Remakes Put A Fresh Spin On 'The Wonder Years' And 'Scenes From A Marriage'

Remakes Put A Fresh Spin On 'The Wonder Years' And 'Scenes From A Marriage'
Remakes of TV classics don't have to be bland. The Wonder Years now centers on a Black family's experiences in 1968; Scenes from a Marriage flips the script on traditional gender roles.

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NPR News: 'The Contrarian' Profiles Peter Thiel, PayPal Co-Founder And Political Provocateur

'The Contrarian' Profiles Peter Thiel, PayPal Co-Founder And Political Provocateur
Bloomberg Businessweek reporter Max Chafkin talks about the tech billionaire who broke with most of Silicon Valley in backing Trump. Thiel also secretly funded the lawsuit that bankrupted Gawker.

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NPR News: Dan And Claudia Zanes Sing About Justice And Joy On Their New Album For Children

Dan And Claudia Zanes Sing About Justice And Joy On Their New Album For Children
Family musicians Dan and Claudia Zanes are releasing their first duo album, a collection of original songs that deal with social justice, anti-racism & joy — conceived during the coronavirus pandemic.

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NPR News: 'Visions' Is The 'Star Wars' Anime You Were Waiting For

'Visions' Is The 'Star Wars' Anime You Were Waiting For
Lucasfilms has partnered with several Japanese anime studios for the new animated series Star Wars: Visions — but this isn't the first time Star Wars has drawn inspiration from Japanese entertainment.

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NPR News: Richard Powers Spins A Smaller, Sadder Story In 'Bewilderment'

Richard Powers Spins A Smaller, Sadder Story In 'Bewilderment'
Powers climbs down from the treetops of The Overstory in his latest novel, to tell the story of a widowed father and his troubled son who head into the wilderness to try to figure out their lives.

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NPR News: America Is Divided. Evan Osnos' 'Wildland' Looks At How That Happened

America Is Divided. Evan Osnos' 'Wildland' Looks At How That Happened
Osnos' new book focuses on coal country in West Virginia; hedge fund culture in Greenwich, Conn.; institutional racism in Chicago and why Democrat Joe Manchin holds remarkable sway in the Senate.

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NPR News: Friday and Menace II Society actor A.J. Johnson has died

Friday and Menace II Society actor A.J. Johnson has died
Comedian and actor A.J. Johnson has died at age 55. Johnson starred as Ezal, the homeless drug addict in Ice Cube's Friday.

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NPR News: Prosecution Rests Its Case In R. Kelly Sex Crimes And Racketeering Trial

Prosecution Rests Its Case In R. Kelly Sex Crimes And Racketeering Trial
Over the five weeks of testimony, federal prosecutors presented 45 witnesses, including 11 alleged victims.

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NPR News: Make This 'Fortnight in September' Your Pandemic Escape

Make This 'Fortnight in September' Your Pandemic Escape
R.C. Sherriff's recently reissued 1931 novel, which follows a British family on their two-week holiday, is a reflection on how time changes shape in periods like a vacation — or even a pandemic.

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NPR News: 'Peril' Details The Capitol Riot And Trump's 'Last-Ditch' Effort To Hold Onto Power

'Peril' Details The Capitol Riot And Trump's 'Last-Ditch' Effort To Hold Onto Power
The atmosphere throughout this account is foreboding, darkened by the shadow COVID-19 cast over the country but also by the dangers to democracy the authors perceive and depict.

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NPR News: This French Pianist Has Been Playing For 102 Years And Just Released A New Album

This French Pianist Has Been Playing For 102 Years And Just Released A New Album
Colette Maze, now 107, began playing the piano at age 5. She defied the social conventions of her era to embrace music as a profession rather than as a pastime. She has just released her sixth album.

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NPR News: Five Takeaways From A Big Emmy Night For A Short List Of Shows

Five Takeaways From A Big Emmy Night For A Short List Of Shows
The Crown, Hacks, Ted Lasso and The Queen's Gambit all did well on Sunday night. But the Emmys also laid bare the problems with production and representation that plague nearly every awards season.

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NPR News: All The Winners Of The 2021 Emmys

All The Winners Of The 2021 Emmys
We're keeping track of all the shows that win at the 73rd Primetime Emmys, so you don't have to.

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NPR News: Despite The Title, We Bet You'll Like This YA Novel — A Lot

Despite The Title, We Bet You'll Like This YA Novel — A Lot
Michelle Quach's immensely lovable YA debut Not Here to Be Liked centers on Eliza, who's just been done out of her dream job as editor of the high school paper by an unqualified but very charming boy.

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NPR News: 'Wait Wait' For Sept. 18, 2021, With Not My Job Guest Yamiche Alcindor

'Wait Wait' For Sept. 18, 2021, With Not My Job Guest Yamiche Alcindor
Yamiche Alcindor is the White House correspondent for PBS' Newshour and the host of Washington Week, so we'll ask her three questions about the week's washing: laundry.

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NPR News: A Chess Trailblazer Is Suing Netflix Over Her Portrayal In 'The Queen's Gambit'

A Chess Trailblazer Is Suing Netflix Over Her Portrayal In 'The Queen's Gambit'
Georgian chess legend Nona Gaprindashvili is suing Netflix for defamation. At issue is a line in the show's final episode that falsely says she hadn't played against male opponents.

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NPR News: Should The Lewinsky Affair Define Bill Clinton? Ask The Woman Behind FX's Impeachment

Should The Lewinsky Affair Define Bill Clinton? Ask The Woman Behind FX's Impeachment
Screenwriter Sarah Burgess focused the new series on three of the women at the center of the scandal. And in the process, gives people a story different from what they think they know.

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NPR News: From 'Designing Women' To 'Hacks', Jean Smart's Career Is Still Going Strong

From 'Designing Women' To 'Hacks', Jean Smart's Career Is Still Going Strong
Smart is nominated for Emmy Awards for her performances Hacks, about a veteran comic working with a Gen-Z comedy writer, and the crime drama Mare Of Easttown. Originally broadcast May 2021.

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NPR News: 'The Morning Show' Season 2 Was Written And In Production. Then COVID Hit

'The Morning Show' Season 2 Was Written And In Production. Then COVID Hit
When COVID hit the U.S., writers of The Morning Show on Apple TV+ scrapped a year's worth of work to make the fictional TV show's new season newsworthy.

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NPR News: Here's Why The Arc De Triomphe Was Just Wrapped In Fabric

Here's Why The Arc De Triomphe Was Just Wrapped In Fabric
It is "a sensual, popular and monumental gesture," says Carine Rolland, the deputy mayor of Paris in charge of culture. The artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude came up with the idea before they died.

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NPR News: Before Or After?

Before Or After?
Ask Me Another premiered on May 4, 2012. Oscar Award-winning composers Robert and Kristen Anderson Lopez guess if certain events occurred before Ask Me Another premiered or after.

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NPR News: TV Adaptation Theme Songs

TV Adaptation Theme Songs
In this music parody game, the lyrics of older TV theme songs were changed to make them about recent TV series, based on books.

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NPR News: That's How I Midroll

That's How I Midroll
In this game, Welcome to Night Vale's Cecil Baldwin and guest house musician Julian Velard are read ads for companies that famously advertise on podcasts.

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NPR News: This, That or the Other

This, That or the Other
In this TTOTO, Welcome to Night Vale's Cecil Baldwin and musician Julian Velard guess if something is a famous gemstone, Revlon lipstick color, or title in The Legend of Zelda series.

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NPR News: Real or Fake College Essay

Real or Fake College Essay
Which is tougher, writing a college admissions essay or guessing which college admissions essay prompts are real?

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NPR News: Kidz Bop

Kidz Bop
Comedians Aparna Nancherla and Joyelle Nicole Johnson play this audio quiz packed with hit songs— ruined- uh, *ahem* covered by children.

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NPR News: Check-In: Everything's Hot

Check-In: Everything's Hot
Ophira Eisenberg and Jonathan Coulton distract themselves from the show's impending end by talking about bagels.

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NPR News: 'The Morning Show' Recap, Season 2, Episode 1: She's Blonde Again!

'The Morning Show' Recap, Season 2, Episode 1: She's Blonde Again!
Apple TV+ kicks off the second season of what was once its biggest show by plunging into the warm nostalgia it is hoping you feel for the days when COVID was just blossoming.

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NPR News: 'Ted Lasso' Recap, Season 2, Episode 9: It's A Beard, Beard, Beard, Beard World

'Ted Lasso' Recap, Season 2, Episode 9: It's A Beard, Beard, Beard, Beard World
Coach Beard goes out on his own after the Manchester City game, and he winds up spending a long night just trying to find his way back to where he started.

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NPR News: CBS Backtracks On 'The Activist' After A Backlash, Including From One Of Its Hosts

CBS Backtracks On 'The Activist' After A Backlash, Including From One Of Its Hosts
When CBS announced a new show where activists would take part in competitions, critics said the format made a mockery of actual activism. Now, the show will drop the competitive element.

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NPR News: 'Storm Lake' Documentary Depicts The Triumph And Struggle Of A Local Newspaper

'Storm Lake' Documentary Depicts The Triumph And Struggle Of A Local Newspaper
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Art Cullen discusses the battle to keep print news alive in small-town America. Cullen runs Iowa's Storm Lake Times, along with his brother, the paper's publisher.

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NPR News: Mayim Bialik And Ken Jennings Will Host 'Jeopardy!' Through The End Of The Year

Mayim Bialik And Ken Jennings Will Host 'Jeopardy!' Through The End Of The Year
The announcement is the latest development in Jeopardy!'s troubled search for a new host following the November 2020 death of longtime presenter Alex Trebek.

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NPR News: Put Down That PS5 And Pick Up Your Switch For The Pixelated Pleasures Of 'Eastward'

Put Down That PS5 And Pick Up Your Switch For The Pixelated Pleasures Of 'Eastward'
Tiny Shanghai-based studio Pixpil beats giants like Nintendo at their own game with the new Eastward, a vintagey-looking adventure that follows an unlikely pair of friends through a crumbling world.

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NPR News: This Thoughtful, Profound Thriller Centers On Identity And Its Many Layers

This Thoughtful, Profound Thriller Centers On Identity And Its Many Layers
Amanda Jayatissa's My Sweet Girl is a twisty psychological thriller — but also a nuanced examination of identity as its Sri Lankan American heroine struggles with a murder that may not have happened.

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NPR News: 'Blue Bayou' Devastates With A Story Of A Stepfather Facing Deportation

'Blue Bayou' Devastates With A Story Of A Stepfather Facing Deportation
A Korean American man faces deportation because his adoption in the 1980s was never finalized. Blue Bayou may be heavy handed, but it tells a fundamental truth about our flawed immigration system.

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NPR News: Colson Whitehead Returns To His Home Turf With 'Harlem Shuffle'

Colson Whitehead Returns To His Home Turf With 'Harlem Shuffle'
Whitehead says his latest novel was inspired by his love of heist movies. The story centers on a furniture store owner who has a side hustle trafficking in stolen goods.

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NPR News: A 'New Yorker' Editor Dug For Diversity Stats. She Calls The Results 'Passive Racism'

A 'New Yorker' Editor Dug For Diversity Stats. She Calls The Results 'Passive Racism'
Combing through the archives, Erin Overbey found that the print publication resembles "a Southern country club in the 1950s," in which barely any writers and editors of color or women are represented.

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NPR News: Comedians Pay Tribute To Beloved Ex-SNL Star Norm Macdonald

Comedians Pay Tribute To Beloved Ex-SNL Star Norm Macdonald
Late-night talk show hosts, Saturday Night Live cast members and others are honoring the Canadian comedian, who died Tuesday.

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NPR News: Notebook: A Month Into R. Kelly's Trial, Here's What It's Been Like In The Courtroom

Notebook: A Month Into R. Kelly's Trial, Here's What It's Been Like In The Courtroom
Four weeks into testimony in the R&B superstar's New York federal trial, it's often been hard to hear testimony from the women and men he allegedly abused.

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NPR News: Neal Brennan's New Show Centers On The Ways He Feels Unacceptable

Neal Brennan's New Show Centers On The Ways He Feels Unacceptable
NPR's A Martínez talks to comedian Neal Brennan, who has a new one-man show: Neal Brennan: Unacceptable. Brennan is best known for his creative partnership with comedian Dave Chappelle.

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NPR News: Here Are The Longlist Nominees For This Year's National Book Awards

Here Are The Longlist Nominees For This Year's National Book Awards
The longlist nominees for this year's National Book Awards are being announced over the course of the next few days — we'll have them all right here in a continuously updated post.

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NPR News: Atrocities Of 'Conquistadores' Take Shape In New History By Mexican-Born Author

Atrocities Of 'Conquistadores' Take Shape In New History By Mexican-Born Author
Historian Fernando Cervantes marshals an enormous array of primary and secondary sources to tell the story of the decades that followed Christopher Columbus' arrival to the New World.

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NPR News: New Movies And TV Shows To Watch At Home This Fall

New Movies And TV Shows To Watch At Home This Fall
Our critics collected the most anticipated TV shows and movies coming to your screens over the next few months, and with our new tool you can search by release date, genre and where you can watch it.

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NPR News: Colson Whitehead's Latest Gives Readers A Half-Crook You'll Wholly Love

Colson Whitehead's Latest Gives Readers A Half-Crook You'll Wholly Love
The versatile novelist moves away from the heavier themes that won him a brace of Pulitzer Prizes in Harlem Shuffle, a heist caper starring a mostly-upright furniture salesman with a criminal streak.

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NPR News: Critique The Famous: Fashion Critic Weighs In On The Met Gala's Looks

Critique The Famous: Fashion Critic Weighs In On The Met Gala's Looks
Monday night, the Gala made its return. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Rachel Tashjian, fashion critic at GQ about the interpretations of this year's theme: American Independence.

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NPR News: Comedian Norm Macdonald Has Died At 61

Comedian Norm Macdonald Has Died At 61
The Canadian stand-up comedian died from cancer on Tuesday. He was best known for his deadpan humor and work on television shows including Saturday Night Live.

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NPR News: Monkey Thieves, Drunk Elephants — Mary Roach Reveals A Weird World Of Animal 'Crime'

Monkey Thieves, Drunk Elephants — Mary Roach Reveals A Weird World Of Animal 'Crime'
Roach researched animal misbehaviors for her new book, Fuzz. Though animals are all but charged with crimes when they run afoul of human values, she learns, they often have the last laugh.

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NPR News: 'Graceland, At Last' Juxtaposes The Good And The Bad In The American South

'Graceland, At Last' Juxtaposes The Good And The Bad In The American South
Writer Margaret Renkl's sense of joyful belonging to the South co-exists with her intense desire for Southerners who face prejudice or poverty finally to be embraced and supported.

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NPR News: Here Are The Best Looks From the Met Gala

Here Are The Best Looks From the Met Gala
After the pandemic shut down fashion's biggest night in 2020, the Met Gala is back on the 75th anniversary of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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NPR News: 'Cops' Was Canceled Amid Protests Of Police Violence. Fox Is Bringing It Back

'Cops' Was Canceled Amid Protests Of Police Violence. Fox Is Bringing It Back
The 33rd season of the controversial reality show will debut with four episodes, followed by a new episode every week on Fridays.

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NPR News: AAH! Two Companies Could Pay You $1,300 To Watch Horror Movies This Halloween

AAH! Two Companies Could Pay You $1,300 To Watch Horror Movies This Halloween
Both DISH Network and the website FinanceBuzz are offering a financial reward to lucky scary movie fans who watch a selected list of frightening flicks.

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NPR News: The Best Moments From The MTV VMAs

The Best Moments From The MTV VMAs
It was a big night for Olivia Rodrigo, Justin Bieber and Lil Nas X, among others, as MTV's Video Music Awards returned to the stage.

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NPR News: You Haven't Read A Heist Novel Like This Before

You Haven't Read A Heist Novel Like This Before
Cassandra Khaw's new novel follows a rag-tag band of criminals who have to pull together for one last heist — but in their hands, what could be an ordinary tale becomes visionary sci-fi adventure.

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NPR News: 'Wait Wait' For Sept. 11, 2021: Antoni Porowski Plays Not My Job

'Wait Wait' For Sept. 11, 2021: Antoni Porowski Plays Not My Job
On Netflix's Queer Eye, Antoni Porowski is a member of the Fab 5, so we've invited him on the show to answer three questions about another beloved fivesome, the Spice Girls.

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NPR News: 20 Years After 9/11, W.H. Auden's Poem 'September 1, 1939' Still Resonates

20 Years After 9/11, W.H. Auden's Poem 'September 1, 1939' Still Resonates
NPR's Scott Simon reads W.H. Auden's "September, 1, 1939," a poem that resonates with the smoke and destruction witnesses in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

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NPR News: A Boy Aims To Save His Mom — And Himself — In 'The War For Gloria'

A Boy Aims To Save His Mom — And Himself — In 'The War For Gloria'
Atticus Lish's book opens a disturbing window into a teenager's battle to save his mother, our broken healthcare system — and the power that humans have to inflict harm on one another.

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NPR News: From TV News Tickers to Homeland: The Ways TV Was Affected By 9/11

From TV News Tickers to Homeland: The Ways TV Was Affected By 9/11
There is a long list of ways America was transformed by the terrorist attacks. But the question of how TV itself was changed — particularly in ways still relevant today — is more complicated.

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NPR News: In HBO's 'Scenes From A Marriage,' Acting Is Everything

In HBO's 'Scenes From A Marriage,' Acting Is Everything
The HBO remake of a landmark 1973 series brings together Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain for an extended series of beautiful acting exercises that don't entirely come together.

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NPR News: Biographer Traces Osama Bin Laden's 'Rise And Fall'

Biographer Traces Osama Bin Laden's 'Rise And Fall'
Journalist Peter Bergen talks about bin Laden's path to mass murder and reflects on the consequences of the recent U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan. Originally broadcast Aug. 4, 2021.

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NPR News: A Disgraced Interrogator Gambles On Redemption In 'The Card Counter'

A Disgraced Interrogator Gambles On Redemption In 'The Card Counter'
After spending 10 years in prison for war crimes, a former military interrogator starts a new life as a professional gambler. But as this complex drama shows, it's not always easy to escape the past.

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NPR News: 'Ted Lasso' Recap, Season 2, Episode 8: Father Figures

'Ted Lasso' Recap, Season 2, Episode 8: Father Figures
Richmond has a big game against Manchester City, but first, Ted has to help Dr. Sharon with a personal emergency and Jamie has to get his dad off his back.

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NPR News: Kacey Musgraves: 'Star-Crossed' And Thriving

Kacey Musgraves: 'Star-Crossed' And Thriving
"We're all taught that the success of a relationship has to somehow correlate with the length of it... I just don't think that that's fully accurate." The singer-songwriter's new album is out today.

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NPR News: 'Beautiful World' Is Sally Rooney's Toughest, Most Sweeping Novel To Date

'Beautiful World' Is Sally Rooney's Toughest, Most Sweeping Novel To Date
Beautiful World, Where Are You is a cerebral novel that traces the relationships between four characters, and shifts between themes of sex, friendship and life's dark uncertainty.

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NPR News: Jamie Lee Curtis Wins A Lifetime Achievement Award With 'Halloween Kills' On The Way

Jamie Lee Curtis Wins A Lifetime Achievement Award With 'Halloween Kills' On The Way
The actress received the award at the Venice International Film Festival, saying she was accepting it on behalf of "all the courageous heroines of the world."

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NPR News: Books Can Help Kids Learn About What Happened On 9/11. Here Are Some Good Ones

Books Can Help Kids Learn About What Happened On 9/11. Here Are Some Good Ones
On 9/11, it was impossible to connect the dots for adults, nevermind children. Here are some books that can help kids try to understand that fateful date 20 years later.

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NPR News: In 'Civilizations,' Inca Emperor Atahualpa Conquers 16th-Century Spain

In 'Civilizations,' Inca Emperor Atahualpa Conquers 16th-Century Spain
Laurent Binet seems to genuinely want to know to what extent conquest and the cruelty it inevitably produces are reducible, redeemable, or escapable. He also plainly wants to play around.

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NPR News: A Nurse Is Bringing Light To A Dark Time With A Chandelier Made Up Of Vaccine Vials

A Nurse Is Bringing Light To A Dark Time With A Chandelier Made Up Of Vaccine Vials
"I knew I had wanted to do something with light because I felt like it's just been such a dark year and a half that I wanted to bring light to whatever it was I was doing," Laura Weiss told NPR.

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NPR News: Phil Schaap, Iconic Jazz DJ And NEA Jazz Master, Dies At 70

Phil Schaap, Iconic Jazz DJ And NEA Jazz Master, Dies At 70
Schaap was one of the leading jazz scholars in America and the genre's foremost evangelist. He died at 70, after a long battle with cancer.

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NPR News: 'Fresh Air' Remembers 'Wire' And 'Boardwalk Empire' Actor Michael K. Williams

'Fresh Air' Remembers 'Wire' And 'Boardwalk Empire' Actor Michael K. Williams
In 2008, Williams told Terry Gross the story behind the scar on his face. In 2016, he reflected on his troubled past and his lucky breaks. Williams was found dead in his apartment Sept. 6.

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NPR News: You Can Once Again Watch The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade In Person This Year

You Can Once Again Watch The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade In Person This Year
Last year's parade was a virtual event with no crowds. Several precautions will be in place this year, including a requirement that parade volunteers be vaccinated and wear face coverings.

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NPR News: Writer Maggie Nelson Asks What It Means To Feel Free

Writer Maggie Nelson Asks What It Means To Feel Free
In On Freedom's allusive, blunt, funny essays, the author of The Argonauts and The Art of Cruelty tries to imagine freedom as it exists in the contemporary contexts of art, sex, drugs, and climate.

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NPR News: Three Books — And Three Lessons — 20 Years After 9/11

Three Books — And Three Lessons — 20 Years After 9/11
These books provide a detailed accounting of events that have defined the U.S. role in the world in the first part of the 21st century. None makes for cheery reading, all offer sobering lessons.

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NPR News: In This Poetic New Novel, An Ancient Form Of Dance Frees A Modern Storyteller

In This Poetic New Novel, An Ancient Form Of Dance Frees A Modern Storyteller
Shruti Swamy has won awards for her short fiction; The Archer, her debut novel, is a coming-of-age tale inspired by the graceful, precise storytelling of India's ancient Kathak dance form.

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NPR News: Alabama's First Black Poet Laureate Takes A Personal Approach To 'Reparations'

Alabama's First Black Poet Laureate Takes A Personal Approach To 'Reparations'
Ashley M. Jones is Alabama's youngest and first Black poet laureate. Her new book Reparations Now! discusses America's history of Black oppression, and asks for more than monetary repairs.

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NPR News: 'Poet Warrior' Centers On The Role Of Poetry, Art And Music In Joy Harjo's Life

'Poet Warrior' Centers On The Role Of Poetry, Art And Music In Joy Harjo's Life
More than an autobiography following a strict chronological path and detailing all major events, this book focuses on the role of art in the U.S. poet laureate's life and her development as an artist.

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NPR News: Britney Spears' Father Has Filed A Petition To End Her Conservatorship

Britney Spears' Father Has Filed A Petition To End Her Conservatorship
James Spears filed his petition to terminate the conservatorship that has controlled his daughter's life and money for 13 years in Los Angeles Superior Court. A judge will need to approve the move.

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NPR News: How A Cotton Sack, Passed Down Over Generations, Tells A Larger Story About Slavery

How A Cotton Sack, Passed Down Over Generations, Tells A Larger Story About Slavery
In her new book, All That She Carried, historian Tiya Miles tells the story of an enslaved woman who, upon hearing her child was to be sold off, hastily packed her a bag with a few personal items.

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NPR News: 'Poet Warrior' Joy Harjo Wants Native Peoples To Be Seen As Human

'Poet Warrior' Joy Harjo Wants Native Peoples To Be Seen As Human
The nation's first Native American poet laureate has a new memoir in which she tells her own story — as well as the story of her sixth-generation grandfather, who was forced from his ancestral land.

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NPR News: This Kid Just Put Everyone Else's Pandemic Hobby Game To Shame

This Kid Just Put Everyone Else's Pandemic Hobby Game To Shame
Over the course of the pandemic many of us have taken up (and often dropped...) new hobbies to past the time. But Brigitte Xie has taken it to a whole new level.

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NPR News: 'Into The Forest' Tells Story Of One Family's Escape From Nazi-Created Zhetel Ghetto

'Into The Forest' Tells Story Of One Family's Escape From Nazi-Created Zhetel Ghetto
While the story of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising is well-documented, pockets of Jewish resistance surfaced in smaller ghettos across Nazi-occupied central-eastern Europe too. Zhetel is one such place.

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NPR News: X-Rays And Infrared Reveal The Story Of The 1st Internationally Known Black Painter

X-Rays And Infrared Reveal The Story Of The 1st Internationally Known Black Painter
Born in Pittsburgh in 1859, Henry Ossawa Tanner moved to Paris where he found "Nobody knows or cares what was the complexion of my forebears." Recent conservation work explores his artistic process.

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NPR News: Nothing Is Going To Be OK In This Wrenching, Beautiful Story Collection

Nothing Is Going To Be OK In This Wrenching, Beautiful Story Collection
Ye Chun's new story collection Hao takes its name from a Chinese word meaning "good," or "everything's OK" — but the characters in these stories are sick, afraid, out of time, and anything but OK.

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NPR News: Jean-Paul Belmondo, The Face Of French New Wave Film, Dies At 88

Jean-Paul Belmondo, The Face Of French New Wave Film, Dies At 88
Belmondo's breakout role in Jean-Luc Godard's "Breathless" launched him into international superstardom and a career spanning six decades.

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NPR News: Actor Michael K. Williams, Who Played Omar on 'The Wire,' Has Died At Age 54

Actor Michael K. Williams, Who Played Omar on 'The Wire,' Has Died At Age 54
Williams, who as the robber of drug dealers Omar Little, created one of the most popular television characters in recent decades. He appeared in all five seasons of the HBO hit from 2002 to 2008.

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NPR News: Marvel's 'Shang-Chi' Smashes Labor Day Box Office Records With $71.4 Million Debut

Marvel's 'Shang-Chi' Smashes Labor Day Box Office Records With $71.4 Million Debut
The superhero epic rang up a record-setting $71.4 million at U.S. theaters between Friday and Sunday, raising hopes for Hollywood's pandemic recovery.

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NPR News: A Poet-Nun Inspired This Tale Of Medieval Ambition, Pleasure And Aspiration

A Poet-Nun Inspired This Tale Of Medieval Ambition, Pleasure And Aspiration
Lauren Groff digs deep into the past with Matrix, based on the real-life writer Marie de France. Little is known about the real Marie, but Groff gives us an ambitious, complex, striving woman.

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NPR News: Banksy Piece That Self-Shredded After It Sold Is Up For Auction Again

Banksy Piece That Self-Shredded After It Sold Is Up For Auction Again
The spray-painted image of a girl with a balloon sold for $1.4 million and then partially self-destructed. This time "Love is in the Bin" is expected to sell for well over $5 million.

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NPR News: Women Reclaim The Narrative Of The Clinton Sex Scandal In 'Impeachment'

Women Reclaim The Narrative Of The Clinton Sex Scandal In 'Impeachment'
FX's limited series Impeachment: American Crime Story refocuses the story — once largely controlled by male journalists, politicians, comedians and activists — on Monica Lewinsky and Linda Tripp.

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NPR News: If Monsters Were Real, This Book Knows What You'd Really Do — Nothing

If Monsters Were Real, This Book Knows What You'd Really Do — Nothing
What appears to be a simple, awful police killing turns out to be much worse in Cadwell Turnbull's new No Gods, No Monsters, set in a world where monsters and magic are real, and none of it is pretty.

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NPR News: 'Today' Veteran Willard Scott, Who Delivered Weather With Shtick, Dies At 87

'Today' Veteran Willard Scott, Who Delivered Weather With Shtick, Dies At 87
Before he was the lovable, oddball weather guy on NBC's Today show, Scott was the original Ronald McDonald. He died Saturday.

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NPR News: 'Parasite's Park Seo-joon May Soon Star In A Marvel Movie

'Parasite's Park Seo-joon May Soon Star In A Marvel Movie
The South Korean actor's agency said the name of the film would be announced later, but reports have speculated that it is The Marvels, an upcoming sequel to the 2019 hit Captain Marvel.

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NPR News: 'Wait Wait' For Sept. 4, 2021, With Not My Job Guest Martin Short

'Wait Wait' For Sept. 4, 2021, With Not My Job Guest Martin Short
Martin Short is a comedy legend who's currently starring in Hulu's Only Murders in the Building. So, we've invited him to answer three questions about murders of crows.

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NPR News: In 'Today A Woman Went Mad In The Supermarket,' It's The Details That Really Get You

In 'Today A Woman Went Mad In The Supermarket,' It's The Details That Really Get You
Author Hilma Wolitzer, mother of Meg Wolitzer, tackles the ups and downs of a long, not always happy marriage in her excellently named new story collection, Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket.

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NPR News: There's Plenty Of 'Guilt' To Go Around In This Scottish Hit-And-Run Thriller

There's Plenty Of 'Guilt' To Go Around In This Scottish Hit-And-Run Thriller
The tension never lets up in this four-part PBS Masterpiece series. As two brothers scramble to cover up their crime, Guilt practically echoes with the sounds of other shoes dropping.

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NPR News: Faced With Deadline Drama, LA Opera Stages A Construction Sprint

Faced With Deadline Drama, LA Opera Stages A Construction Sprint
With sets shipped from Europe stuck on a boat that can't dock because of coronavirus disruption, LA Opera went to work building new sets, cramming months of work into ten days.

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NPR News: Abolitionist Activist Imagines 'A World Without Police' Met By Community Building

Abolitionist Activist Imagines 'A World Without Police' Met By Community Building
Geo Maher's book is an indicator of the growing popularity of the radical abolitionist framework. His vision may not get all to see a way to a world without police — but it's as convincing as any.

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NPR News: 'Ted Lasso' Recap: Ted Can't Move On, But Can He Sit Still?

'Ted Lasso' Recap: Ted Can't Move On, But Can He Sit Still?
In an episode about finding the strength to ease up, Ted tries to settle into therapy, Keeley tries to find a moment alone, and Nate just tries to find new people to make him feel important.

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NPR News: Mamma Mia! ABBA Is Back After Nearly 40 Years

Mamma Mia! ABBA Is Back After Nearly 40 Years
The iconic Swedish pop group ABBA announced that "Voyage" will arrive in November, with a high-tech virtual concert to follow in 2022.

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NPR News: Camila Cabello's 'Cinderella' Finds Its Modern Form As A Musical Ode To Girlbosses

Camila Cabello's 'Cinderella' Finds Its Modern Form As A Musical Ode To Girlbosses
In the Amazon musical version of Cinderella that's rolling out this weekend, Cinderella just wants to run her own business. Can a prince understand?

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NPR News: Sally Rooney's New Book Tries To Find Meaning In An Increasingly Troubled World

Sally Rooney's New Book Tries To Find Meaning In An Increasingly Troubled World
Beautiful World, Where Are You? follows two women, college friends now on the cusp of 30, as they struggle to live and find meaning in a world that's become increasingly unlivable on many levels.

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NPR News: 6 Charged Over A Huge Jewelry Heist – But the $135 Million Treasure Is Still Missing

6 Charged Over A Huge Jewelry Heist – But the $135 Million Treasure Is Still Missing
The men, German nationals aged 22 to 27, are accused of breaking into Dresden's Green Vault Museum in 2019 and stealing 21 pieces of jewelry containing more than 4,300 diamonds.

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NPR News: Greek Composer And Politician Mikis Theodorakis Has Died At The Age Of 96

Greek Composer And Politician Mikis Theodorakis Has Died At The Age Of 96
Greek composer and politician Mikis Theodorakis has died. He was 96 years old. His music for Zorba the Greek was full of joy — but his own story was much more complicated.

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NPR News: 'Q-Force' Trafficks In Queer Stereotypes — Then Drives Through Them

'Q-Force' Trafficks In Queer Stereotypes — Then Drives Through Them
Netflix's animated series about a queer spy-team is full of in-jokes and knowing references (and stereotypes) but it does surprisingly nuanced work developing the group's interpersonal relationships.

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NPR News: Joe Rogan Says He Has COVID-19 And Is Taking The Unproven Drug Ivermectin

Joe Rogan Says He Has COVID-19 And Is Taking The Unproven Drug Ivermectin
Following his diagnosis on Sunday, the 54-year-old host of the Joe Rogan Experience said he "immediately threw the kitchen sink at it." That included a cocktail of unproven treatments.

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NPR News: Questlove Revives 'Black Woodstock' In 'Summer Of Soul' Documentary

Questlove Revives 'Black Woodstock' In 'Summer Of Soul' Documentary
The 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival featured some of the biggest names in Black music, but it had largely faded from history. The Roots co-founder sought to change that. Originally broadcast July 2021.

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NPR News: Marvel's 1st Asian Superhero Gets The Full Blockbuster Treatment In 'Shang-Chi'

Marvel's 1st Asian Superhero Gets The Full Blockbuster Treatment In 'Shang-Chi'
Simu Liu plays a young kung fu master who returns home to battle his evil father. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is a superhero movie packed with an unusual emotional intensity.

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NPR News: Twitch Users Are Boycotting Over Attacks Targeting Black, Queer And Disabled People

Twitch Users Are Boycotting Over Attacks Targeting Black, Queer And Disabled People
Organizers of the boycott say the popular streaming company hasn't done enough to protect Black and queer streamers facing waves of abusive bots.

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NPR News: Curtains Up! Broadway Musicals Return, But COVID Concerns Are Center Stage

Curtains Up! Broadway Musicals Return, But COVID Concerns Are Center Stage
Broadway shows have implemented strict protocols, but anxiety is high. "The culture of 'the show must go on,' it has to be left behind," says the executive director of the Actors' Equity Association.

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NPR News: September Book-Ahead: What We're Excited To Read This Month

September Book-Ahead: What We're Excited To Read This Month
September tends to be a busy month in the publishing world — and this one will be no exception. Here are eight of the many books we're excited about this month.

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