Mallory Yu

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'Friends' co-creators tell NPR they will remember Matthew Perry for his heart

Thursday, November 02, 2023

The Friends co-creators spoke with NPR to remember their late colleague and friend, Matthew Perry, best known for his role as Chandler Bing.

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'I was tired of God being dead': How one woman was drawn to witchcraft

Wednesday, November 01, 2023

Witches have long cast a spell on our imaginations, but real people practice witchcraft too. One woman dedicated a year to find out what it means to be a practicing witch.

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What does it mean to be a witch? A writer spent a year doing witchcraft to find out

Thursday, October 26, 2023

In her new book, The Witching Year: A Memoir of Earnest Fumbling Through Modern Witchcraft, Diana Helmuth explores witchcraft as a religion and confronts her own skepticism.

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Singer-songwriter Maddie Zahm on her new album, growing up religious and coming out

Friday, October 20, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with singer-songwriter Maddie Zahm about her new album, Now That I've Been Here, and her whirlwind couple of years since going viral for the song "Fat Funny Friend."

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Taylor Swift enters her football era and breaks the internet

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

In a rare example of Taylor Swift's love life making headlines, fans are swooning over the superstar's potential new beau, footballer Travis Kelce.

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Usher will soon have Super Bowl halftime validation. But can he top Rihanna?

Monday, September 25, 2023

In the immortalized-by-meme words of Usher: Watch this.

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U.S. special representative for Ukraine talks economic recovery

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Penny Pritzker, who has been tapped by President Biden to serve as his special representative for Ukraine's economic recovery.

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The U.S.-Iran prisoner swap 'was the right deal to make,' deputy special envoy says

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Abram Paley, deputy special envoy for Iran, on the prisoner swap that allowed five Americans who'd been detained in Iran for years, to return to the U.S.

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What it takes to search for a fugitive

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

The manhunt for convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante, who escaped from a prison near Philadelphia last month, is nearing the two-week mark. So how do authorities find him?

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The U.S. Open in NYC has been heating up — literally

Wednesday, September 06, 2023

The U.S. Open in New York City is approaching its semifinals in sweltering conditions. Organizers partially closed the roofs on stadium courts to offer more shade but couldn't do much about the heat.

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'Yellowface' explores cultural appropriation in publishing via an unlikeable narrator

Friday, September 01, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author R.F. Kuang on her novel Yellowface and why she wanted to write a book about cultural appropriation in the publishing world.

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Illinois influencers under 16 will now be entitled to a portion of their earnings

Monday, August 21, 2023

Illinois has passed legislation entitling child influencers under 16 to a portion of their earnings as parents and former child influencers have been talking about the dangers of growing up online.

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How the shutdown of transport company Yellow could have ripple effects for truckers

Monday, July 31, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with trucker Alex Mai, who runs a YouTube Channel about trucking news, about how 30,000 workers are losing their jobs as the shipping company Yellow has shut down operations.

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Don't call it a heat 'wave': Expert weighs in after a month of record-breaking heat

Friday, July 28, 2023

After a month of record-breaking heat, are we past calling it a heat "wave?" NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Duke heat expert Ashley Ward.

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The man who once tweeted as @X wasn't informed when the company took over his handle

Friday, July 28, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Gene X. Hwang about X (formerly Twitter) taking over his handle @x without informing nor compensating him.

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Much anticipated U.S. and Netherlands World Cup rematch ends with a resounding ... tie

Thursday, July 27, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with soccer writer Sophie Downey about the U.S. and Netherlands' much anticipated match in the Women's World Cup.

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Mass stranding of pilot whales leaves experts puzzled

Thursday, July 27, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Dr. Andrew Read, professor of marine biology at Duke University, about the mass stranding of pilot whales in Western Australia.

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What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and listening

Friday, July 07, 2023

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: the Mystery Menu series, The Alarmist podcast, Every Body and Two Can Play That Game.

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Nimona was ND Stevenson's power fantasy. Now, the comic is a Netflix animated film

Friday, June 30, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Nate "ND" Stevenson, who wrote the original graphic novel on which the new animated movie Nimona is based.

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Documentary 'Every Body' centers the lives and activism of intersex people

Friday, June 30, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with director Julie Cohen and Saifa Wall about the new documentary Every Body, which uncovers the misconceptions around intersex people and the mistreatment they've faced.

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