Sami Yenigun

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'Twin Peaks' composer Angelo Badalamenti died Sunday at age 85

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Composer Angelo Badalamenti, best known for the soundtrack from "Twin Peaks," died Sunday at age 85.

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Protesters rush to Supreme Court after leak shows vote to overturn 'Roe v. Wade'

Tuesday, May 03, 2022

Demonstrators gathered outside of the Supreme Court Building after reports that the Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade.

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Olivia Rodrigo Bridges Generations On Her Debut Album 'Sour'

Monday, May 24, 2021

With her debut album Sour, released May 21, Olivia Rodrigo ushers in a new, grungier era for the Disney-to-pop-star pipeline.

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Dave Chappelle On Comedy And Politics In The Age Of President Trump

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Preparing for a month-long residency at Radio City Music Hall, Chappelle talks about growing up in D.C. and his decision to host the first SNL after the presidential election.

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Recommended Dose: Our 25 Favorite Dance Tracks Of 2016

Friday, December 16, 2016

Stream a mix of the best electronic underground tunes of the year.

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Recommended Dose: Our Favorite Dance Tracks Of November

Thursday, December 01, 2016

We've got ambient atmospherics for a time of tension. Hear new music from Dedekind Cut, Visible Cloaks, Tycho, Yussef Kamaal, MJ Guider and Burial.

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Freedom To Explore: 2 Schools Where The Students Call The Shots

Tuesday, November 01, 2016

In NPR Ed's latest Long Listen, we explore innovative schools that tap into the power of student-directed learning.

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Recommended Dose: Our Favorite Dance Tracks Of July

Friday, July 29, 2016

It's Friday: Ring in the weekend with the six best electronic dance jams we heard this month.

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Recommended Dose: Our Favorite Dance Tracks Right Now

Saturday, July 09, 2016

Brexit or no Brexit, international exchange is the club's natural state. Hear a mix of new tracks featuring multicultural collaborations among EU-based artists.

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Bearing Witness To The Shootings In Orlando: How The Events Unfolded

Friday, June 17, 2016

The attack at a Florida nightclub played out for more than three dramatic hours. Survivors, doctors and law enforcement officials recap the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

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The One-Room Schoolhouse That's A Model For The World

Thursday, June 09, 2016

Escuela Nueva (New School) isn't really new. But it is being praised as a kind of cutting-edge model that can teach the skills needed for jobs that robots can't do.

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Recommended Dose: Our Favorite Dance Tracks Of May

Wednesday, June 08, 2016

An instant classic from an anonymous source headlines this month's survey of the underground.

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Recommended Dose: Our Favorite Dance Tracks Right Now

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

This month's mix features disco-house, '80s throwbacks, some acidic Afrobeat, a mix of mbira and 808s, and a great soulful cover of Prince.

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Recommended Dose: Our Favorite Dance Tracks From March

Friday, April 01, 2016

The best of March includes would-be hits from Norway, Israel, England, Canada and the South of France.

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Recommended Dose: Our Favorite Dance Tracks Of 2015

Friday, December 18, 2015

For those paying attention in 2015, some of dance-music's traditionally safe spaces were disappearing almost as rapidly as the great records (or Bandcamp downloads) to play inside them were being released. I don't know what Future and Drake meant by "what a time to be alive." But it certainly felt ...

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Recommended Dose: Our Favorite Dance Tracks From November

Monday, November 30, 2015

Our final monthly Recommended Dose mix of 2015 includes Afrobeat from Amsterdam, techno by a retired ballerina, disco by a soft-rock progeny, remixes by two American club masters, and vibey electro in the vein of Hieroglyphic Being.

We'll be back in December with a megamix of our favorite ...

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Recommended Dose: October's Best Dance Tracks

Wednesday, November 04, 2015

It took a little while to shake-off the sugar crash of Halloween, but we're finally ready to present our October edition of Recommended Dose. This month features Balearic house from Australia, eerie techno from a fashion-minded Russian, Colombian club workouts from Northern England, Detroit-infused funk from London, hard-hitting bass from ...

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Recommended Dose: September's Best Dance Tracks

Monday, October 05, 2015

A songwriter better than you or I once wrote that "days grow short when you reach September" — forgetting to add that this is why you need more bangers for the seasonally expanding night-times. Enter Recommended Dose, whose monthly offering doesn't simply span multiple continents, but numerous rhythm sources, large ...

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Recommended Dose: August's Best Dance Tracks

Friday, August 28, 2015

The dance music that moves us in these waning days of summer often does so in minuscule ways. Maybe it has something to do with the merciless mercury levels, but a good portion of our Recommended Dose mix for August doesn't require the flailing of arms and legs. Your brain, ...

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Recommended Dose: Our Favorite Dance Tracks From July

Friday, July 31, 2015

Recommended Dose, our monthly column of the best in underground dance music, took June off while we argued over our favorite tracks of the first half of 2015. (You can see them here and listen to them here.) So we broke the rules and included a few ...

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