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On A Tom Waits Covers Album, Women Transform A Classic Catalog

Saturday, November 23, 2019

Allison Moorer and producer Warren Zanes discuss making the tribute record Come On Up To the House, which also features Aimee Mann, Rosanne Cash and Phoebe Bridgers.

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Tom Hanks Plays Mister Rogers: Sharing Joy Is 'The Natural State Of Things'

Saturday, November 23, 2019

Hanks watched "about 8 million hours" of Mister Rogers to prepare for A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. Hanks doesn't necessarily consider himself "a nice guy" but rather "a joyful person."

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Opinion: Diplomats Called 'Deep State' Insiders Were Outsiders Fleeing Oppression

Saturday, November 16, 2019

NPR's Scott Simon examines the personal experiences of the three U.S. career diplomats who have testified this week in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump.

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Eat Like The Ancient Babylonians: Researchers Cook Up Nearly 4,000-Year-Old Recipes

Saturday, November 16, 2019

Written on four tablets, three of which date back no later than 1730 B.C., the recipes are considered to be the oldest known. And they taste pretty good, says a scholar who re-created them.

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'I'm A Purist': Mary-Louise Parker Returns To Broadway For A New Challenge

Saturday, November 16, 2019

The actor discusses her "arduous" role as a 53-year-old Yale professor in the dark play, The Sound Inside. "It requires a lot of technique," she said. "Because I don't want you to see the technique."

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Bobi Wine Vs. Uganda's 'Dictator': It's 'Dangerous To Sit Down And Resign To Fate'

Saturday, November 16, 2019

A year after the musician and activist was beaten by Ugandan security forces, he continues to protest President Yoweri Museveni's authoritarian rule, with plans to run against him in 2021.

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Opinion: 30 Years After The Berlin Wall

Saturday, November 09, 2019

The Berlin Wall was a concrete manifestation of the barrier between democracy and oppression. NPR's Scott Simon marks the 30th anniversary of the day it began to come down.

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The Booker Prize Is Shared By The 12 Black Brits In 'Girl, Woman, Other'

Saturday, November 09, 2019

Bernardine Evaristo's new award-winning novel follows a dozen different characters, aged 19-93. "I wanted to put as many black British women into it as possible," the author says.

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In 'Like Falling Through A Cloud,' Eugenia Zukerman Explores Her Changing Mind

Saturday, November 09, 2019

The classical flutist came back from the hospital after receiving an Alzheimer's diagnosis and felt compelled to write. The result is a stunning memoir that mixes poetry and prose.

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Remembering Former NPR Producer David Rector

Saturday, November 09, 2019

Former NPR producer David Rector has died.

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Long-Lost Texts Arrive

Saturday, November 09, 2019

If you caught heat for neglecting to send a romantic text last Valentine's Day, you might now be vindicated: Server maintenance slowed 170,000 texts to a glacial pace. They were recently delivered.

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Voters Ask Mayor Pete Buttigieg About His Leadership Plans

Friday, November 08, 2019

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Democratic presidential hopeful and South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg along with voters who asked about the mayor's leadership plans.

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'Just The Right Policy': Pete Buttigieg On His 'Medicare For All Who Want It' Plan

Friday, November 08, 2019

The South Bend, Ind., mayor explains his health care overhaul plan — "Medicare for All," as well as private insurance — and differentiates it from other Democratic presidential candidates' plans.

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Opinion: Why Is Our President Spending Saturday Night At A Cage Fight?

Saturday, November 02, 2019

President Trump has chosen to attend Saturday's Ultimate Fighting Championship over the many other things to do in New York, such as comedy shows, jazz performances and live theater.

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In 'American Son,' Kerry Washington Wants You To 'Let Yourself Be In This Nightmare'

Saturday, November 02, 2019

Washington reprises her Broadway role in the Netflix adaptation, as a black mother whose black son has gone missing. The film is a walk in the fearful shoes of the parent of a black child, she says.

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'El Derecho De Vivir En Paz' Gives Voice To Protesters In Chile

Saturday, November 02, 2019

Amidst the enormous protests against inequality, Chileans turn to song. Music once used to protest the brutal dictator Augusto Pinochet in the '70s has been revamped for the demonstrations.

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Opinion: How Will We Remember Migrants Who Suffer, Strive And Risk Their Lives?

Saturday, October 26, 2019

NPR's Scott Simon ruminates about news of 39 people found dead in a trailer in Essex, U.K., and why people would risk their lives for that journey.

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Gene Weingarten Mines Magic From Just 'One Day'

Saturday, October 26, 2019

The humorist asked three strangers to pick a random day, month and year out of a hat — December 28, 1986, as it turned out. And then he set out to document every single thing he could for that day.

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Sleep Loss, Sunscreen, And Very Little Sex In These 'Love Poems' For Parents

Saturday, October 26, 2019

John Kenney has followed up Love Poems (for Married People) with Love Poems (for People with Children). It includes poems such as "3:32a.m. and I am sure the infant is taunting me" and "Baby wipes."

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'The Blob,' A Smart Yet Brainless Organism Fit For Sci-Fi, Gets Its Own Exhibit

Sunday, October 20, 2019

Is it an animal? A type of fungi? No, it's "the blob." The amorphous "slime mold" may not have a nervous system, but it's the star of a new exhibit at the Paris zoo.

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