Month: May 2020

NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Julie Andrews and her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton about their new podcast “Julie’s Library,” which features a children’s book in every episode.

Martha Wells’ freethinking robot stars in its first full-length adventure, remaining just as misanthropic and TV-obsessed as ever, even as it attempts to figure out who kidnapped it and its friends.

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Nic Koller imagines humorous instances in which the parents of famous artists—including Pablo Picasso, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Georgia O’Keeffe—react to their children’s creations.

Bee will answer three questions about the people who stand in for actors when a posterior shot is required — and the star is either unwilling or unqualified to do it.

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Gunn admits to wearing comfy clothes during self-isolation. David Bianculli reviews a recent TV tribute to Stephen Sondheim. Colicchio explains what restaurants need to survive the pandemic.

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The victory gardens of the 1940s helped people contribute to the war effort from the safety of home. 75 years later, vegetable gardens are having a resurgence, for similiar reasons.

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Alice Wu’s new movie, “The Half of It,” is a play on Cyrano de Bergerac with an LGBTQ twist. NPR’s Scott Simon speaks to the director.

In her new novel, Samanta Schweblin gives everyone in the world a little critter that’s basically a Furby with a webcam — naturally, this does not end well, for the owners, the devices, or anyone.

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Call them victory anthems. Every time a patient with COVID-19 is well enough to be discharged, hospitals in New York and elsewhere play songs of celebration over the intercom. A doctor explains.

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Claire Friedman jokes about the perks of a Virtual Cruise from home during the coronavirus pandemic.