Month: April 2022

Shouts & Murmurs by Jessi Klein: Now that my mental capacity is sharing space with my son, I’m going to say no to some stuff—Harry Styles, waiting in line for brunch, and TikTok.

In his new HBO special, Carmichael comes out — working through both joy and despair on stage.

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NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with Romanian poet Claudiu Komartin. “We might have to invent some new words because of the atrocities,” he says.

The babysitter, the libertarian crypto bro, the person with absolutely no filter, and other disasters.

Artificial intelligence and virtual reality are among the cutting-edge tools employed by the USC Shoah Foundation and Illinois Holocaust Museum

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Michelle Yeoh has been a star for decades, but she finally gets her turn at a lead role in Hollywood, playing failing laundromat owner Evelyn Wang in Everything Everywhere All At Once.

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Every April, for National Poetry Month, we ask listeners to submit poems via Twitter and TikTok. We share a few submissions that caught our attention.

The celebrity couple are giving commitment another chance after rekindling their romance last year. Lopez shared the news in a video message in her newsletter.

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Kate and Edwina Sharma are having quite an impact on 19th century English society — and 21st century India. Their role in the Netflix show has sparked talk of colorism, colonialism and women’s rights.

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Alsop talks about the joys and challenges of leading an orchestra. John Powers reviews Tokyo Vice. Vuong sifts through the aftershock of grief in Time Is a Mother.

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