Month: September 2022

Shouts & Murmurs by Rima Parikh: Am I wrong, or is snuggling in the trunk of a car with a gag in your mouth not a shortcut to intimacy?

Greer’s new comic novel, Less is Lost, is as funny and poignant as its predecessor. But comedy also arises out of pain and Greer smoothly transitions into the profound.

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Throwing thousands of baby puffins off a cliff is a yearly tradition for the people of Iceland’s Westman Islands. It’s part of what’s known as “puffling season” and is a crucial life-saving endeavor.

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Jim Metzner has traveled far and wide to record sounds of the world and share them with listeners. The Library of Congress will preserve thousands of tapes and other items dating back to the 1970s.

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On HBO’s Game of Thrones spin-off, questions around several characters’ lineage turn the show into one long episode of medieval Maury.

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Angelina is a determined little mouse in a pink tutu who dreams of becoming a ballerina. Katharine Holabird and Helen Craig revisit their beloved character, the star of more than 25 picture books.

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NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe talks to Sesame Street’s Megan Piphus Peace, who recently joined the show as its first Black female puppeteer.

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks with British actor Tamara Lawrance, co-star of “The Silent Twins” – a movie about two girls who grew up speaking only to each other.

A new video game allows users to play a virtual trombone to the music of some familiar favorites. Players get feedback ranging from “nasty” to “perfecto” – making Trombone Champ a tootin’ good time.