New York is known for its street food vendors. NPR spent time with a recently arrived migrant who is hitting the streets to sell for the first time, but has to overcome his crippling shyness.
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Author: Jasmine Garsd
New York is known for its street food vendors. NPR spent time with a recently arrived migrant who is hitting the streets to sell for the first time, but has to overcome his crippling shyness.
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Author: Jasmine Garsd
Renowned soul and gospel singer Cissy Houston has died. She was part of a extraordinary musical family that included Dionne Warwick and her superstar daughter, Whitney Houston.
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Author: Brandon Gates
Many music lovers consider Ives, who died in 1954, to be the first truly great American composer. A new recording by pianist Donald Berman is a major addition to the Ives discography.
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Author: Lloyd Schwartz
Will Ferrell and his longtime friend and former SNL writing partner Harper Steele traveled from New York to California, talking along the way about Steele coming out as a trans woman.
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Author: Terry Gross
As Halloween approaches, it’s time to start thinking about costumes for the upcoming festivities. But first, NPR wants to hear about your favorite unique holiday traditions.
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Author: Brittney Melton
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Author: Ian Frazier
A software engineer in San Francisco is putting a new spin on surveillance technology. The Bop Spotter uses a jury-rigged, solar powered android phone running the song identifier app Shazam to quietly listen in on and record what music passersby are listening to.
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Author: Chloe Veltman
The off-beat psycho dramedy A Different Man follows Edward (Sebastian Stan), an aspiring actor living with facial disfigurement. He takes an opportunity to try a new procedure and reconstruct his appearance. But then, he encounters a guy with the same condition he once had, and who lives a fun, fulfilling life. To put it mildly, Edward now has some regrets.
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Author: Aisha Harris
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Author: Scott Detrow
NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and KUOW listener John Weaver of Tacoma, Wash.
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Author: Will Shortz