Month: November 2024

Demers was diagnosed with hearing loss when he was 4 years old. As a kid, he saw nothing funny about it — but then he learned to make people laugh. He just dropped his fourth stand-up special.

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Books We Love returns with 350+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 12 years of recommendations all in one place — that’s nearly 4,000 great reads.

I vow to go without sex to prove that I am in support of what my wife is in support of, politically, and also in terms of not wanting to have sex with me that much.

Tips from a top chef to beat holiday cooking stress

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The “Dubai Chocolate Bar” is a little like a KitKat but with pistachio nuts and nougat. The delicious treat went viral and is being interpreted by chefs across the country in the form of popsicles, cupcakes and even the traditional Polish donuts known as paczki (PONCH-kee).

The charming Netflix sitcom A Man on the Inside stars Ted Danson as a lonely widower who’s hired by a private investigator to live undercover in a senior living facility. His mission is to find out who stole a precious item from one of the residents. Created by Michael Schur (The Good Place, Brooklyn Nine-Nine), the series is also a tender and poignant depiction of loss, aging, and finding community.

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Nature Manifesto, is currently playing for visitors who travel on the escalator at Paris’ Centre Pompidou.’/>

The Icelandic pop star Björk’s new installation at Centre Pompidou in Paris uses animal sounds to help people understand what’s lost and what we stand to lose as a result of human-caused climate change.

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NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Stan Durey of Anacortes, Washington and puzzle master Will Shortz.

NPR’s series “Throw It Back” explores how the objects we love as kids shape how we see and live in the world as adults. It continues with the story of Dominic Lucero and his fishing poles.

Actor Jimmy O. Yang is learning how to take compliments. On Wild Card this week, he opens up about love languages and fears.

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