Month: March 2025

Burr is known for his contrarian, fiery stand-up, but lately he’s been feeling lighter on stage. His latest Hulu comedy special is Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years. 

The pandemic decimated the box office and the reshaped the moviegoing experience. NPR’s movie critic, Bob Mondello, looks back on how his job changed during the early months of COVID-19.

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On this week’s My Unsung Hero, Ellen Wyoming DeLoy tells the story of a train conductor who saved her from potential danger.

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Good God Almighty, Holy, and Merciful, how do you get these tear-off produce bags to open?

When twitch streamers can sway elections and viral videos can turn fifteen seconds of fame into hundreds of millions of dollars, it kind of makes you wonder: who’s a real “celebrity” these days? And do they matter like they used to?

With fans fed up over ticket prices and endless product pushing, capital-C “celebrity” seems to be in its flop era. But is it gone for good? And, do we even want it back?

Brittany gets into all of it in front of a live audience at the annual On-Air Fest in Brooklyn with Vulture’s Rachel Handler and Vox senior correspondent Alex Abad-Santos.

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Live television is all about high risk, high reward. Whether it’s musical performances, awards ceremonies, sports events, or comedy shows, there’s an electric charge to watching something as it’s happening. Today, we’re debating the greatest moments of live television in pop culture – including a viral news blooper, John Travolta’s “Adele Dazeem” flub at the Oscars, Kanye stating “George Bush doesn’t care about Black people”, and The Beatles making their debut on The Ed Sullivan Show.

The celebrated South African playwright was known for Blood Knot, The Road to Mecca and “Master Harold”…and the Boys. He said his job was to make “leaps out of my reality and into other realities.”

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In this game of Wild Card, writer Zadie Smith discusses the nature of regret.

One of China’s most famous poets, who some call the country’s Emily Dickenson, is breaking new boundaries by taking to the stage to dance.

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WAMC listener Ellen Triebwasser of Red Hook, N.Y., and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.