Month: March 2026

The femme fatale in the movies has held our attention since Hollywood’s golden age but the archetype has evolved, say NPR staff in movies panel.

Scott is doing what she wants: “Everything has led me to this place.” Her new album is To Whom This May Concern. Ahmed is his own worst critic. His new show Bait explores that.

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NPR’s Don Gonyea talks with Matt Wagner, co-owner of Danish Maid Butter in Chicago, about the little Easter lambs made of butter that sell around the country this time of year.

For the first time in the United States, there’s a major retrospective of the work of the Renaissance master Raphael.

NPR’s Don Gonyea plays the puzzle with KXJZ radio listener Suzanne Palmer and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.



This week, Wait Wait is live in Savannah with host Peter Sagal, guest Judge and Scorekeeper Alzo Slade, special guest D.W. Moffett and panelists Adam Burke, Shantira Jackson, and Joyelle Nicole Johnson

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Meyers, who died March 7, helped shape Tex-Mex music with the ’60s band Sir Douglas Quintet and then with the Texas Tornados. His signature sound was on the vox organ. Originally broadcast in 1990.

The third (and final) installment of this Hollywood satire finds C-lister Valerie Cherish (Lisa Kudrow) helming an AI-written show.

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South Africa’s iconic Market Theatre, born in the darkest days of apartheid and a force for change, is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

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Bloopers have usually been funny endnotes to funny movies. They peaked in the late 1990s and early 2000s, but are seemingly fading away.

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