Author: Henry

A lot of trash can be saved from the landfill—if you follow a few simple guidelines.

Two people meet, they fall in love, and someone gets sick. The new film We Live In Time tries to bring something new to that familiar story of the preciousness of life. Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield laugh and cry as a couple trying to make the most of their time together. Director John Crowley (Brooklyn) utilizes an unconventional structure that jumps around from their first meeting to their later crisis and several key points in between.

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In New York, a young group of community organizers recently pulled together a week-long celebration of Mexican restaurants. They stress it’s about the workers as much as the food.

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On this week’s “My Unsung Hero” from Hidden Brain: Samantha Hodge-Williams was terrified as she lay in the operating room. Then the anesthesiologist offered a surprising source of calm.

An obituary posted on Facebook mentions Robert Adolph Boehm’s habit of wearing unconventional hats, his possibly dangerous hobbies and his “last unintelligible and likely unnecessary curse.”

Actor Gael Garcia Bernal draws a question from the Wild Card deck and talks about feeling at home in the theater.

Over 11 million pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry were recalled over listeria concerns, affecting salads, wraps, frozen meals and more from popular chains like Target, Trader Joe’s and Walmart.

Historian Mary Ziegler talks about the legal battles shaping reproductive rights across the U.S. — including the scope of abortion access and the fate of invitro-fertilization.

Michel Houellebecq is a controversial literary superstar. His new book, Annihilation, centers on a middle-aged Paris bureaucrat in a sexless marriage. It’s slow to start, but still holds surprises.

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