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The former Meghan Markle’s Netflix show has caused a stir among critics and social media users. A columnist tells NPR she knows why seeing the Duchess of Sussex flex her lifestyle bothers people.

What’s the right age to take kids to a loud sporting event? A Johns Hopkins noise expert on protecting babies’ ears and when game day noise might be too much for them.

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An outstanding new Apple TV+ comedy series sends up Hollywood’s movie-making machine. You don’t have to be a movie lover to appreciate The Studio, but the more you know, the more you’ll laugh.

Amanda Knox spent nearly four years in an Italian prison for a murder she didn’t commit. After her exoneration, she reached out to the man who prosecuted her case. Knox’s new memoir is Free.

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Soil blocking is an environmentally friendly method to prep seedlings. The technique has captured the attention of serious gardeners who’d like to make their growing more sustainable.

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Hey Google! Where can I buy a brother?

In The Studio, Seth Rogen plays an insecure studio executive who loves movies – but gets in the way of the people who make them. The new Apple TV+ series is about the systems that become far more destructive than any one well-meaning person can easily fix.

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The New York Public Library’s Joan Didion archive opens March 26. Here’s what you’ll find inside.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., has dissolved its Social Impact division, which partnered with local organizations to bring in diverse artists and audiences.

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There are a lot of big subjects that our culture has trouble talking about: wealth, death, addiction, religion. But one of the toughest has to be sexual assault and rape. For how common sexual violence is – it affects over half of women and almost one in three men – it can be extremely painful and even stigmatizing to discuss. But in Jamie Hood’s new book Trauma Plot, which contextualizes rape in her own life and in our culture, Jamie looks for new ways to speak the “unspeakable.” It tells her story in experimental fragments and finds a unique way to discuss one of the most common violences we face. Brittany sits down with Jamie to discuss Trauma Plot, the contours of rape narratives in our culture, and how we can move beyond them to tell stories about sexual violence in new ways.