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The lot includes about 50 items and features early handwritten drafts for Dylan’s hit “Mr. Tambourine Man” as well as photographs, posters and a signed harmonica.

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Some bands are The Beatles and some singers are Beyoncé: Smash after smash, their legend grows. And some artists aren’t. For any one of a bunch of reasons — commercial, artistic and mysterious — some artists have one big hit song, but they don’t have others. But what makes for a great one-hit wonder? Today we’re debating: what is the best one-hit wonder of all time.

It’s mid-January, which means some of those New Years resolutions might have fall off, already. NPR’s Life Kit host Marielle Segarra gives tips for giving your goals a reset.

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A good comedian has to “know what regular people are going through,” he says. In his new Hulu special, Lonely Flowers, Wood riffs on how isolation has sent society spiraling.

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Since reading isn’t our strong suit, let’s skip talking about the book that was recommended by a hot movie star and just eat brunch.

Will GTA6 actually come out this year? Is a new Nintendo console coming? Huge games are creeping on the horizon, including a high-stakes Assassin’s Creed title and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond.

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Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter-themed NFL halftime show performance showcased Black Americana, and drew in millions of viewers, but it left some viewers asking: Is she America’s greatest propagandist? And which version of America is she promoting?

Brittany Luse is joined by music and Black feminism scholar Daphne A. Brooks and mass communication historian Nick Cull, to unpack what is and isn’t propaganda, and how we can sift through political messaging to be more savvy consumers of media.

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A lot of yoga classes included music, but in Pennsylvania, yogis are moving to the performance of a live string quintet and music composed just for yoga practice.

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe talks with Grady Hendrix about his latest horror novel, “Witchcraft for Wayward Girls,” in which the witches are not the worst evil-doers, the humans are.