After years as the most popular baby name in America, waves of Jacobs are entering the workforce, dating world and college. Wall Street Journal reporter Jacob Gershman talks with Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
‘Infidel’ Uses The Supernatural To Explore Racism’s Real Life Horrors

The new comic series from creators Pornsak Pichetshote and Aaron Campbell follows a young Muslim-American woman living in an apartment building haunted by evil entities that feed on racist hate.
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‘We Just Got Banksy-ed’: ‘Girl With Balloon’ Sells For $1.4M Before Self-Destructing

Shortly after the auctioneer’s hammer fell, the mysterious street artist’s well-known painting passed through a shredder, shocking spectators and bidders at a Sotheby’s auction house in London.
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Pussy-Hat-Wearing Jeff Flake Spotted Protesting Outside Senate Ahead Of Voting Yes For Kavanaugh
Trump’s Lawyer Retweeted That “Anti-Christ” George Soros Is Funding Anti-Kavanagh Protests
Shortly after Rudy Giuliani made the bizarre retweet, he president then tweeted again that he thinks people protesting Brett Kavanaugh are “paid professional protesters.”
Fresh Air Weekend: Infertility And ‘Private Life’; Evan Osnos On Mark Zuckerberg

Writer and director Tamara Jenkins says her experiences with IVF inspired her new film. David Edelstein reviews A Star is Born. Osnos discusses his recent New Yorker article about the Facebook CEO.
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Not My Job: We Quiz Ellie Kemper Of ‘Kimmy Schmidt’ On Jimmy Smits

Kemper has just written a book called My Squirrel Days. She stars in the Netflix sitcom Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
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The Actor Behind ‘Robocop’ On Detroit And Art History
NPR’s Scott Simon asks Peter Weller about his career in art, from playing the titular character in 1987’s RoboCop to getting a doctorate in art history.
Alice Walker Is For Oakland, Human Imperfection And The Children

The author of The Color Purple has released a new book of poems. Written in English and translated into Spanish, it’s called Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart.
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