Category: Arts & Entertainment

A new art exhibit in Phoenix features some of the world’s prickliest plants. It could also help save them.

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All the President’s Men hit theaters in April 1976. Fifty years on, is Hollywood still making movies that explore the abuse of presidential power?

NPR’s Elissa Nadworny plays the puzzle with WMEH listener Chee Sing Lee and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Ikebana is the Japanese art of floral arranging. Ikebana International is introducing Americans to the art and promoting friendship through flowers.

NPR’s Elissa Nadworny plays the puzzle with WMEH listener Chee Sing Lee and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.



This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, guest judge and scorekeeper Alzo Slade, special guest Phil Pritchard and panelists Alonzo Bodden, Adam Burke, and Dulcé Sloan

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A rare look at one of the world’s most critical and understudied environmental crises. Southeast Asia produces more than half of the world’s fish, yet its waters are among the most depleted and contested.

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Actor Amanda Peet says she’s “cancer-free and extremely lucky.” David Bianculli reviews Margo’s Got Money Troubles. A new book by Harvard professor Namwali Serpell dives into Toni Morrison’s work.

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Jay found himself sitting in a jail cell, alone and hopeless, after attempting to break into a building on his college campus. A fellow inmate’s unexpected words brought him comfort — and changed the course of his life.

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A man recalls the despair he felt when, as a college student, he tried to break into a building on campus and ended up in a detention cell. That’s when he heard a voice that helped him find hope.