Category: Arts & Entertainment

Many music lovers consider Ives, who died in 1954, to be the first truly great American composer. A new recording by pianist Donald Berman is a major addition to the Ives discography.

Will Ferrell and his longtime friend and former SNL writing partner Harper Steele traveled from New York to California, talking along the way about Steele coming out as a trans woman.

As Halloween approaches, it’s time to start thinking about costumes for the upcoming festivities. But first, NPR wants to hear about your favorite unique holiday traditions.

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Donald Trump is lying next to you in the bed, wearing snug cotton pajamas printed to look like his signature blue suit. You want to tell him a few things you think he ought to know, but his fake snoring drowns you out.

A software engineer in San Francisco is putting a new spin on surveillance technology. The Bop Spotter uses a jury-rigged, solar powered android phone running the song identifier app Shazam to quietly listen in on and record what music passersby are listening to.

The off-beat psycho dramedy A Different Man follows Edward (Sebastian Stan), an aspiring actor living with facial disfigurement. He takes an opportunity to try a new procedure and reconstruct his appearance. But then, he encounters a guy with the same condition he once had, and who lives a fun, fulfilling life. To put it mildly, Edward now has some regrets.

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NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and KUOW listener John Weaver of Tacoma, Wash.

Margaret Atwood knows that she scares people. She opens up about that perception and also reflects on the bad advice she’s received in her career and how she takes vengeance.

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Three photojournalists have created an in-depth report on electronic waste — its negative and … positive … consequences.

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