Tag: fun

NPR’s Scott Simon talks to Dan Billheimer, owner of the Lighthouse Café in Sanibel, Florida, about reuniting with an artifact from his restaurant that had disappeared after Hurricane Ian in 2022.

When the Segundo ski lift in Colorado was first installed, Dwight Eisenhower was in the White House and candy bars cost a nickel. It’s finally being replaced, but not before a big retirement party.

NPR’s Scott Simon speaks to Ray Mendoza about the film, “Warfare,” which he wrote and directed with Alex Garland. The film is based on Mendoza’s experiences as a US Navy SEAL fighting in Iraq.

This week, special guest Sterling K. Brown joins panelists Tig Notaro, Negin Farsad, and Josh Gondelman

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Organizers of Oakland’s First Fridays art festival made a flyer promoting the event using AI, and are facing backlash for not using an actual artist. NPR’s Scott Simon explains.

It’s been an emotional rollercoaster for TikTok creators over the past few months, with the app’s future uncertain. But there are ways to decompress.

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NPR’s Ailsa Chang speaks with movie critic Bob Mondello and culture reporter Isabella Gomez Sarmiento about movies they’ve loved over the years, from childhood into adulthood.

The criminal charges were announced one and a half years after Brand was accused of sexual misconduct by four women in the fall of 2023.

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We celebrate the NBC mockumentary by listening back to archival interviews with Carell, Gervais, Jenna Fischer, John Krasinski, Rainn Wilson, Mindy Kaling and executive producer Greg Daniels.

Elton John partnered with Brandi Carlile for a new album of duets, Who Believes in Angels? But the project almost fell apart during its first recording sessions.

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