Tag: fun

From Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Special to A Man on the Inside, movies and TV found new ways to address death and dying.

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Throughout his lifetime, Jimmy Carter took on many titles: 39th President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize winner, philanthropist, humanitarian, artist – and writer.

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Glaser made headlines for her roast of Tom Brady. “All I want is people to like me,” she says of her comedy. Glaser’s latest HBO special is Someday You’ll Die. Originally broadcast July 29, 2024.

Nobody can predict what the future holds, but that doesn’t stop us from trying. Trying, that is, to predict what will happen in the world of pop culture in 2025. We do it every year, so we’ll look back on our predictions for 2024 and see how things turned out.

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NPR’s Daniel Estrin plays the puzzle with NPR Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and Mike Rios of Oswego, Ill.

NPR’s Life Kit has tips for how to reflect on the past year.

As 2024 nears its end, we take a look at some memorable podcasts from NPR member stations that we featured this year.

Hussey was 15 when director Franco Zeffirelli cast her in his adaptation of the Shakespeare tragedy. The film won two Oscars and Hussey won a Golden Globe for best new actress for her part as Juliet.

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This week, Wait Wait celebrates the holidays with the gift of Tim Meadows and our favorite celebrity guests

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NPR’s Scott Simon speaks with Maggie Rowe and Emily Garcés, the hosts of the podcast “50 Words for Snow,” about words English needs but does not have.