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A long-married woman with terminal cancer leaves her husband and embarks on a quest for sexual satisfaction in a miniseries that’s so real and so raw it’s likely to make you both laugh and cry.

The Scottish actor played Doctor Who for five years, and has been the lead in many Shakespearean plays. His podcast, David Tennant Does a Podcast With… is now in its third season.

Paper straws are out at the Department of Justice. Also banned: Dijon mustard, flimsy paper napkins, and the word “Whiffenpoof.”

Amanda Knox spent nearly four years in prison for a murder she didn’t commit. Her memoir is Free. Ken Tucker reviews new albums by Lucy Dacus and Jeffrey Lewis. Graham discusses youth violence.

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The National Public Housing Museum opened April 4 in Chicago, with installations and exhibits as well as intimate individual, family, and community stories of living in public housing.

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WSHU listener Ted Heyn of Fairfield, Connecticut, along with Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Bagayoko, an acclaimed guitarist and half of the Grammy-nominated blind duo Amadou & Mariam, died in his hometown of Bamako on Friday.

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The children’s book author best known for her Oliver and Amanda Pig series has died at 87. Van Leeuwen wrote nearly 60 books, some of which sold millions of copies.

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The video game industry is huge. Last year alone it generated an estimated $187 billion dollars in revenue.

But it’s also facing a host of serious issues: massive layoffs, the advent of A.I., games that take years to be released, and a schism between big and small developers.

This week’s Reporter’s Notebook takes us inside this evolving industry with NPR’s Vincent Acovino, who recently covered the annual Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco.

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At CinemaCon, a yearly convention for movie theater industry leaders, cinema owners say they’re experimenting with events to bring in customers.

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