Tag: humor

Indigenous fire stewardship practices have existed for millennia in California. A new art exhibition in Los Angeles challenges visitors to rethink their own relationships with fire.

Each episode of the new Max series covers one hour in a single day in a busy emergency department. The show manages to feel sympathetic to the hospital staff and to the patients in their care.

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Students in an elementary school broadcasting club in California are among the youngest winners of NPR’s Student Podcast Challenge.

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This week, we celebrate one last President’s Day with special guests Mark Ronson, Billy Porter, Tara Dower, John Leguizamo, and James Marsden

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The artifacts were stolen by British soldiers in the late 19th century and eventually made their way to a Dutch collection.

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In Netflix’s six-part political thriller, a crippling attack on American communications and infrastructure leads to abuse of power, political overreach and questionable decisions.

Scott (aka the “hot priest” from Fleabag) is nominated for a SAG Award for his portrayal of a con man in the Netflix adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley. Originally broadcast April, 8, 2024.

Gorey said, “I write about everyday life.” His work reminds us that death is a major fact of existence.

Several entertainers and artists have severed ties with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts since President Trump assumed chairmanship of the organization. This week, Brittany is joined by Paper Magazine writer Joan Summers and New York Times Magazine writer J Wortham to unpack the implications of a government-influenced national culture center, and the state of art in America today.

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In the new horror-comedy The Monkey, Theo James plays a pair of identical twin brothers who get saddled with a cursed wind-up toy monkey that causes people around them to die freakish, gory deaths. It’s based on a Stephen King short story, and directed by Osgood Perkins, who made last year’s Longlegs.

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