Tag: humor

Each culture that celebrates the Lunar New Year has traditions passed down from generation to generation that are thought to bring good luck. NPR readers share theirs. 

On Wild Card this week, Michael Shannon — the “The Shape of Water” and “Boardwalk Empire” star — opens up about love and aging.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and author Jules Feiffer died last week at age 95. We hear host Scott Simon’s interview with him last fall, for his middle-grade graphic novel, “Amazing Grapes.”

Downhill skiing has a reputation for being expensive and elitist, but there’s evidence plenty of people are looking for throwback, non-glitzy skiing at America’s remaining mom and pop ski hills.

Pop culture critic Linda Holmes doesn’t want battles or competition in her games — but she loves a satisfying puzzle she can figure out at her own pace. Sound like you, too? Here are recommendations.

President Trump made good on a campaign promise to ask the Department of the Interior to recognize the Lumbee people of North Carolina — a tribe whose Native identity has long been called into question.

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Eisenberg’s film A Real Pain follows two cousins on a Jewish heritage tour of Poland. Anderson’s role on Baywatch made her a global sex symbol in the ’90s. Now she’s starring in The Last Showgirl.

People get a lot wrong when it comes to paying for vacation, say travel experts, and that can cost serious cash. Here’s how to plan a trip that’s safe, adventurous and under budget.

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It’s Oscar season, a perfect occasion to look at why the Academy Awards gets things wrong so often.