Tag: humor

An obituary posted on Facebook mentions Robert Adolph Boehm’s habit of wearing unconventional hats, his possibly dangerous hobbies and his “last unintelligible and likely unnecessary curse.”

Actor Gael Garcia Bernal draws a question from the Wild Card deck and talks about feeling at home in the theater.

Over 11 million pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry were recalled over listeria concerns, affecting salads, wraps, frozen meals and more from popular chains like Target, Trader Joe’s and Walmart.

Historian Mary Ziegler talks about the legal battles shaping reproductive rights across the U.S. — including the scope of abortion access and the fate of invitro-fertilization.

Michel Houellebecq is a controversial literary superstar. His new book, Annihilation, centers on a middle-aged Paris bureaucrat in a sexless marriage. It’s slow to start, but still holds surprises.

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Take a walk. Host a dinner party. Take thirst-trap photos.

A lot of us are about to have the experience of opening our front doors to find witches, goblins, ghosts, and Moo Deng standing on our porches. Why? Because it’s almost Halloween. In this encore episode, we talk about what kinds of entertainment scared us when we were kids, and whether they still scare us now.

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The National Ballet of Ukraine is on its first-ever tour of the U.S. since the country’s independence from the USSR in 1991. Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. calls the tour a “symbol of resiliency.”

Research shows 62% of Latinos believe abortion should be mostly legal. That’s a big jump from 20 years ago.

After weathering a series of controversies, the lingerie company’s first official show since 2018 featured iconic Angels like Adriana Lima and Tyra Banks, plus debuts by Ashley Graham and Kate Moss.

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