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This week, we nurse our sunburns while revisiting some of our favorite moments from this yearLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Julian Brave NoiseCat's Oscar-nominated documentary Sugarcane is about the mostly Catholic missionary boarding schools which Indigenous children, including older members of his family,…
The new movie Fairyland, produced by Sofia Coppola, is adapted from the memoir by Alysia Abbott. She wrote about being the child of a gay single father at the dawn of the gay liberation m…
Filmmaker and writer Julian Brave NoiseCat is the son of an Indigenous Canadian father and white mother. After a cultural genocide, he says, living your life becomes an existential question.…
On today's episode: a bold new way to help out when an earthquake hits, and Mike and Ian help out a listener with the help of a friendly dentist and a dog named Stella. Plus, our continuing …
The artist and illustrator created iconic posters for movie franchises like Indiana Jones, Star Wars and Back to the Future.
Fans of "La traviata," "Aida," and "Otello" creator Giuseppe Verdi met at his statue in New York City Friday to mark 212 years since his birth.
Fans of "La traviata," "Aida," and "Otello" creator Giuseppi Verdi met at his statue in New York City Friday to mark 212 years since his birth.
This week, we're live in Honolulu with panelists Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Peter Grosz, and Paula Poundstone. Plus, special guest Taimane!Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoic…
WWE superstar Dwayne Johnson plays MMA fighter Mark Kerr in Benny Safdie's The Smashing Machine. "The Rock" spoke with Terry Gross about the role, his many injuries, and his wrestling per…
Icelandic jazz-pop star Laufey spoke with Terry Gross about her classical training in cello, breaking out online during COVID, and her first arena tour. "I've been inspired by Golden Age …
Broadway's union for performers and stage managers says the sticking point is health care.
Journalist and Dopesick author Beth Macy returned to the Ohio factory town where she grew up to find jobs have left, families are struggling and old friends now embrace conspiracy theorie…
The decades-old radical troupe Bread and Puppet, famed for its protest art including giant puppets, is touring again " mixing circus, politics and bread in a sharply polarized moment.
Most of us have a venue we love " a theater or concert space " where we really feel at home. But what do you do if that place goes through radical changes?
This week, special guest Becca Mann joins guest host Negin Farsad and panelists Shantira Jackson, Hari Kondabolu, and Adam FelberLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/…
A film about a man trying to fund a gender-affirming operation by robbing a bank sounds like a modern-day plot. But 50 years ago, that was the scenario for the classic film Dog Day Aftern…
The WWE superstar considered pursuing a career in mixed martial arts before realizing, "I don't like getting punched in the face." Johnson plays MMA fighter Mark Kerr in Benny Safdie's Th…
On today's episode, how to get rid of Google's AI summaries, and we help a listener who wants to exercise in her car during a long commute"with an assist from a very overqualified exerciser …
For the first seven years of her life, Cristela Alonzo lived in an abandoned diner in a south Texas border town. She spoke with Terry Gross about ICE raids, being mentored by labor activi…
This week, special guest Cynthia Nixon joins panelists Negin Farsad, KC Shornima, and Adam BurkeLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Fifty years ago, on Sept. 26, 1975, The Rocky Horror Picture Show flopped at the U.S. box office " then became the longest-running theatrical release in history.
Chess Jakobs' new play "The American Five" tells the story of how Martin Luther King Jr. and his closest allies planned the March on Washington. NPR speaks with Jakobs and Ro Boddie, who pla…
Actor Scarlett Johansson makes her directorial debut with Eleanor The Great, about a 94-year-old woman who claims her dead friend's Holocaust story as her own. "It's rare to feel surpr…
"The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay," Michael Chabon's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, has been adapted for opera. It opens Sunday at the Metropolitan Opera.
