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Cows are milked at the Cornell Teaching Dairy Barn at Cornell University on Dec. 11, 2024, in Ithaca, N.Y., shortly after the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a federal order requiring testing of the nation's milk supply amid increasing concerns over avian flu.

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  • Politics

Exodus of USDA veterinarians and others drives fears that U.S. farms are at risk

More than a thousand people who worked to keep American agriculture free of pests and disease have left the federal workforce in President Trump's massive government downsizing.

May 30, 2025
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  • Andrea Hsu
Benicio Del Toro plays tycoon Zsa-zsa Korda and Mia Threapleton is his daughter in <em>The Phoenician Scheme.</em>

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  • Movie Reviews

Wes Anderson peers into the hollowness of extreme wealth in 'The Phoenician Scheme'

Benicio Del Toro plays a globe-trotting tycoon trying to convince his estranged daughter (Mia Threapleton) to be his heir. The film is darker, angrier and more violent than Anderson's usual fare.

May 30, 2025
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  • Justin Chang
GPB News NPR

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  • Movie Interviews

Stunt performer turned director walks away mostly unscathed from fights, flipped cars

Filmmaker David Leitch says it's easier to do stunts himself than direct his stunt performer friends. "You are responsible for their safety," he explains. Originally broadcast July 22, 2024.

May 30, 2025
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  • Terry Gross
Anthony "Fyrefli" Gasaway Jr (back row, third from left) and Joy "Kuma" Gasaway (seated, holding boombox) gather with FyreNation Crew members and cypher participants at Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward Park on April 27, 2025.

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  • Arts & Life

Is hip-hop dancing for everyone? Atlanta's FyreNation Crew is on a mission to prove it

A group of Atlanta dancers is challenging stereotypes about hip-hop music and creating community events for families across the metro area. 

May 30, 2025
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  • Kristi York Wooten
<em>Mountainhead</em> actors (l-r) Ramy Youssef, Cory Michael Smith, Steve Carell and Jason Schwartzman

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  • Movies

'Succession' creator's new moguls are tech gods gazing down from 'Mountainhead'

Following his HBO series Succession, Jesse Armstrong's latest project, Mountainhead, is a film about four tech billionaires whose mountain retreat is disrupted by a global catastrophe.

May 30, 2025
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  • Phil Harrell and
  • A Martínez
Balu Natarajan won the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 1985. Shown are his trophy and newspaper clippings detailing his win.

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  • Arts & Life

As the Scripps bee turns 100, a new champion is crowned while past winners reflect

Previous winners say the spelling bee has become much more competitive and credit television with making it a cultural phenomenon each year.

May 29, 2025
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Drag king Freddie Hercury performs at an event in Homer, N.Y., in 2023. The artist faced an online bomb threat in the run-up to a Pride performance in 2024.

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  • Performing Arts

Drag artists are getting attacked. This safety handbook aims to help.

As Pride Month approaches, a group of drag artists and their allies are releasing guidelines to help performers navigate a landscape of online harassment and physical violence.

May 29, 2025
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  • Chloe Veltman
Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o was a champion of local African languages.

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  • Books

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenyan literary giant who fought colonialism, dies at 87

The Kenyan author championed local African languages and was imprisoned for his work. His name was often mentioned in discussions about the Nobel Prize in Literature.

May 29, 2025
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  • Andrew Limbong
"This whole tour was so cathartic," Sarah Silverman says of her <em>PostMortem </em>comedy special.

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  • Television

Her parents died 9 days apart, but Sarah Silverman gets the last laugh in 'PostMortem'

Silverman's father and stepmother are buried under one tombstone that reads: "Janice and Donald, who loved to laugh." The loss was a starting point for Silverman's "cathartic" Netflix comedy special.

May 29, 2025
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  • Terry Gross
British performers, writers and activists protest Israel's actions in Gaza outside the gates of Downing Street on May 21, 2025.

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  • Arts & Life

Hundreds of writers call for Gaza ceasefire and aid

More than 300 writers from the UK and Ireland have signed a letter calling for immediate aid and a ceasefire in Gaza.

May 29, 2025
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  • Neda Ulaby
"A magical question is a question that everyone in your group is interested in answering" and hearing the responses to, says Priya Parker, a conflict resolution facilitator and author of the 2020 book <em>The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters</em>.

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  • Arts & Life

Want to cut through small talk? Try asking a 'magical question'

These creative questions are fun to answer and can help reveal people's personalities. Conflict resolution facilitator Priya Parker shares her favorites and explains how to come up with your own.

May 29, 2025
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  • Marielle Segarra,
  • Sam Yellowhorse Kesler,
  • and 1 more

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  • Arts & Life

Ramy Youssef is just trying to do the thing that entertains him

Ramy Youssef stays busy, creating shows like Ramy and #1 Happy Family USA, and starring in Poor Things and Mountainhead. He spoke with Rachel Martin about mortality and his gripe with Santa Claus.

May 29, 2025
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  • Rachel Martin
Clockwise left to right: Ana de Armas as Eve in <em>Ballerina</em>. Elio (voiced by Yonas Kibreab) and a liquid supercomputer (voiced by Shirley Henderson) in the new Pixar movie <em>Elio</em>. Archie Madekwe and Théodore Pellerin in <em>Lurker</em>. David Corenswet as Superman. Danielle Deadwyler in <em>40 Acres</em>.  Aubrey Plaza as MG Falcone and Margaret Qualley as Honey O'Donahue in <em>Honey Don't! </em>

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  • Movies

11 movies to watch this summer: Sequels, a new 'Superman,' and edgy originals, too

The coming months will bring a 28 Days Later sequel and a new John Wick movie starring Ana de Armas. Midsommar's Ari Aster has a new Western thriller, and Pixar goes intergalactic.

May 29, 2025
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  • Bob Mondello
Xi Jinping, left, with his father Xi Zhongxun in 1958.

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  • Author Interviews

In 'The Party's Interests Come First,' Joseph Torigian tries to understand Xi Jinping through his father

In his forthcoming book, The Party's Interests Come First, American University professor Joseph Torigian writes about Xi Jinping's father, Xi Zhongxun, a noted Chinese politician himself.

May 28, 2025
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  • Emily Feng
Trump announced Tuesday that he will grant full pardons to reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, pictured in 2017.

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  • Politics

Trump is pardoning Todd and Julie Chrisley, the reality TV couple convicted of fraud

Todd and Julie Chrisley, who rose to fame in a reality show highlighting their lavish lifestyle, had been serving yearslong prison sentences after 2022 convictions on bank and tax fraud offenses.

May 28, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
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