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A miniature vintage kitchen created by artist Marina Totino.

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Button-sized eggs and teapot cities: A peek into the big, wide world of miniatures

The pandemic helped supercharge a niche craft into a fine arts movement. Now the scene is more detailed and thoughtful than ever before.

May 19, 2025
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Kids notice everything — here's what one child sees 'Next to Me'

When they became parents, Dragons Love Tacos illustrator Daniel Salmieri and artist Sophia Haas noticed that they were ... noticing more. So they wrote Next to Me, their first kids' book together.

May 18, 2025
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Sunday Puzzle: That's HANDY

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WSKG listener Cindy Mosqueda, and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

May 18, 2025
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JJ, winner of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, holds up the trophy he won for Austria with the song "Wasted Love" during the Grand Final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Saturday, May 17, 2025.

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  • Arts & Life

Austria wins 69th Eurovision Song Contest

"Wasted Love," sung by the classically trained countertenor JJ, beat out 25 other songs for the top prize at the international competition held this year in Basel, Switzerland.

May 17, 2025
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  • Chloe Veltman
Metal band GWAR performs live onstage for the Viva La Bam tour at Roseland Ballroom on November 2, 2007 in New York City. (Photo by Roger Kisby/Getty Images)

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'Wait Wait' for May 17, 2025: With Not My Job guests GWAR, Gretchen Whitmer, Josh Gad, and more!

This week, we celebrate the arrival of spring with special guests Josh Gad, Gretchen Whitmer, GWAR, Kara Jackson, and Amber Maykut!

May 17, 2025
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Broadway composer Charles Strouse in New York City in 2011. Strouse died Thursday, May 15, 2025, at 96.

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Charles Strouse, Broadway composer of 'Annie' and 'Bye Bye Birdie,' dies at 96

The Broadway composer of Annie and Bye Bye Birdie died Thursday at 96.

May 17, 2025
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  • Jeff Lunden
A backlot on the Radford Studio Center in Los Angeles is built to look like New York City. <em>Seinfeld </em>shot here in the 1990s.

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Amid global competition for production business, Hollywood is hurting

Hollywood's plummeting film and TV production levels have studio executives and grassroots groups pushing for better incentives to keep business in California.

May 17, 2025
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Diddy performs onstage at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards.

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Diddy's lawyers plan to argue "mutual violence." Will that strategy work?

"Mutual abuse" is a term you may have heard in celebrity abuse trials - here's how to make sense of it.

May 16, 2025
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Novelist Salman Rushdie promotes the German-language edition of his book <em>Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder</em> in Berlin on May 16, 2024. In the book, Rushdie confronts the 2022 attack that left him blind in one eye.

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Man who attacked author Salman Rushdie is sentenced to 25 years in prison

Hadi Matar got the maximum sentence for attempted murder. He was found guilty in February for repeatedly stabbing author Salman Rushdie during a 2022 lecture and wounding another person on stage.

May 16, 2025
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From summer blockbusters to antique auctions, check out these new podcasts

Podcast releases are in bloom this month. The NPR One team gathered a few recommendations of returning favorites and fresh releases from across public media for your playlist.

May 16, 2025
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Alexander Skarsgård in <em>Murderbot</em>, out Friday on Apple TV+.

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  • TV Reviews

'Murderbot' is the best new comedy of 2025. You read that right

The Apple TV+ show takes what might be the oldest sci-fi premise there is — what does it mean to be human? — and mines it for comedy gold.

May 16, 2025
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  • Glen Weldon
Smokey Robinson is shown attending the screening for <em>The Apollo</em> during the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival on April 24, 2019, in New York.

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Smokey Robinson under criminal investigation after sexual assault allegations

Motown legend Smokey Robinson is being criminally investigated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department following allegations accusing him of a series of sexual assaults.

May 16, 2025
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  • Steve Futterman
Kitty Horblit (left), Karli Manship (center) and Hannah Bruns (right) line dance at a Stud Country event on March 25, 2025, in Brooklyn, New York.

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  • Arts & Life

New to your queerness? Here's how to find a supportive community in your area

It can be intimidating to enter a new queer space, especially if you're starting to explore your gender and sexuality. Organizers share advice on how to find a support network with confidence.

May 16, 2025
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  • Margaret Cirino
The grand final of Eurovision Song Contest takes place on Saturday in Basel, Switzerland. Above, Melody representing Spain performs in the semifinal on Tuesday.

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  • Arts & Life

The 10 best songs of Eurovision 2025 — and their chances to win

The grand final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest takes place on Saturday, May 17, in Basel, Switzerland. It's an annual celebration of melody, rhythm, fabulousness and glitter.

May 15, 2025
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  • Glen Weldon
Adam Duritz, lead singer and songwriter for Counting Crows, spoke with <em>Morning Edition </em>about the band's new album,<em> Butter Miracle, the Complete Sweets!</em>

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  • Music

'Being dismissed for being different': Adam Duritz on new music with Counting Crows

In 1993, Adam Duritz and his band Counting Crows took roots-rock to new heights with their debut August and Everything After. More than 30 years later, they offer a new album, cut from the same cloth.

May 15, 2025
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