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Memorial Days, by Geraldine Brooks

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Tony Horwitz's widow Geraldine Brooks writes a beautiful memoir of grief

Horwitz died suddenly in 2019 while on a book tour. In Memorial Days, Geraldine Brooks grieves her husband — and also reflects on the life she might have lived had they not met.

February 18, 2025
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Outgoing Savannah Music Festival executive director Gene Dobbs Bradford

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Savannah Music Festival to look for new leader, as executive director announces summer resignation

Gene Dobbs Bradford plans to leave for St. Louis after three years in Savannah.

February 18, 2025
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  • Benjamin Payne
Yasmin Williams performing at the Tiny Desk earlier this year.

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How 'losing' the Tiny Desk Contest launched Yasmin Williams' music career

Northern Virginia guitarist Yasmin Williams shares how the Tiny Desk Contest changed her life — despite entering it twice and never winning.

February 18, 2025
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A flight suit worn by Tuskegee Airmen. Photo by Noah Washington/The Atlanta Voice

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Ruckage honors the Tuskegee Airmen with collection at Bloomingdale’s

The beginning months of 2025 have seen efforts to intentionally erase Black history, but Ruckage, a fashion brand founded by Darryl Bordenave, has countered this with its newest clothing line currently on display at Bloomingdale’s in Lenox Mall, celebrating the legacy of the historic Tuskegee Airmen.

February 18, 2025
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  • Noah Washington
Mexican singer Paquita la del Barrio performs at the 14th annual Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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  • Music

Paquita la del Barrio, a giant voice of Mexican heartbreak and rage, dies at 77

The ranchera and bolero singer took aim at machismo as if it were a piñata. For decades, she wrote and sang feminist anthems full of pain, rage and empowerment.

February 18, 2025
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
In this photo illustration, the YouTube website is displayed on October 10, 2006, following Google's $1.65 billion acquisition of the platform.

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YouTube turns 20 years old today

Twenty years ago, three former PayPal employees activated the domain name "YouTube.com." The first YouTube video followed soon after.

February 17, 2025
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  • Taylor Haney
Leslie Jones (from left), Tracy Morgan and Eddie Murphy during the "Black Jeopardy" sketch during <em>SNL50: The Anniversary Special</em>.

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The SNL 50th anniversary special: What worked and what didn't

The Saturday Night Live 50th anniversary prime-time special was full of sketches and nostalgia — and stretched more than three hours. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans breaks it down.

February 17, 2025
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  • Eric Deggans
W. Kamau Bell attends Gold Gala 2024 at The Music Center on May 11, 2024 in Los Angeles.

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  • Arts & Life

Some performers canceled their Kennedy Center shows. Here's why W. Kamau Bell didn't

Comedian W. Kamau Bell speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about his decision to perform at the Kennedy Center after President Trump assumed the organization's chairmanship.

February 17, 2025
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  • Mansee Khurana
A diptych from Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst's "xhairymutantx". The work, originally commissioned as part of a larger piece for the 2024 Whitney Biennial, is among those offered for sale at Christie's landmark AI art auction.

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  • Art & Design

Christie's AI art auction inspires protests – and more art

The upcoming Augmented Intelligence sale represents the first time a major auction house is focusing entirely on works created using machine learning. Artists have mixed feelings about it.

February 17, 2025
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  • Chloe Veltman
Jay-Z attends the Los Angeles premiere of Sony Pictures' <em>The Book Of Clarence</em> at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Jan. 5, 2024.

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  • Arts & Life

Woman drops suit accusing Sean 'Diddy' Combs and Jay-Z of raping her when she was 13

The suit was initially filed in October, claiming that the woman was lured by a limousine driver outside the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards and assaulted by the two rappers at an after-party.

February 17, 2025
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  • Juliana Kim
Deborah Rutter, former president of the Kennedy Center, gives her first interview since the center's board voted to fire her and install President Trump as its new chair.

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  • Performing Arts

Former Kennedy Center president speaks out in first interview since her firing

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Deborah Rutter, former head of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in her first interview since the board installed President Trump as its new chair.

February 17, 2025
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials collect facial scans from migrants crossing into the country from the U.S.-Mexico border as part of processing procedures.<br>

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Prize-winning pictures: Images from this photo contest show tech changing the world

The website Rest of World got entries from 45 countries for a photo contest focusing on technology. Here are their top picks — from facial scans for migrants to kids in a Mongolian tent transfixed by a film.

February 17, 2025
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  • Vicky Hallett
Fight for America! is a new art installation about democracy that invites audiences to play a war game — battling over the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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  • Arts & Life

January 6th ... the board game?

Fight for America! is a new art installation about democracy that invites audiences to play a war game — battling over the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

February 16, 2025
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  • Jennifer Vanasco
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  • Games & Humor

Sunday Puzzle: P.E. Class

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and Michelle San Antonio of North Creek, NY.

February 16, 2025
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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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  • Arts & Life

'Wait Wait' for February 15, 2025: Live in Richmond with GWAR

This week, Wait Wait is live in Richmond, Virginia with host Peter Sagal, guest judge and scorekeeper Chioke I'Anson, This week's show was recorded in Chicago with guest host Tom Papa, guest judge and scorekeeper Chioke I'Anson, Not My Job guest Vanessa Bayer and panelists Shantira Jackson, Rachel Feinstein, and Peter Grosz Click the audio link above to hear the whole show.









Who's Chioke This Time









The Great Syrup and Avocado War; Anti-Trailer Crackdown; Lucy Gets Loose









Panel Questions







A Delicious Proposal











Bluff The Listener











Our panelists tell three stories about things turning green, only one of which is true.











Not My Job: Vanessa Bayer celebrates SNL's 50th by answering questions about other golden anniversaries











Actor and comedian Vanessa Bayer was added to the cast of SNL in 2010 and stayed there for 7 years. Now, she's part of the comedy institution's 50th anniversary celebration. She may be a part of SNL history, but can she answer our questions about other things turning 50?











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High January; New York Times Finds Unexpected Paradise on Earth







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Chioke I'Anson reads three news-related limericks: Chunky Monkey Cheeks; Starbucks Spelling Test; Rope A Dope Hero











Lightning Fill In The Blank















All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else











Predictions







Our panelists predict, now that we know Lucy couldn't run well, what will we learn she was good at?special guests GWAR and panelists Adam Burke, Alzo Slade, and Negin Farsad

February 15, 2025
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