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How Jad Abumrad, 'Radiolab' Creator And Co-Host, Got Hooked On Storytelling

Abumrad set out to compose film scores, but instead turned his focus to journalism. He has a new podcast miniseries called The Vanishing of Harry Pace.

July 26, 2021
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  • Terry Gross
Gold medalist Lee Kiefer of the United States shows her medal and victory bouquet during the medal ceremony for the women's individual foil final competition on Sunday at the Summer Olympics.

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  • Asia

The Flowers For Olympic Medalists Carry Deep Meaning In Japan

The elements of the bouquet carry a deeper story, and they are years in the making. They're meant to symbolize the country rising from the devastating earthquake and tsunami in 2011.

July 26, 2021
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  • Merrit Kennedy

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  • Book Reviews

For July, 3 Romances Packed With Pulse-Pounding Peril

This month, romance columnist Maya Rodale brings us three tales of danger and mystery, political intrigues, airship pirates, angry Scotsmen, and of course, the essential ingredient: passion.

July 26, 2021
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  • Maya Rodale
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  • Arts & Life

Life Kit: How To Host A Dinner Party

While things aren't completely back to normal, many are starting to host parties again. We have some useful tips for those who might feel a little out of practice because of the pandemic.

July 25, 2021
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  • Diba Mohtasham

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  • Book Reviews

New Graphic Novel 'Celestia' Wanders An Earth That's No Longer Home

Manuele Fior's latest, Celestia, is set on a far-future Earth, wracked by climate change — but the terrors of flood and fire stay under the surface of his dreamy, hazy, philosophical story.

July 25, 2021
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  • Etelka Lehoczky
Lee Miller, <em>Self-Portrait with Headband</em> (variant), 1932 gelatin silver print, Lee Miller Studios Inc., New York

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  • Photography

Behind The Lens, These Women Created Photographs That Leap Over Decades

Two current museum exhibitions — The Woman Who Broke Boundaries at the Dali Museum and The New Woman Behind the Camera at the Metropolitan Museum of Art — celebrate women photographers.

July 25, 2021
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  • Susan Stamberg

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  • Book Reviews

'What Strange Paradise' Focuses On The Human Stories At The Heart Of A Crisis

Omar El-Akkad's new novel is fully aware of the larger forces that lead people to migrate — but it leaves those aside, focusing instead on the smaller human stories at the core of the migrant crisis.

July 25, 2021
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  • Gabino Iglesias
Jason Sudeikis, Brendan Hunt and Nick Mohammed in <em>Ted Lasso</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

'Ted Lasso' Is Back, And You Bet Your Biscuits Season 2 Is Just As Sweet

Ted Lasso — the Apple TV+ series starring Jason Sudeikis as a clueless American coach taking over a British soccer team — avoids a sophomore slump with grace, heart and a lot of laughs.

July 24, 2021
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  • Eric Deggans
An I-Have-The-Power vacuum pits Teela (Sarah Michelle Gellar) against Evil-Lyn (Lena Headey) in Netflix's <em>Masters of the Universe: Revelation</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

Show, Don't Mattel: 'Masters Of The Universe: Revelation' Is Toying With You

Producer Kevin Smith reboots the '80s cartoon/action-figure-commercial by adding more mythology ... and thinning out the cast.

July 24, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom

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  • Book Reviews

'The Council Of Animals' Holds Humanity's Fate In Its ... Paws

In Nick McDonell's new novel, sentient animals control the fate of the few remaining humans — and must decide to do about the fear that humans will regroup and seize supremacy over the Earth again.

July 24, 2021
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  • Jason Heller
R. Kelly, appearing at a hearing in his federal trial in Illinois in Sept. 2019. Kelly currently faces 22 federal charges in two separate indictments: one in New York and one in Illinois.

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Prosecutors Say They Have Evidence Of More Abuse And Bribery In The R. Kelly Case

Federal prosecutors in New York filed a request on Friday that they be allowed to enter more evidence of uncharged crimes allegedly committed by the R&B singer in his trial next month.

July 23, 2021
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Like last year, the sidewalks around San Diego's convention center are empty and no one is lined up at the famed Hall H.

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  • Pop Culture

Comic-Con Is Online Only Again This Year. On The Bright Side, No Lines!

No costumed crowds are thronging the streets of San Diego this weekend: For the second year in a row, Comic-Con is online only. But organizers are hoping for a small in-person show in November.

July 23, 2021
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  • Petra Mayer
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  • Television

No More Mr. Nice Guy: Hugh Grant Embraces The 'Blessed Relief' Of Darker Roles

Grant started out in romantic comedies. Now he's up for an Emmy for his role as a narcissistic doctor accused of murder in the HBO series The Undoing. Originally broadcast Dec. 1, 2020.

July 23, 2021
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  • Terry Gross
Performers are seen during the Opening Ceremony for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on July 23 in Tokyo, Japan.

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  • Sports

Somber Tone Lingers At Tokyo Games Opening Ceremony, Though Athletes Add Lift

Viewers who woke up early in America to watch NBC's first live morning telecast of an Olympics opening ceremony Friday were greeted with a subdued presentation, where the COVID pandemic loomed large.

July 23, 2021
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  • Eric Deggans
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  • Arts & Life

Who Owns What?

Shalewa Sharpe and Gastor Almonte, hosts of the podcast The War Report, figure out which corporate relationships are true and which are false. Pet food candies? Cheesecake workouts? Who's to say.

July 23, 2021
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