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  • Book Reviews

'Light Perpetual' Imagines Adulthood For 5 Fictional Kids Killed In WWII Attack

In 1944 an attack on a London Woolworths killed 168 people. In his new novel, Francis Spufford explores what "might have been" for five young casualties of war.

June 22, 2021
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  • Maureen Corrigan
<em>A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars,</em> by Hakeem Oluseyi and Joshua Horwitz

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  • Book Reviews

From Poverty To Stanford, Memoir Tells A Physicist's Remarkable Tale

A Quantum Life is an important book to help understand the institutional hurdles that have kept science mostly white and male — and how the fire of inquiry can take root in a heart and lift it up.

June 22, 2021
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  • Adam Frank
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  • Television

'Desus & Mero' On How Their Bronx Roots Paved The Way To Comedy Success

Desus Nice and The Kid Mero started out doing comedy together on Twitter, then created the Bodega Boys podcast. Their comedy series on Showtime is now in its third season.

June 21, 2021
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  • Terry Gross
Detective Jimmy McNulty (Dominic West) in <em>The Wire</em>

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  • Television

How TV Dramas Informed And Misinformed Perceptions Of The War On Drugs

From Miami Vice, to The Wire, to Orange Is the New Black, scripted TV shows have had a serious and sometimes unrecognized impact on public attitudes about drugs in America.

June 21, 2021
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  • Eric Deggans

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A Father's Day Gift From Meghan To Harry Is Now A Kids' Book

For Prince Harry's first Father's Day, the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan, got him a bench — and wrote a poem about the moments she hoped her husband and their son would share together there.

June 20, 2021
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  • Samantha Balaban

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  • Book Reviews

'Widespread Panic' Might Be The Most Ellroy Book James Ellroy Has Ever Written

The Demon Dog of Crime Fiction is back, with more boocoo bad business, pervs, prowlers, and putzo politicians than ever in this story of a real-life cop who knew it all (and had the pictures, too).

June 20, 2021
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  • Gabino Iglesias

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  • Food

Eat Your Feelings — And Cook Them, Too, With These New Catharsis Cookbooks

A lot has been said about the joy of cooking, but what about the fury? A host of new cookbooks right now aim to help cooks pound, grate and shred their feelings about the state of the world.

June 19, 2021
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  • Neda Ulaby
The Lincoln Center campus, presently adorned in a green carpet of synthetic grass, hosts a Juneteenth experience June 19.

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  • Music

In New York City, A Juneteenth Event Examines The Meaning Of Freedom

Lincoln Center observes Juneteenth, now a federal holiday, with "I Dream a Dream That Dreams Back at Me," an ambulatory experience conceived by Carl Hancock Rux.

June 19, 2021
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  • Jeff Lunden

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  • Television

Not My Job: We Quiz 'PEN15' Co-Creator Anna Konkle On Junior Highs

Konkle, who also co-stars in PEN15, is an expert on junior high, so she'll answer three questions about junior highs — specifically, the vague sense of agitation you get from drinking Red Bull.

June 19, 2021
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  • Book Reviews

For June, 3 Romances That Prove Love Is Love Is Love

For Pride Month, we're bringing you some of the best queer romances around, starring daring English highwaymen, mysterious secret operatives and a long-lost (and extremely reluctant) princess.

June 19, 2021
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  • Maya Rodale
From left, Russell and Ron Mael, who record as Sparks, photographed in 1982 during the cover shoot for their album <em>Angst In My Pants</em>.

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  • Music Lists

50 Years Of Sparks: The World Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Them

The eclectic, prolific and beloved brother-brother pop duo is marking 50 years this year – but, somehow, you've never heard their music? Let's fix that.

June 18, 2021
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  • Bob Mondello

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  • Books

5 Books To Read On Social Justice That Go Beyond The Instructive

Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy and Long Division, recommends five "incisive and innovative" books on social justice for Juneteenth.

June 18, 2021
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  • Audie Cornish
Actor Giancarlo Esposito.

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  • Arts & Life

Better Call Saul & The Mandalorian's Giancarlo Esposito

Giancarlo Esposito talks about returning to play Gus Fring in Better Call Saul, and meeting Baby Yoda in The Madalorian. Then, he plays an audio quiz identifying celebrity cameos from Sesame Street.

June 18, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB  NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Quirky Capitals

In this game, U.S. capital cities are ruined-- or, improved?-- by changing the first letter of their names.

June 18, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB  NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Is It Broccoli?

In this game, comedian Bethany Van Delft (Parentalogic and "The Ten News,") and Tanya Morgan rapper Donwill try to weed out which cunning crops are secretly broccoli.

June 18, 2021
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