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'Hamilton' producer Jeffrey Seller traces his journey from 'Theater Kid' to Broadway

Seller has been a key behind-the-scenes figure for some of Broadway's biggest hits including, Hamilton and Rent, but he got his start on a much smaller scale. He looks back in a new memoir.

June 30, 2025
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  • Terry Gross
"Just say no to power peeing," says pelvic floor physical therapist Sara Reardon. "You want to sit, relax and let it flow." Tense pelvic floor muscles can cause constipation.

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'Say no to power peeing' and other good tips from a pelvic floor physical therapist

Your pelvic floor supports organs like your bladder, bowels and reproductive system. Strengthen it with exercises and mantras (like "squeeze before you sneeze") from physical therapist Sara Reardon.

June 26, 2025
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From the pandemic to porn, here's how norms around sex are shifting for Gen Z

Journalist Carter Sherman says that members of Gen Z are having less sex than previous generations — due in part to the political and social climate. Her new book is The Second Coming.

June 24, 2025
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  • Tonya Mosley

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What separates the ultrarich from the just-plain-rich? The gigayacht.

A new collection of essays by New Yorker writer Evan Osnos, The Haves and Have-Yachts, provides rich research and material for the conversation about extreme wealth in America today.

June 22, 2025
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  • Frank Langfitt
Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, SC on June 2, 2025.

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10 years after the deadly church shooting, a new history of 'Mother Emanuel'

Reporter Kevin Sack's new book is a history of Charleston's Emanuel AME Church, the oldest Black congregation in the South, where a white supremacist killed nine worshippers a decade ago.

June 14, 2025
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  • Andrew Craig,
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When is forgetting normal — and when is it worrisome? A neuroscientist weighs in

Do you have trouble remembering names or where you put your keys? Neurologist Charan Ranganath, author of Why We Remember, talks about the science of memory. Originally broadcast Feb. 24, 2024.

June 06, 2025
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  • Terry Gross
Ocean Vuong's previous books include <em>Time is a Mother </em>and <em>Night Sky with Exit Wounds</em>.

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After his mother's death, Ocean Vuong wrote his way out of grief

Vuong's new novel, The Emperor of Gladness, is the first he's written, from start to finish, since his mother died in 2019. He says writing it was a way to honor her memory.

June 05, 2025
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  • Tonya Mosley
Husband and wife team Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball co-starred in <em>I Love Lucy </em>from 1951 until 1957.

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With 'I Love Lucy' and beyond, Desi Arnaz helped shaped TV as we know it

The success of I Love Lucy is often credited to Lucille Ball's comedic talent, but biographer Todd Purdum says Arnaz was more than just "second banana" to Lucy. He also helped shape the modern sitcom.

June 02, 2025
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  • Terry Gross
Jessica Slice with her two children.

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A disabled mom's message to parents: We all need help, and it's OK to ask for it

Raising two kids while living with an autonomic nervous system disorder taught Jessica Slice to embrace interdependence. Her story is a reminder to parents of the power of asking for help.

May 31, 2025
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  • Mara Gordon
Xi Jinping, left, with his father Xi Zhongxun in 1958.

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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

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In 'Words with Wings and Magic Things,' poetry is beautifully illustrated — and fun!

What do you get if you add poems that are "Shel Silverstein meets Rumi for kids" with pictures of yetis and primordial slime? Words with Wings and Magic Things, a book of illustrated poems for kids.

May 25, 2025
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  • Samantha Balaban
Joe Biden attends a roundtable session at the G7 world leaders summit in Italy, June 13, 2024.

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In 'Original Sin,' Jake Tapper describes a 'cover-up' of Joe Biden's decline

Tapper's book, co-authored by Alex Thompson, describes a president who struggled to function: "One person told us that the presidency was, at best, a five-person board with Joe Biden as chairman."

May 20, 2025
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  • Terry Gross
Axios reporter Alex Thompson (left) and CNN's Jake Tapper during an interview at NPR on Thursday.

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This new book explores how Biden's inner circle kept his mental decline from voters

A new book by CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios' Alex Thompson paints the story of how President Biden believed he was capable of serving a second term even though his inner circle hid that he wasn't.

May 19, 2025
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  • Courtney Dorning,
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  • Book News & Features

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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  • Samantha Balaban

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From apps to gadgets, 'Second Life' considers how tech is changing having a baby

When Amanda Hess learned her unborn child had a genetic condition, she turned to the internet — but didn't find reassurance. "My relationship with technology became so much more intense," she says.

May 09, 2025
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