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Looking for 'nomance': Study finds teens want less sex in their TV and movies

A new study about young Americans' entertainment consumption habits suggests that Gen Z is far more interested in seeing screen stories of platonic relationships than those featuring sex and romance.

November 01, 2023
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  • Chloe Veltman
Writer Diana Helmuth wanted to learn what it means to be a practicing witch. So she spent a year delving into the occult.

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'I was tired of God being dead': How one woman was drawn to witchcraft

Witches have long cast a spell on our imaginations, but real people practice witchcraft too. One woman dedicated a year to find out what it means to be a practicing witch.

November 01, 2023
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  • Mallory Yu

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What is a walking school bus? Hint: It has no tires but lots of feet and lots of soul

So what is a walking school bus? A new children's book set in South Africa tells the story of some intrepid youngsters who figured out a way to stay safe during their long walk to class.

October 31, 2023
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  • Vicky Hallett

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In 'White Holes,' Carlo Rovelli takes readers beyond the black hole horizon

Physicist Carlo Rovelli is unique among modern scientists who write for popular audiences in his ability to capture the purest essence of his science with both precision and lyricism.

October 31, 2023
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  • Adam Frank
Adam Kinzinger delivers remarks during the fifth hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack, in June 2022.

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He says he's a moderate Republican, and the party is on a 'slide to authoritarianism'

Adam Kinzinger describes himself as a Republican moderate; something he says is a dying breed in American politics.

October 31, 2023
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
Anita Gail Jones is the author of "The Peach Seed".

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A carved peach seed links generations in Georgia-native Anita Gail Jones' debut novel

A long-lost love returns in Albany, Ga., native Anita Gail Jones' debut novel.

October 31, 2023
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  • Peter Biello
Josephine Baker (left), Mollie Moon (right) and the newly crowned Miss Beaux Arts Ball, 1960.

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How Black socialite Mollie Moon raised millions to fund the civil rights movement

Historian Tanisha Ford tells the story of the Harlem activist credited with raising millions to build economic and racial equality in the U.S. Ford's new book is Our Secret Society.

October 30, 2023
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  • Tonya Mosley

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Alice McDermott's 'Absolution' transports her signature characters to Vietnam

McDermott's latest novel, which centers on two American women who meet in Saigon in 1963, explores themes of religion, humility and insistent charitable intervention.

October 30, 2023
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  • Maureen Corrigan

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Looking for ghost stories? Here are 5 new YA books that will haunt you

Heading into Halloween, we have a few suggested new reads. Some are genuinely terrifying, some more benevolent — but all are guaranteed to provide an atmospheric glimpse through the veil.

October 28, 2023
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  • Caitlyn Paxson
Britney Spears, left, joins Madonna for a guest appearance during one of Madonna's Los Angeles tour dates in 2008.

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Madonna and Britney Spears: It's them against the world

Two new books chronicle the lives of two pop idols, Madonna and Britney Spears. The way each came to stardom — and what happened to them after — illuminates why their paths have been so different.

October 28, 2023
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
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Novelist John Le Carré reflects on his own 'Legacy' of spying

The late spy novelist is the subject of a new documentary by Errol Morris, The Pigeon Tunnel. Le Carré worked for MI5 and MI6 early in his career. Originally broadcast in 1989 and 2017.

October 27, 2023
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  • Terry Gross

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'Diaries of War' traces two personal accounts — one from Ukraine, one from Russia

Through images and words, author Nora Krug illustrates the day-to-day lives of two individuals and their families living within warring nations.

October 26, 2023
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  • Tahneer Oksman
Werner Herzog describes his dramatic narration in films as a "stylized voice." At home with his wife, he says, "I am a mild-mannered, fluffy husband."<a href="#_msocom_2" data-key="44824"></a>

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Werner Herzog says it's not good to circle 'your own navel' but writes a memoir anyway

Herzog reflects on the curiosity that's fueled his career in the new memoir, Every Man for Himself and God Against All. Just don't expect a deep confessional: "I never liked too deep introspection."

October 25, 2023
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  • Terry Gross
Scholastic says it will stop offering the controversial collection of race- and gender-related titles at middle school book fairs starting in January.

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Scholastic backtracks, saying it will stop separating diverse books for fairs in 2024

Scholastic faced backlash for putting books dealing with race, gender and sexuality in their own optional category for middle school book fairs. It's now apologizing and working to reverse course.

October 25, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman

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  • Book Reviews

'The Comfort of Crows' is fuel to restore spirts in dealing with ecological grief

Here the New York Times columnist and author of Late Migrations and Graceland Margaret Renkl brings alive in 52 chapters her love for the animals and plants in her yard and nearby parks in Tennessee.

October 25, 2023
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