You Made This
From the film Save Yourselves! actors Sunita Mani and John Reynolds play a game about commonly-known things that are named after less commonly-known people.
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Kyra Sedgwick
Actor Kyra Sedgwick discusses her nearly four decade spanning career and her new comedy series, Call Your Mother. Then, she is challenged to a game about great goats.
A.J. Jacobs: What's The Power Of A Simple Thank-You?
When A.J. Jacobs set out to thank everyone who made his morning cup of coffee, he realized the chain of thank-you's was endless. This hour, Jacobs shares ideas on gratitude — and how to make it count.
'It's A Sin' Brings A Lost Generation Of Gay Men To Life
A new British TV drama looks at the lives of gay men in London at the very start of the AIDS crisis — back when no one wanted to stop the party, and no one thought the virus could touch them.
The Art Of Building An Ice Palace
People in Saranac Lake, NY have been building massive palaces out of ice since 1898. It's a folk art that requires a lot of caution and tolerance for bitter cold.
U-Roy, Jamaican Vocalist Who Defined Dancehall And Presaged Hip-Hop, Dies At 78
Influenced by jazz, the Kingston-born vocalist revolutionized the art of occupying a space with his words. "Before U-Roy, no one was toasting," Grammy winner Sean Paul tells NPR.
Ava DuVernay On Array Crew, A Database To Diversify Hollywood Production Personnel
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with filmmaker Ava DuVernay about her new database, Array Crew, and how it may help diversify who works on the sets of Hollywood productions.
'Theater In Quarantine': All The World's A Stage, Including This Closet
Even in a pandemic, the show must go on. For Joshua William Gelb and Katie Rose McLaughlin, that meant converting a closet into a theater. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to them about their project.
Nintendo's 'Super Mario 3D World' Gets Another Chance On The Switch
The original Super Mario 3D World was one of the many good Wii U games that never got a chance, because no one bought the console. Now, it's getting a new lease on life as a Switch re-release.
You Actually Will Be Talking About 'No One Is Talking About This'
Patricia Lockwood's first novel follows an Extremely Online woman whose life changes forever when her niece is born with a serious illness — which sounds Hallmark-ready, but Lockwood pulls it off.