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Comedian Drew Michael And Director Jerrod Carmichael On Pushing Stand-Up's Boundaries

6:23pm September 03, 2018

Comedian Drew Michael's new HBO special is missing something glaring: an audience. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Michael and director Jerrod Carmichael about pushing the boundaries of stand-up comedy.

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Amazon Studios Says There Is No Planned Release Date For Latest Woody Allen Film

4:30pm September 03, 2018

by Kim Masters

Amazon Studios says there is no release date for Woody Allen's new film. The move comes after renewed attention to sexual abuse allegations by his daughter Dylan Farrow.

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'Awkward' And 'Insecure' Get To The Root Of Writer Issa Rae's Humor

1:54pm September 03, 2018

by Terry Gross

A self-described "awkward black girl," Rae is now nominated for an Emmy for her starring role on Insecure, the HBO series she created. Originally broadcast Nov. 8, 2016.

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'The Crown' Creator Sees Britain's Royals As 'Just A Regular Family'

1:54pm September 03, 2018

by Dave Davies

In his Emmy-nominated Netflix series, Peter Morgan explores the shame, regret and "misdemeanors of the past" that haunt the House of Windsor. Originally broadcast Jan. 16, 2018.

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Trevor Noah Says He Grew Up 'In The Shadow Of A Giant' (His Mom)

1:54pm September 03, 2018

by Terry Gross

The host of the Emmy-nominated Daily Show revisits his childhood in apartheid-era South Africa in the memoir, Born a Crime. Originally broadcast Nov. 22, 2016.

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A fire burned Sunday at the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro.

In Brazil's National Museum Fire, Officials Fear 'Incalculable' Loss Of Artifacts

1:13pm September 03, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

The blaze started Sunday night, spreading through the 200-year-old building and engulfing some of its 20 million artifacts.

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'Dog Symphony' Is Less A Novel Than A Mood Given Form

10:00am September 02, 2018

by Jason Sheehan

Sam Munson has written a weird book that doesn't try to hide its weirdness. It's nominally about a professor of prison architecture visitng a conference in Buenos Aires — but then there are the dogs.

Benjamin Rush, the medical doctor and Founding Father, took after the Renaissance-man civic participation of his mentor, Benjamin Franklin.

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'Rush': The Other Founding Father From Philadelphia Named Benjamin

9:42am September 02, 2018

by Melissa Block

Stephen Fried's biography argues that Benjamin Rush — a pioneering physician, writer and a signatory to the Declaration of Independence — belongs on the historical tier of Benjamin Franklin.

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Monica Lewinsky leaves her family's home in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles, May 26, 1998.

Excerpt: 'Monica' From Ken Starr's Forthcoming Memoir 'Contempt'

9:27am September 02, 2018

Ken Starr offers his first detailed public reflections of the independent counsel probe of President Clinton, 20 years later. Here you can read the first published excerpt — a chapter titled "Monica."

In Minding the Gap, filmmaker Bing Liu uses old and new footage of his skateboarder friends Keire Johnson (left) and Zack Mulligan (right) to track the turbulent upbringings and present-day struggles of all three.

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In 'Minding The Gap,' Skateboarding Is The Least Of The Pain

7:43am September 02, 2018

by Melissa Block

Bing Liu's documentary tracks two fellow skaters on and off the streets of Rockford, Ill. As it turns out, all three men are grappling with the lasting trauma of parental abuse.

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