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Condola Rashad Talks Joan Of Arc On Broadway

8:07am May 05, 2018

Condola Rashad stars in St. Joan on Broadway and tells NPR's Scott Simon that Joan of Arc will always be fascinating as a woman who did what she believed and led thousands of soldiers to victory.

"Love that Bunch" by Aline Kominsky Crumb

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'Love That Bunch' Immortalizes Lifelong Troublemaker Aline Kominsky-Crumb

4:00am May 05, 2018

by Etelka Lehoczky

This heavy, important-feeling retrospective covers several decades of Kominsky-Crumb's flawed but fascinating work. Our critic says it's certainly comprehensive — but lacking somewhat in fun.

Dylan Marron reaches out to people who leave angry messages on his videos and talks with them about what made them so mad. "Empathy is the crucial tool to getting these conversations off the ground," he says.

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In 'Conversations With People Who Hate Me' An Activist Calls Up His Worst Critics

5:44pm May 04, 2018

by Audie Cornish

Dylan Marron decided to reach out to commenters who left nasty messages on his online videos. He asks a simple question: "Do you want to move this online conversation offline?"

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Swedish Academy Won't Award Nobel In Literature Following Sex-Abuse Scandal

5:44pm May 04, 2018

by Petra Mayer

The Swedish Academy — the body that awards Nobel Prizes — has announced that the literature prize will not be given this year. The decision follows a spate of infighting and allegations of sexual misconduct against the husband of an Academy member.

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2 Women Share The Stress And Sleeplessness Of Motherhood In 'Tully'

3:29pm May 04, 2018

by David Edelstein

An exhausted mother hires a free-spirited night nurse to tend to her baby in a Diablo Cody's latest film. Critic David Edelstein calls Tully a "strange and mythic" movie.

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Breaking Down Brahms

1:26pm May 04, 2018

Brahms was composing in the late 19th century, but he worshipped music of the past. In this episode, Peter shows us how Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven all find their way into Brahms' music.

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Jenn Colella appears on Ask Me Another at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

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Jenn Colella And The Phantom Broadway Tattoo

11:43am May 04, 2018

Actor Jenn Colella talks about befriending the real-life inspiration behind her character in the Broadway musical Come From Away. Then, she plays a game about Broadway musical-related tattoos.

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"Yeah You Know Me": Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the subject of RBG, a documentary about her life and work.

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Jurist, Prudent: Documentary 'RBG' Profiles Ginsburg On And Off The Bench

11:42am May 04, 2018

by Andrew Lapin

Co-directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West's doc preaches to the choir, and does so most effectively when it focuses on Ruth Bader Ginsburg's career and not the memes that have accrued to her.

Art Chung, Jonathan Coulton, and Ophira Eisenberg appear on Ask Me Another.

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Beauty And The Feast

10:54am May 04, 2018

In this game, contestants must replace one word in the title of a Disney song with a food that rhymes with that word — it's a roll new world!

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Contestants Jake Douglas and Megan Osimanti compete in a game on Ask Me Another at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

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Real Or Fake News?

10:54am May 04, 2018

NPR has an April Fools' Day tradition of airing a fake humorous news piece in one of its news shows. Can you tell the difference between the fake news stories and the merely bizarre ones?

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