Tarta Relena: Tiny Desk x globalFEST 2024
The Spanish duo's timeless, poetic songs evoke images of lyricists and vocalists from centuries past.
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'SCTV' star and comedian Joe Flaherty dies at 82
The Emmy winner starred with John Candy and Catherine O'Hara in "SCTV,″ about a fictional TV station. Flaherty's characters included network boss Guy Caballero and the vampiric TV host Count Floyd.
Experts weigh in on how to foster healthy stepsibling relationships
Researchers have learned a lot about blended families, since the 1970s — when the Brady Bunch painted a perfect picture of step siblings getting along. Some of their advice might surprise you.
Black girls have the spotlight in horror anthology 'The Black Girl Survives This One'
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Desiree Evans and Saraciea Fennell about their anthology of horror stories from Black writers with the racial and gender representation they've longed for in the genre.
Amor Towles checked in to the Beverly Hills Hotel to edit new novella
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Amor Towles about his new short story collection Table for Two and how his novella picked up Eve's story where he left off in Rules of Civility.
'La Chimera' is marvelous — right up to its most magical ending
An archeological tomb robber wanders Italy, haunted by the memory of lost love. La Chimera is a playful fable that builds to not one but two thrilling scenes of underground exploration.
'Lilith' cuts to the heart of the gun debate and school shootings
Eric Rickstad's novel is full of sadness and rage; it forces readers to look at one of the ugliest parts of U.S. culture, a too-common occurrence that is extremely rare in other countries.
What The Beatles and Beyoncé's 'Blackbird' means to this Little Rock Nine member
A fan of both The Beatles and Beyoncé, 82-year-old Melba Pattillo Beals says the song is more special to her than ever. She is one of the Black students who helped desegregate U.S. public schools.
Why haven't NCAA fans always followed the WNBA? Sue Bird has her theories
Bird notes that WNBA players represent society's most marginalized groups. "We're Black, we're women, we're gay," she says. "And those are the groups that are held back in our society."
Three presidents and not a necktie in sight. Are ties out of fashion?
Prompted by a recent photo of three U.S. presidents in suits without neckwear, fashion historian Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell details about how popular ties are — or aren't.