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Connie Britton plays Dee Dee, a wealthy woman who has lost her husband, in Dear Edward.

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'Dear Edward' tugs — and tugs, and tugs — at your heartstrings

5:00am February 04, 2023

by Linda Holmes

If you enjoyed having a good cry over This Is Us, then Dear Edward, about the aftermath of a plane crash, is for you. But it's a Very Sad Show and your heartstrings should know what they're in for.

Pedro Pascal plays Joel Miller in The Last of Us.

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What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend viewing

5:01pm February 03, 2023

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: The Last of Us, The Looney Tunes Show and Ice Merchants.

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Novelist Julie Otsuka draws on her own family history in 'The Swimmers'

1:33pm February 03, 2023

by Terry Gross

Otsuka has recently been awarded the Carnegie Medal for Excellence for her novel about a Japanese American woman who's lost much of her memory to dementia. Originally broadcast Feb. 22, 2022.

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Remembering Victor Navasky, longtime editor and publisher of 'The Nation'

1:33pm February 03, 2023

by Terry Gross

The Nation doubled in circulation under Navasky's tenure. He went on to teach at Columbia University, and chaired the Columbia Journalism Review. He died Jan 23. Originally broadcast in 1982.

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Ill-informed TV correspondent Philomena Cunk (Diane Morgan) travels around the world in Cunk on Earth.

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Clunky title aside, 'Cunk on Earth' is a mockumentary with cult classic potential

1:33pm February 03, 2023

by David Bianculli

An ill-informed TV correspondent travels the world — with hilarious results — in Netflix's new oddball show. Diane Morgan's delivery is deliciously dry, and her improv skills are formidable.

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The magic of being a Black nerd in Black History Month

12:19pm February 03, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with co-creator of Black Nerds Create Bayana Davis about the collective's month-long digital celebration: Black Magical History Month.

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Molly Tuttle is right at home at The Station Inn in Nashville, Tenn.

In bluegrass, as in life, Molly Tuttle would rather be a 'Crooked Tree'

10:35am February 03, 2023

Molly Tuttle's new album is her third. But in many ways, it's a reintroduction – of her prodigious guitar talent, of her personal story, and to the Recording Academy that decides Grammy Awards.

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Indian couple Utkarsh Saxena, left, and Ananya Kotia, chat inside a public park in New Delhi, India, Jan. 18, 2023. The couple, now 15 years into their relationship, is joined by three other couples who have filed a petition to India's Supreme Court that seeks the legalization of same-sex marriage.

In India, couples begin their legal battle for same-sex marriage

3:04am February 03, 2023

by The Associated Press

Couples have filed petitions to India's Supreme Court seeking the legalization of same-sex marriage. The decision could make India the second economy in Asia after Taiwan to recognize the unions.

Beyoncé performs at the Oscars in March 2022. Her "Renaissance" World Tour later this year will mark her first solo tour since 2016.

Beyoncé's Renaissance tour is Ticketmaster's next big test. Fans are already stressed

8:06pm February 02, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

The first round of tickets to Beyoncé's highly anticipated Renaissance world tour go on sale next week. Ticketmaster is under pressure to avoid a repeat of the Taylor Swift debacle in November.

Iryna Zhalovska and other dancers with The United Ukrainian Ballet train at The Kennedy Center. The company is performing Giselle there this week.

60 dancers who fled the war now take the stage — as The United Ukrainian Ballet

4:19pm February 02, 2023

by Elizabeth Blair

The company, based in The Hague, is currently in Washington, D.C., performing Giselle at The Kennedy Center. The Ukrainian Ambassador says the ballet corps is like a secret weapon.