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Willie Mae Thornton was a foremother of rock. These kids carry her legacy forward

7:55am December 11, 2022

by Allyson McCabe

Women are underrepresented as artists and songwriters and make up less than 3% of credited music producers. For women of color that number is even lower. That's why Willie Mae is so important.

A visitor looks at an Advent calendar from 1966 of the former East Germany at a 2008 museum exhibit in Leipzig.

Advent calendars, explained: Where they came from and why they're everywhere now

5:00am December 11, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

What started as a Christmas countdown has increasingly become a retail opportunity. While Advent calendars have evolved over the centuries, they still accomplish some of their original objectives.

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'Wait Wait' for Dec. 10, 2022: Live at Carnegie Hall with Gayle King!

12:04pm December 10, 2022

Gayle King is journalism royalty. From her early days at NBC to her ongoing run as co-host of CBS Mornings, she's done it all. But, what does she know about Gale Kings, AKA weathermen?

With TikTok trends like "copy-paste Latinas", the standard for what a Latinx woman could or should look like is squeezed into a very narrow set of ideals.

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How Latin identity became fodder for content

9:15am December 10, 2022

by Manuela López Restrepo

From TikTok trends to mainstream music, popular culture is embracing — and mimicking — Latinos, with some creators actually pretending to be Latinx for social cachet.

I Don't Care, written by Julie Fogliano and illustrated by Molly Idle and Juana Martinez-Neal

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'I Don't Care' is a book about what matters in friendship, illustrated by best friends

7:50am December 10, 2022

by Samantha Balaban

When illustrator Molly Idle read the text of Julie Fogliano's children's book, she immediately thought of her buddy Juana Martinez-Neal — and in true friend form — she volunteered her for the job.

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The most mispronounced words on live TV this year

7:50am December 10, 2022

by Scott Simon

Negroni sbagliato, Edinburgh,and Zaporizhzhia are among the most mispronounced words on live TV this year, according to The Captioning Group, which keeps track of such things.

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Encore: Author Jamil Jan Kochai reunites with his 2nd-grade teacher who taught him English

7:50am December 10, 2022

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to author Jamil Jan Kochai and his 2nd-grade teacher, Susannah Lung, who taught him how to read and write English after his family moved to the U.S. from Pakistan.

People fill up containers with drinking water at a fountain outside of the Church of the Archangel Saint Michael after morning service in Borodianka on Sunday.

Life in a Ukrainian town: rampaging Russians, power cuts, a visit by Banksy

5:00am December 10, 2022

by Greg Myre

Borodianka was largely reduced to rubble by the Russian invasion. It's become a symbol of the devastation inflicted by the Russian forces, and attracted a recent visit by the artist Banksy.

Jennifer Hadley's overall winning photo of a 3-month-old cub tumbling out of a tree.

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We're not lion: The 2022 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards are a good laugh

5:00am December 10, 2022

by Ashley Ahn

Jennifer Hadley claimed the top prize for her photo of a 3-month-old lion cub tumbling out of a tree in the Serengeti region of Tanzania.

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

8:50pm December 09, 2022

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: South Side, Treasure Planet, the Sight & Sound film list, Matt Rogers and more.