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Pandemic Gardens Satisfy A Hunger For More Than Just Good Tomatoes

7:59am May 09, 2020

by Petra Mayer

The victory gardens of the 1940s helped people contribute to the war effort from the safety of home. 75 years later, vegetable gardens are having a resurgence, for similiar reasons.

Grace Farris, Chief of Hospital Medicine at Mount Sinai West, explains how songs have become welcome hospital anthems in otherwise difficult times.

COMIC: Hospitals Turn To Alicia Keys, U2 And The Beatles To Sing Patients Home

7:00am May 09, 2020

by Grace Farris

Call them victory anthems. Every time a patient with COVID-19 is well enough to be discharged, hospitals in New York and elsewhere play songs of celebration over the intercom. A doctor explains.

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These 'Little Eyes' Watch The World Burn

7:00am May 09, 2020

by Jason Sheehan

In her new novel, Samanta Schweblin gives everyone in the world a little critter that's basically a Furby with a webcam — naturally, this does not end well, for the owners, the devices, or anyone.

Beanie Feldstein stars as Johanna Morrigan in How To Build A Girl, adapted from Caitlin Moran's 2014 semi-autobiographical novel.

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It's Not Just A Phase: 'How To Build A Girl' Is About A Teen Still Figuring It Out

4:01pm May 08, 2020

by Ailsa Chang

Beanie Feldstein stars in the film adaptation of Caitlin Moran's 2014 semi-autobiographical novel. She says this movie "gives everyone permission to make mistakes."

And Then They Stopped Talking to Me: Making Sense of Middle School, by Judith Warner

Judith Warner's New Book On Middle School Suggests It Doesn't Have To Be All Bad

4:01pm May 08, 2020

by Mary Louise Kelly

The author of And Then They Stopped Talking To Me tells NPR, "I expected middle schoolers to be these sorts of monsters. And they weren't. They were just kids."

Cooks work in the kitchen of the Paul Bocuse's restaurant "L'auberge du Pont de Collonges" on the eve of the official reopening after renovation works, on Jan. 23, in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or near Lyon, southeastern France.

In 'Dirt,' Bill Buford Is Able To Offer An Authentic Adventure In French Cooking

2:40pm May 08, 2020

by Eleanor Beardsley

As a longtime Paris resident, at first I feared Dirt might be yet another expat tale of moving to France en famille, with all its tedious clichés. I should have known better.

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Stephen Sondheim's Star-Studded 90th Birthday Salute Made For Perfect TV

1:52pm May 08, 2020

by David Bianculli

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Neil Patrick Harris, Josh Groban and Meryl Streep are just a few of the artists featured in Take Me to the World, a tribute to the iconic Broadway composer and lyricist.

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As Seen On TV

1:22pm May 08, 2020

Comedians Ashley Nicole Black (A Black Lady Sketch Show) and Chelsea Devantez (Bless This Mess) order this audio quiz about infomercials just in time to get free shipping and handling.

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Anagrams For Beginners

1:22pm May 08, 2020

Comedians Ashley Nicole Black and Chelsea Devantez join forces to unscramble two-word phrases where both words are anagrams of each other.

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A History of Hair

1:22pm May 08, 2020

Comedians Aparna Nancherla (BoJack Horseman) and Joyelle Nicole Johnson (Crashing) take a quiz on the history of hairstyling and hair trends.

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