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'Jaws,' the original summer blockbuster, is turning 50. Hear NPR's review from 1975

4:04pm June 19, 2025

Jaws is 50 years old this week. In 1975, it launched the career of Director Steven Spielberg and introduced the concept of the summer blockbuster. Hear Tom Shales' original review for NPR.

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Pastor's book 'Queer & Christian' is about more than LGBTQ acceptance

4:02pm June 19, 2025

by Jason DeRose

In the new book Queer & Christian, author and pastor Brandan Robertson makes the case for reclaiming the bible, faith and the church for LGBTQ+ people.

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Horror, a documentary, or kids, there are only good choices at the movies this weekend

9:00am June 19, 2025

This weekend at the movies, you can see films about a raging virus and another about a lesson in childhood friendships. What's not to like?

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For painter Titus Kaphar, forgiveness is 'a weight lifted off of your shoulders'

9:00am June 19, 2025

Kaphar draws on his own painful relationship with his father in his film, Exhibiting Forgiveness. He says the project gave him a new sympathy for his dad. Originally broadcast Oct. 24, 2024.

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'This is American history': 'Caste' author Isabel Wilkerson on the meaning of Juneteenth

5:00am June 19, 2025

by Michel Martin

Journalist and author Isabel Wilkerson reflects on this year's Juneteenth celebrations — and the push and pull of the Black experience in America.

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4th Annual Black On The Block Juneteenth Festival

Despite new challenges, Juneteenth event organizers are unbowed

5:00am June 19, 2025

Organizers of Juneteenth celebrations across the U.S. tell NPR how they're feeling this year. And NPR presents a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation.

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'Jaws,' the original summer blockbuster, is turning 50. Hear NPR's review from 1975

4:57am June 19, 2025

by Tom Shales

"Jaws" is 50 years old this week. In 1975, it launched the career of director Steven Spielberg and introduced the concept of the summer blockbuster. Hear Tom Shales' original review for NPR.

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Looking for summertime suspense? Turn up the heat with these 4 mystery novels

10:47am June 18, 2025

Maureen Corrigan recommends four great reads: El Dorado Drive, by Megan Abbott; The House on Buzzards Bay, by Dwyer Murphy; King of Ashes, by S.A. Cosby; and Murder Takes a Vacation, by Laura Lippman.

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'Labubu' is a plush toy that is causing a frenzy. Here's its origin story

10:07am June 18, 2025

Labubus are a global sensation — sparking long lines outside toy stores, selling out online within minutes, and listing for double or triple their original price on resale markets. Here's why.

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In 'Hysterical,' a podcaster unpacks a mysterious contagious illness among teen girls

9:00am June 18, 2025

by Tonya Mosley

Dan Taberski won a "Podcast of the Year" award for his investigation of a 2011 outbreak of tics and spasms in one high school. He's also the creator of the "Missing Richard Simmons" podcast.

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