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Wrexham, the soccer club owned by 2 Hollywood stars, nears Premier League dream

4:24am April 29, 2025

by A Martínez

Wrexham AFC, owned by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, has been promoted for the third time in 3 years. Commentator Roger Bennett explains how the team did it — and why he wouldn't bet against them.

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Mini art prints from vending machines make one artist's dream

5:25pm April 28, 2025

by Jordan-Marie Smith

Print artist Ana Inciardi is making vending machines fun again. Instead of snacks, Inciardi's devices produce prints you can collect for the low price of four quarters.

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This Hollywood memoir is an expertly mixed cocktail of history and family drama

11:49am April 28, 2025

Matthew Specktor grew up the son of a famous Hollywood agent. In The Golden Hour he serves up family saga, cultural criticism, fictionalized biography, history and lament for a vanishing world.

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'Of My Own Making' recounts a painful past -- and what it takes to change

11:48am April 28, 2025

by Tonya Mosley

Memoirist and executive Daria Burke grew up in 1980s Detroit amid addiction and instability. She spent years trying to outrun that past by building a carefully curated, outwardly successful life.

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What connects Fredéric Chopin, Marcel Proust and Jim Morrison? A final resting place

6:00am April 28, 2025

The Secret Life of a Cemetery is a paean to the renowned Parisian cemetery, Père Lachaise. There, 10,000 visitors a day seek the graves of some 4,500 notable figures.

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Worried that she might have cancer, a young woman is comforted by a kind stranger

5:00am April 28, 2025

After getting some irregular test results, Alexis Agnew left her doctor's appointment in tears. On her way out of the office, a receptionist stopped Alexis and comforted her while she cried.

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Madison McFerrin: Tiny Desk Concert

5:00am April 28, 2025

Madison McFerrin, who creates instruments in real-time out of her looped vocals, previews songs from her upcoming album SCORPIO backed by a Chicago-based band and a sister vocal trio.

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Violinist Esther Abrami uncovers 'hidden treasure' of music by women

5:00am April 28, 2025

by Michel Martin

French violinist and social media influencer Esther Abrami releases her new album, Women, featuring music by female composers in a bid to redress historic biases.

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'Notes to John' completes late author Joan Didion's trilogy on grief

6:14pm April 27, 2025

by Scott Detrow

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Knopf publisher Jordan Pavlin and Shelley Wanger, Joan Didion's longtime editor and one of her literary trustees, about the new book "Notes to John."

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What makes for a good dystopian film? NPR producers weigh in

6:09pm April 27, 2025

by Marc Rivers

In the latest installment of our film series, All Things Considered staffers weigh in on what makes for a good dystopian film.

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