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Ed Begley Jr. poses with his bike at Warner Bros. Studio in Burbank, Calif.

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'Wait Wait' for Nov. 13, 2021: Ed Begley Jr. plays Not My Job

9:02am November 13, 2021

Actor Ed Begley Jr. is has appeared in over 300 projects over 55 years. But there's one movie he wasn't in, so we invited him on the show to play, "Ed Begley Jr., Meet Bee Movie Sr."

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Britney Spears at the Billboard Music Awards in 2016 in Las Vegas.

Britney Spears' conservatorship has finally ended

7:11pm November 12, 2021

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

After 13 years living under a legal arrangement that controlled both her personal life and finances, the pop star was released from her conservatorship Friday.

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Encore: Dapper Dan, telling stories in leather, fur and logos

4:24pm November 12, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with fashion designer Dapper Dan about his memoir, Dapper Dan: Made In Harlem.

William Jackson Harper and Jessica Williams in Love Life.

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What's Making Us Happy: A Guide For Your Weekend Watching, Listening And Reading

2:00pm November 12, 2021

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: the show Love Life, the podcast The Shrink Next Door and more.

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'Storm Lake' documentary depicts the triumph and struggle of a local newspaper

1:34pm November 12, 2021

by Dave Davies

Journalist Art Cullen discusses the battle to keep print news alive in small-town America. Cullen runs Iowa's Storm Lake Times, along with his brother. Originally broadcast Sept. 16, 2021.

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Elliot Ackerman was awarded the Silver Star Medal, the Bronze Medal for Valor and the Purple Heart for his military service.

A Marine veteran says the contradictions of war can make you feel insane

12:41pm November 12, 2021

by Terry Gross

Elliot Ackerman served five tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, during which time, he says, he witnessed the absolute worst — as well as the absolute best — that human beings are capable of.

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Paul Rudd and Will Ferrell play an unethical therapist and his conflict-averse client in The Shrink Next Door.

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'The Shrink Next Door' amounts to less than the sum of its parts

8:03am November 12, 2021

by Eric Deggans

The new Apple TV+ series feels far removed from the comedies Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd have become known for.

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Winning Day of the Dead poem celebrates the spirit and dance of an old family friend

7:55am November 12, 2021

by Eileen Rodriguez

Casa Azul of Greensboro announced the winners of literary calaveritas, a Day of the Dead tradition of writing obituaries in verse for people who are alive.

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The casting of non-Jewish actors as Jewish characters is causing controversy

6:21am November 12, 2021

by Neda Ulaby

A new Apple+ TV show that is premiering Friday seems to reflect a trend of non-Jewish actors playing emphatically Jewish characters, which recently caught the ire of of comedian Sara Silverman.

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#FreeBritney activists outside the Stanley Mosk Courthouse during Spears' hearing in September, when a judge suspended Spears' father from her conservatorship.

What to look out for in Britney Spears' conservatorship hearing today

6:18am November 12, 2021

by Andrew Limbong

The pop-star's father, Jamie Spears, was suspended from the conservatorship in September. Now it's possible the arrangement could be dissolved entirely at a hearing later today.