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Savage Tongues, by Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi

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A Novel That Invokes History — But Can't Quite Define It

5:00am August 07, 2021

by Kamil Ahsan

In Savage Tongues, Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi gives us a protagonist who speaks often of history and how it's affected her — but what, exactly, is "history" to her? Readers will be left wondering.

Remembering Greenville, A 'Quirky' California Town Devastated By The Dixie Fire

6:22pm August 06, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with reporter Margaret Elysia Garcia about the eulogy she wrote for her town of Greenville, Calif., which was mostly devastated by the Dixie Fire this week.

The crowd catches Wes Borland's guitar during the Lollapalooza music festival last weekend at Grant Park in Chicago.

So Much For 'Hot Vax Summer.' Delta Puts A Damper On Festivals And Concerts

5:27pm August 06, 2021

by Elizabeth Blair

As summer festivals and massive concerts returned this month amid the promise of "hot vax summer," the surge in the delta variant has disrupted plans for carefree live music.

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'Fallout' Tells The Story Of The Journalist Who Exposed The 'Hiroshima Cover-Up'

1:40pm August 06, 2021

by Dave Davies

Lesley M.M. Blume's book tells the story of John Hersey, whose on-the-ground reporting in Hiroshima, Japan, exposed the world to the devastation of nuclear weapons. Originally broadcast Aug. 19, 2020.

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Remembering Inventor And TV Pitchman Ron Popeil

1:40pm August 06, 2021

by Terry Gross

Popeil, who died July 28, was an infomercial pioneer whose products included the Chop-O-Matic, the Veg-O-Matic, the smokeless ashtray and many other household gadgets. Originally broadcast in 1993.

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You don't necessarily see Jason Sudeikis kick a lot of soccer balls as Ted Lasso, but this week? Well, well, well.

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'Ted Lasso' Recap, Season 2: Let's Go To The Tape

3:00am August 06, 2021

by Linda Holmes

Sam Obisanya has a moral crisis, Jamie Tartt has to get over himself, and Rebecca has a wonderful visitor on this week's installment of Ted Lasso.

Romance Writers Of America Was Doing Better With Race — Until A Recent Award Choice

5:35pm August 05, 2021

by Karen Grigsby Bates

After a racism controversy, the national trade organization for romance writers had been making progress. Then, they gave a major prize to a book whose hero murdered Native Americans at Wounded Knee.

A still from KATA: Transient Geometry (MF Edit) from Gene Coleman on Vimeo.

Listen To New Music Inspired By Karate's Olympic Debut

4:56pm August 05, 2021

by Neda Ulaby

Musicians in the U.S. and Japan are collaborating in honor of the first Olympic karate competition: Composers tracked the brainwaves of people performing karate, and turned that data into music.

Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard play an anguished celebrity couple in Annette.

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Strange, Singular, Audacious 'Annette' Works As An Odd, Original Rock Opera

1:32pm August 05, 2021

by Justin Chang

Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard play a celebrity couple in this extravagant movie musical. Critic Justin Chang warns you'll have to get on the film's bizarre wavelength, but he's grateful it exists.

The "Proximity Dress" which expands to reinforce social distancing when someone gets too close.

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Fashion and Tech Join Forces To Create A Dress That Signals When People Get Too Close

1:01pm August 05, 2021

by Kelley Dickens

Dutch fashion designer and engineer Anouk Wipprecht distinctive 'fashion tech' designs combine couture, interactive technology and artificial intelligence.