Arts & Life

For about 20 years starting in 1990, Brio magazine was the evangelical answer to Seventeen. Focus on the Family is bringing it back, saying they see a renewed need among teens for alternative voices.

Christian Teen Magazine 'Brio' Returns With A 'Biblical Worldview'

10:46am April 19, 2017

by Sarah McCammon

For about 20 years starting in 1990, Brio magazine was the evangelical answer to Seventeen. Focus on the Family is bringing it back, saying it sees a renewed need among teens for alternative voices.

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Before Bart, Homer and Marge had their own show, The Simpsons looked a bit different and were segments that were played between The Tracey Ullman Show and commercial breaks.

Arts

30 Years Later, 'The Simpsons' Are A Part Of The American Family

9:54am April 19, 2017

For 30 years Bart, Marge, Homer, Lisa, Maggie and the other citizens of Springfield have entertained people around the world. The Simpsons also created a path for many other animated sitcoms.

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The Woman Who Had Two Navels by Nick Joaquin

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Arts

A Potent, Uneasy Blend Of Passion And Fatalism In 'The Woman Who Had Two Navels'

7:00am April 19, 2017

by Genevieve Valentine

No matter what's happening in this new collection of work from the late Filipino writer Nick Joaquin, it's probably already too late — but that doesn't stop his characters from struggling.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a rally in front of the Capitol on March 22. She writes about the middle class and activism in her new book, This Fight Is Our Fight.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren's Call To Action: 'This Fight' Will Take Everybody

7:48pm April 18, 2017

by Audie Cornish

"Everybody's got to get out there and find the piece that they can do," the Democratic Massachusetts senator says. She talks to NPR's Audie Cornish about her new book, the middle class and activism.

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'Locking Up Our Own' Details The Mass Incarceration Of Black Men

4:33pm April 18, 2017

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with author James Forman, Jr., about his new book, Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America. It tells the story of how African Americans in law enforcement made the war on drugs very much their war.

Alyssa Mastromonaco sits with President Barack Obama aboard Air Force One in 2012. Mastromonaco served as the president's director of scheduling and advance from 2009 until 2011, then became his deputy chief of staff for operations from 2011 until 2014.

'I Basically Ran On Adrenaline': A Staffer Remembers Obama's White House

4:12pm April 18, 2017

by Terry Gross

Alyssa Mastromonaco worked in the West Wing for six exhilarating and exhausting years. She describes that era in her new memoir, Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?

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Arts

An Insignificant Hustler Yearns To Be A Big-Time Operator In The Ironic 'Norman'

2:12pm April 18, 2017

by John Powers

Israeli filmmaker Joseph Cedar centers his new movie on a wannabe dealmaker, played by Richard Gere. Critic John Powers calls Norman a mordantly funny drama with a "dazzlingly revelatory" ending.

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Michelle Wilson and Johanna Day star in Sweat, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Lynn Nottage.

Arts

Hey You, Prestige Television Fan: Here's Why You Should See A New Play

12:32pm April 18, 2017

by Linda Holmes

While musicals have good pop-culture presence in many cases, plays tend not to. But in an environment that has embraced idiosyncratic and complicated TV, there's no better time to change that.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks during a campaign rally in Raleigh, N.C., on Nov. 8, 2016.

'Shattered' Picks Through The Broken Pieces Of Hillary Clinton's Dream

9:29am April 18, 2017

by Ron Elving

A new book goes behind the scenes of Clinton's presidential bid. "There is no Big Reveal," says NPR's Ron Elving. "Instead we get a slow-building case against [her campaign's] concept and execution."

Lena Dunham in the series finale of Girls.

Arts

In Subdued Epilogue, 'Girls' Finale Leaves New York, Most Of The Cast Behind

8:55am April 18, 2017

by Eric Deggans

After six seasons of subversive self-absorption, and a week past performing a post-mortem on the core friend group, Lena Dunham's HBO show ends with Hannah's flailing lurch into woman- and motherhood.