Arts & Life

How Mormon Polygamy In The 19th Century Fueled Women's Activism

1:43pm January 17, 2017

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich says that for Mormon women living in 19th century Utah, "plural marriages" were empowering in complicated ways.

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Rachel Bloom Upends Romantic Comedy Tropes On 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'

1:43pm January 17, 2017

Bloom talks to Fresh Air's Ann Marie Baldonado about the CW musical comedy series, now in its second season, that she co-created and stars in. Bloom plays a woman who follows an ex across the country.

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'Transit' Is A Journey You Won't Want To End

7:00am January 17, 2017

by Heller McAlpin

Rachel Cusk's latest — the second in a trilogy that began with Outline — follows a writer unmoored by the breakup of her marriage, and the people she meets as she goes about her strange new life.

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'The New Odyssey' Allows Migrants Stories To Humanize The Crisis

6:05pm January 15, 2017

The Guardian's Migration Correspondent Patrick Kingsley's book The New Odyssey follows several migrants on their journeys from war-torn countries in the Middle East and Africa to Europe.

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A Wanderluster And A Wandering Eye

12:15pm January 15, 2017

Dear Sugar Radio is a podcast offering "radical empathy" and advice for the lost, lonely and heartsick. Today the hosts consider if it's worth it to have a short relationship away from home.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Ringmaster Kristen Michelle Wilson performs Saturday, in Orlando, Fla.

After 146 Years, Ringling Bros. And Barnum & Bailey Circus To Shut Down

8:02am January 15, 2017

by Emma Bowman

After struggling to remain relevant amid public concern for animal welfare, combined with high operation costs, "The Greatest Show On Earth" will come to an end in May, the company announced Saturday.

Arts

For This Relationship, It's Judgment Day

7:04pm January 14, 2017

Dear Sugar Radio is a podcast offering "radical empathy" and advice for the lost, lonely and heartsick. Today the hosts consider if it's OK to judge a man after he confessed to cheating in the past.

Jennifer Holliday at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., in 2013.

Jennifer Holliday Won't Be Performing At Trump Inauguration Event After All

4:18pm January 14, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The Broadway singer had accepted an invitation to sing at a welcome event for Donald Trump as a "bi-partisan songbird." By Saturday, she backed out of that decision, "calling it a lapse of judgement."

Customers at Puzzles Bakery & Café in Schenectady, N.Y. More than half the staff at the café has a developmental disability.

For People With Developmental Disabilities, Food Work Means More Self Reliance

1:50pm January 14, 2017

by Rhitu Chatterjee

Finding a job and building a life of their own can be a monumental challenge for people with developmental disabilities. But food work can be a good fit for many of them.

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A Century-Old Poet Looks Back — And Fearlessly Forward — In 'Purgatory'

8:08am January 14, 2017

by NPR Staff

Henry Morgenthau III had a long and eventful life even before he started writing poetry in his 90s. Now, at age 100, he's promoting his first poetry collection, called A Sunday in Purgatory.