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Carol Burnett: The 'Fresh Air' Interview

1:45pm January 29, 2016

The Emmy Award-winning host of The Carol Burnett Show receives a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild on Saturday. In 2003, Burnett spoke to Fresh Air about life and comedy.

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Gay teens Maalik (Curtiss Cook, Jr.) and Naz (Kerwin Johnson, Jr.) face rejection by their family and community, as well as suspicion from authorities, in Naz & Maalik.

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Young African-American Muslims Share A Hidden Love In 'Naz & Maalik'

1:45pm January 29, 2016

by David Edelstein

Jay Dockendorf's new film presents a day in the life of two gay African-American teens, who also happen to be devout Muslims. Critic David Edelstein calls Naz & Maalik "excitingly fresh."

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In the ABC miniseries Madoff, actor Richard Dreyfuss plays the former Nasdaq chairman who perpetrated one of the largest Ponzi schemes in U.S. history.

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Richard Dreyfuss: Like It Or Not, There's A Bit Of Bernie Madoff In All Of Us

10:30am January 29, 2016

by NPR Staff

"He was a completely despicable human being, but in order to achieve that he had to be lovable," says Dreyfuss, who plays the Ponzi-scheme perpetrator in an upcoming two-part ABC miniseries.

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What Do You Want To Do Before You Die?

10:01am January 29, 2016

by NPR/TED Staff

Artist Candy Chang turned an abandoned house into a giant chalkboard with the prompt: "Before I die I want to ____." Her neighbors' answers described the aspirations of their community.

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"Dying is seen as failing, and we had a heroic narrative for fighting together, but we didn't have a heroic narrative for letting go." - Amanda Bennett

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Do We Need A New Narrative For Death?

10:01am January 29, 2016

by NPR/TED Staff

Amanda Bennett explains why having hope while watching a loved one die shouldn't warrant a diagnosis of "denial." She calls for a more heroic narrative for death — to match the ones we have in life.

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Jae Rhim Lee models her mushroom burial suit at the TED conference.

Is There A Better Way To Be Buried?

10:01am January 29, 2016

by NPR/TED Staff

Can we commit our bodies to a cleaner, greener Earth, even after death? Jae Rhim Lee says it's possible by using a special burial suit seeded with pollution-gobbling mushrooms.

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Matthew O'Reilly shares his experiences of being an EMT in his TED talk.

Is Honesty The Best Policy When Someone Is Dying?

10:01am January 29, 2016

by NPR/TED Staff

As an emergency medical technician, Matthew O'Reilly was used to telling a white lie when patients asked if they were dying. O'Reilly describes what happened when he decided to tell the truth.

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How Can We Prepare For A Graceful Death?

10:01am January 29, 2016

by NPR/TED Staff

At the end of our lives, what do we most wish for? BJ Miller is a palliative care physician who thinks about how to create a dignified, graceful end of life for his patients.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: In Conversation With Fred Armisen And 'Welcome To Night Vale'

7:00am January 29, 2016

by Stephen Thompson

The gang's been snowed in, but there's still a new episode of the show, thanks to Linda Holmes' onstage discussions — one with Armisen and one with Night Vale creators Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor.

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Before it moved to the Museum of Fine Arts, Frida Kahlo's Dos Mujeres (Salvadora y Herminia) belonged to the family of American industrialist Jackson Cole Phillips, who purchased it from Kahlo in 1929.

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Boston Museum Acquires First Painting Frida Kahlo Ever Sold

6:26pm January 28, 2016

by Andrea Shea

Kahlo painted Dos Mujeres (Salvadora y Herminia) in 1928 and sold it in 1929. Conservators at the Museum of Fine Arts say the maids in the portrait may have cared for Kahlo after a violent car crash.

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