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Barbershop: Cosby Convicted, Kanye West's Tweets, Buffalo Bills Quarterback

5:16pm April 28, 2018

This week in the Barbershop we take up Bill Cosby's guilty verdict, Kanye West's controversial tweets, and a newly drafted Buffalo Bills quarterback whose social media past has come back to haunt him.

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#NPRPoetry Project: Final Listener Submissions

5:16pm April 28, 2018

It's the last weekend in April, and the last weekend of the #NPRPoetry project on Twitter. NPR's Michel Martin shares some final submissions from listeners.

H. Jon Benjamin participates in an Archer panel discussion at the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 18, 2015.

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Not My Job: We Quiz H. Jon Benjamin, Voice Of 'Archer,' On Archery

12:14pm April 28, 2018

If you've noticed that Sterling Archer of the animated Bond parody Archer and Bob Belcher of the animated family sitcom Bob's Burgers sound oddly alike that's because Benjamin is behind them both.

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Jake Tapper is CNN's chief Washington correspondent and the host of The Lead and State of the Union. His novel, The Hellfire Club, is set in 1954 Washington, D.C.

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Fresh Air Weekend: CNN's Jake Tapper; Poet Gregory Pardlo

9:00am April 28, 2018

The CNN anchor talks about his new novel, The Hellfire Club. Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews a four-disc reissue of Louis Armstrong. Pardlo discusses his new memoir, Air Traffic.

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In 'The Red Caddy,' A Nearly-Lost Portrait Of A Complicated Friend

7:00am April 28, 2018

by Michael Schaub

Some time in the 1990s, author Charles Bowden wrote a memoir of his friendship with prickly but legendary environmentalist Edward Abbey. And then it sat, neglected, on his computer — until now.

During Bahrain's failed revolution, a protester passes out onions and garlic to battle the effects of the tear gas used by Bahraini forces. February 14, 2011

Award-Winning Images Touch 'Your Head And Your Heart'

7:00am April 28, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

Andrea Bruce is the 2018 winner of the Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award — given for work depicting scenes from conflicts and disasters.

Judges with London's Natural History Museum, which administers the Wildlife Photographer of the Year prize, determined that Marcio Cabral had faked The Night Raider with a taxidermy anteater — a charge he denies.

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The Wrong Stuff: Prize-Winning Wildlife Photographer Accused Of Using Taxidermy

5:24pm April 27, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Marcio Cabral's The Night Raider won him honors as a 2017 Wildlife Photographer of the Year — but judges disqualified the photo Friday, saying the raider in question, an anteater, was really stuffed.

Bill Cosby leaves the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., on Thursday after being convicted of aggravated indecent assault.

'Allegedly' No More: Cosby Conviction Marks A New Chapter For #MeToo

12:47pm April 27, 2018

by Eric Deggans

As pop culture critics and onetime fans try to sort out Bill Cosby's legacy, it's possible this all boils down to a simple message: What was once overlooked, will be overlooked no longer.

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Luvvie Ajayi: Can Creating Discomfort In Others Help Change The Status Quo?

10:58am April 27, 2018

by NPR/TED Staff

Speaking up — especially about topics that are difficult to discuss — can be scary but necessary. Writer and blogger Luvvie Ajayi feels it's her role to push people outside their comfort zones.

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Tanya Menon: What Can We Gain By Expanding Our Social Circles?

9:35am April 27, 2018

by NPR/TED Staff

Humans naturally seek out cliques or in-groups. But organizational psychologist Tanya Menon encourages us to break out of our social comfort zones, for wider opportunities to grow.

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