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This physician left her job to make 'teaching kitchens' for those in need

5:22pm June 20, 2025

by John Ketchum

After working as an emergency medicine physician in Kansas City for years, Kathryn Miner started exploring other ways to help people in her community and pursued lifestyle and culinary medicine.

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'28 Years Later': A horror thriller worth the wait

5:07pm June 20, 2025

by Bob Mondello

The rage virus that escaped from a bio-weapons lab in 28 Days Later has been contained -- to all of England -- in this third installment of the auteur-horror franchise.

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Remembering Edmund White, a writer who chronicled gay life and culture

10:58am June 20, 2025

by Terry Gross

Growing up, White tried to "cure" his own homosexuality; he later drew upon that time for his 1982 bestseller, A Boy's Own Story. White died June 3. Originally broadcast in 1985, 1994, 1997 and 2006.

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Mary Halvorson's 'About Ghosts' captures the defining trends of jazz in the 2020s

10:57am June 20, 2025

by Martin Johnson

Guitarist and composer Halvorson arrived on the jazz scene in the mid 2000s with a virtuosity that commanded attention. Her current sextet, called Amaryllis, features a stellar cast of musicians.

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Immerse yourself in the music of Rome with this World Cafe mixtape

8:52am June 20, 2025

From Ennio Morricone to Italian psychedelic rock, this World Cafe playlist features music from the show's latest Sense of Place series.

Why is caregiving so hard in America? The answers emerge in a new film

7:00am June 20, 2025

A new documentary on PBS shows what it's like to care for adult family members and recounts the history of caregiving policy in the U.S., revealing why those caring for family are often on their own.

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Director Danny Boyle discusses his new movie '28 Years Later'

5:03am June 20, 2025

by A Martínez

NPR talks to Danny Boyle about "28 Years Later," the latest film in his post-apocalyptic horror franchise. It takes place nearly three decades after a zombie virus escaped from a medical research lab.

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Ancient Roman masterpieces emerge from a London demolition pit

5:02am June 20, 2025

Thousands of newly discovered fragments, which once adorned a high-status Roman building, offer an unprecedented glimpse into the artistic sophistication and daily life of ancient Londinium.

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Hopeful bidders remember influential filmmaker David Lynch at estate auction

5:00am June 20, 2025

by Emma Bowman

Six months after his death, hundreds of items belonging to filmmaker and writer David Lynch were sold at auction in Beverly Hills this week. Some hopeful bidders there were still processing his death.

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This is not the 'Star Wars' you thought you knew

5:00am June 20, 2025

The Star Wars available to the public to stream is not the same film that was shown in 1977. But in the U.K., audiences had a rare chance to see it.

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