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As the Lunar New Year approaches, we learn about the art of Lion Dancing

5:59pm January 26, 2025

by Jason Fuller

NPR's Pien Huang speaks with journalist Grace Yeoh, who spent a month with a championship lion dancing team, about the rigors of the dance and what makes it so demanding.

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Sunday Puzzle: Doubling up

8:00am January 26, 2025

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and Marian Fowler of Indian Purchase Township, Maine.

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A minister was acquitted of a brutal 1832 murder. A new book revisits the case

8:00am January 26, 2025

In the world of true crime, Fall River, Mass. is known for Lizzie Borden, but another murder 60 years earlier captivated New England. Kate Winkler Dawson tells the story in The Sinners All Bow.

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Michael Shannon is trying to cultivate detachment

7:00am January 26, 2025

On Wild Card this week, Michael Shannon — the "The Shape of Water" and "Boardwalk Empire" star — opens up about love and aging.

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Want good luck this year? Try these Lunar New Year traditions from NPR readers

7:00am January 26, 2025

Each culture that celebrates the Lunar New Year has traditions passed down from generation to generation that are thought to bring good luck. NPR readers share theirs.

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How the 1970s Changed Exercise

7:36pm January 25, 2025

by Tinbete Ermyas

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"Us & Them" podcast aims to bring people together to discuss their differences

7:35pm January 25, 2025

by Tinbete Ermyas

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Trey Kay, host of the podcast Us & Them from West Virginia Public Broadcasting, which focuses on the issues that are dividing America.

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