Arts

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In 'Trainwreck', A Screwball Comedy Fades To Family-Values Formulaic

3:13pm July 17, 2015

by David Edelstein

Amy Schumer plays a writer who dodges lovers' pleas for commitment in Trainwreck, directed by Judd Apatow. Critic David Edelstein says the film loses its "delightful momentum" when it gets serious.

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'The Great Fish Swap': How America Is Downgrading Its Seafood Supply

3:13pm July 17, 2015

One-third of the seafood Americans catch is sold abroad, but most of the seafood we eat is imported and often of lower quality. Author Paul Greenberg explains why. Originally broadcast July 1, 2014.

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Designer Thom Browne says he usually shows his men's collections in Paris, but he felt it was important to support the first Fashion Week for men in New York.

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Economy

Men Strut Their Stuff At Their Very Own New York Fashion Week

2:29pm July 17, 2015

by Jacki Lyden

This week was the debut of New York Fashion Week: Men's. Sixty designers and some big-name sponsors showed up. Jacki Lyden went behind the scenes for The Seams, our series about clothing as culture.

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Emmy Nominations For 'Transparent,' Tatiana Maslany Showcase New Talent

2:27pm July 17, 2015

by Eric Deggans

Nominations for the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Thursday. The field of contenders shows a welcome turn toward recognizing new talent and new sources for TV.

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Master Watercolorist Guan Weixing And SECCA's "Alternative Modernisms" On Triad Arts Weekend

1:08pm July 17, 2015

by David Ford

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"When you put a limitation on resources, you remove the limitation on creativity because necessity is the mother of invention."--Navi Radjou

Can Limited Resources Lead To Better Innovation?

12:59pm July 17, 2015

by NPR/TED Staff

Navi Radjou has spent years studying "jugaad," also known as frugal innovation. While researching emerging markets, he realized that creativity might be the most precious renewable resource.

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"Our degree of oil dependency is our degree of vulnerability."--Rob Hopkins

What Can A Small Town In England Teach Us About Resilience?

9:30am July 17, 2015

by NPR/TED Staff

Community organizer Rob Hopkins argues that individuals, towns and communities have a large role to play in lowering our dependence on fossil fuels.

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"There's a saying in Suriname that I dearly love: 'The rainforests hold answers to questions we have yet to ask.' But as you all know, it's rapidly disappearing."--Mark Plotkin

What's Disappearing From the Amazon — Even Faster Than Wildlife?

9:30am July 17, 2015

by NPR/TED Staff

The isolated tribes of the Amazon are getting dispersed or dying out. Ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin describes what we'll lose if their culture and collective wisdom vanish with them.

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"What has happened in the last ten years, has been a remarkable increase in actual number of people who are dying or are not able to get better because they carry a resistant infection."--Ramanan Laxminarayan

How Did A Medical Miracle Turn Into A Global Threat?

9:30am July 17, 2015

by NPR/TED Staff

Antibiotics save lives, but we rely on them too much. Eventually, the drugs may stop working. Economist Ramanan Laxminarayan asks us to think twice before reaching for this double-edged resource.

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"We've under-priced water, we've over-exploited it, we don't regulate how people pump groundwater out of the ground.... we just use too much."--Jonathan Foley

Will Our Demand For Food Threaten Our Supply of Water?

9:30am July 17, 2015

by NPR/TED Staff

Ecologist Jon Foley says agriculture is the "most powerful force unleashed on this planet since the end of the ice age." He says we're using too much to irrigate and we have to rethink how we farm.

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