High school teachers reflect on 100 years of 'The Great Gatsby'
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with two educators about teaching F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby 100 years after its publication.
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'Wait Wait' for April 12, 2025: With Not My Job guest Austan Goolsbee
This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, special guest Austan Goolsbee and panelists Peter Grosz, Rachel Coster, Shane O'Neill
The new season of 'Black Mirror' is different, in a good way
Previous seasons of the show have taken a bleak stance on how humans use new technologies. The new season takes a more ambivalent approach, showing both threats and opportunities.
The internet is gaga over Walton Goggins. Here's why
His Hollywood career as a character actor spans decades, but this The White Lotus and The Righteous Gemstones star has decidedly become the internet's guy du jour — for more than one reason.
Academy Awards add a new category — for stunt design
The Academy Awards added a new category that recognizes stunt design. We talk to a veteran stunt coordinator about the long road to recognition for stunt professionals.
Amy Sherald's dream comes true with 'American Sublime' at the Whitney Museum
Amy Sherald, who painted former First Lady Michelle Obama's portrait in 2018, has a major survey of her work opening this week at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.
Bryce Dallas Howard explores humans' love of pets in new documentary
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Bryce Dallas Howard about her new documentary, Pets, and the love and responsibility of being a pet guardian.
When these romance authors support each other, it's all love
Jasmine Guillory has written eight romance novels and is now featuring a Sapphic love story in her ninth. Guillory and fellow author Amy Spalding chat about fear, cheerleading, and support.
North Carolina people and places featured in RiverRun's 'Carolina Stories' film series
The Carolina Stories series features documentaries and narratives with regional connections.
On 'SABLE, fABLE,' Bon Iver embraces fresh possibilities
Bon Iver's new album, SABLE, fABLE, explores a world of new possibilities for the artist, and in the accumulation of hardships and opportunities that got him to this fresh start.