Arts & Life

A Closeted Teen Struggles To Maintain His Double Life In 'Beach Rats'

6:40pm August 25, 2017

by Bob Mondello

NPR movie critic Bob Mondello reviews Beach Rats, which follows a teenager in Brooklyn who is having a lousy summer. The film won the best directing prize at Sundance earlier this year.

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Vials of medicine. The new book Pandora's Lab details instances of "science gone wrong."

Science 'Gone Wrong' Can Teach Us

2:53pm August 25, 2017

by Alva Noë

Pandora's Lab stresses that for science to work, it needs to base claims on data, studies need to be replicable, and scientists must be more attached to science than to their own ideas, says Alva Noë.

Arts

Celebrating 30 Years Of Fresh Air: The Carl Reiner Interview

1:54pm August 25, 2017

Reiner spoke to Terry Gross in 1988 about how his experiences working backstage in Hollywood inspired him to create the classic sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show.

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Celebrating 30 Years Of Fresh Air: Oscar-Winning Actress Patty Duke

1:54pm August 25, 2017

Duke grew up in the public eye, playing Helen Keller in the stage and screen versions of The Miracle Worker. Later she starred in her own TV sitcom, The Patty Duke Show. Originally broadcast in 1988.

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Can Festival

10:46am August 25, 2017

In this game, Ophira and Jonathan pretend to be hoity-toity art critics describing everyday beverage cans as if they're works of art.

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Depressing Place Names

10:46am August 25, 2017

The United States is full of places that may be lovely, but have depressing names. Contestants guess which of three locations with a less-than-exciting name is real.

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Rita Dove: Set Phasers To Poem

10:46am August 25, 2017

Ask Me Another goes to the Virginia Arts Festival with former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove. We quiz the Star Trek: The Next Generation fan on famous poems rewritten about characters from the series.

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TV Decor

10:46am August 25, 2017

Ophira and Jonathan read an imaginary real estate listing for a room and contestants guess what TV show it's featured in.

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Which Witch Is Witch?

10:46am August 25, 2017

Jonathan Coulton takes songs with the word "magic" in the title and parodies them to be about famous fictional witches. It's like a witch hunt, but fun!

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Mystery Guest

10:46am August 25, 2017

Our mystery guest and her husband own an unusual business in a 6,000 square foot facility. Ophira and Jonathan ask yes or no questions to figure out what it could be.

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