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James Gray's Armageddon Time was inspired by his childhood in Queens in the 1980s. And physician Siddhartha Mukherjee explains how cellular science could lead to breakthroughs in The Song of the Cell.
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Julia Meek discusses the impact of the production and its message with Murphy, who is also Youtheatre’s Associate Director and lead actor Cassandra Smith, who plays the part of Olaf the Snowman.
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WBOI's popular Issues & Ales panel discussion tackled local and state politics in the runup to the 2022 Midterm Elections.
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Artist and writer Shaun Tan makes creatures that have a wild mix of mechanical and animal-like features. His new book, "Creature," is a collection of his drawings, paintings, and reflections.
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The Academy Award-winner and activist was known as the "godmother of American independent documentaries." She saw herself as a feminist and the curator of Midwestern stories. -
This historically dry, hot year is wreaking havoc across the US. In the Great Plains, widespread drought has dried up water supplies, decimated crop harvests, and left cattle with no grass to eat.
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A change in the Democrat's presidential nominating calendar is under consideration, significant support in the Senate for same-sex marriage, and more trouble for former President Trump.
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French President Emmanuel Macron was in New Orleans yesterday, the first visit by a French President in nearly 50 years.
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There were a record number of fatal drug overdoses in the U.S. in 2021. The Biden administration says it is making progress slowing the rate of deaths linked to fentanyl.
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An acrobat loses his nerve and gets a regular job, but a moment comes when he must perform. Mac Barnett and illustrator Marla Frazee talk about their children's book "The Great Zapfino."
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The knockout stage at the FIFA World Cup kicks off on Saturday as the U.S. faces the Netherlands' powerhouse team.
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It's the final weekend of campaigning in Georgia's Senate runoff election, between incumbent Raphael Warnock and his Republican challenger, Herschel Walker.
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NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with director Laura Poitras about her new documentary, "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed," a chronicle of photographer Nan Goldin's activism in the opioid epidemic.
