Maybe you’ve heard some of the amazing facts about possums. Possums eat garden pests and hundreds of ticks a day. They’re mostly immune to rabies and snake venom, and are practically odorless except when sprawled out acting like they’re dead, which—who among us, right? Possums’ public image is better than ever. Here are some additional…
TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Terry Gross. Donald Trump’s claims to being one of the wealthiest, most successful and brilliant businessmen was created with smoke and mirrors using his father’s wealth, media-created myths, lots of enormous loans, instances of tax fraud, along with false claims and unkept promises. The details are laid…
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¡Casa Bonita, Mi Amor! follows Trey Parker and Matt Stone as they renovate a dilapidated, inauthentic, 1970s Mexican restaurant. The labor of love becomes a money-pit as they chase the landmark’s former glory. Paramount hide caption toggle caption Paramount Maybe because most of us come from somewhere else, Americans just love replicas of foreign places…
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TONYA MOSLEY, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Russell Malone is known as one of the leading guitarists of his generation. Before starting his group, he performed with singer and pianist Diana Krall and Harry Connick Jr. Malone died last month at 60 while on tour in Japan. Self-taught, Malone started playing music at the age…
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Kayla Abe (pictured here) and her partner, chef David Murphy, co-founded Shuggie’s Trash Pie in 2022, in part to address the global problem of food waste. According to the food waste reduction nonprofit ReFED, 38% of the U.S. food supply goes uneaten. Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption toggle caption Ryan Kellman/NPR Climate change is affecting our…
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TONYA MOSLEY, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. James Earl Jones gave voice to one of the most iconic and recognizable characters in film history, giving a deep, resonant quality and menacing tone as Darth Vader in “Star Wars”… (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, “STAR WARS: EPISODE V – THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK”) JAMES EARL JONES: (As Darth…
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TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Terry Gross. Democrats and Republicans are gearing up for legal battles over who won the presidential election. Trump has repeated his claim that the only way he can lose is if there’s voter fraud. He’s urged police officers to be on the lookout for voter fraud, but…
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This five-part series, which includes this three-part series on how we got the story, is the result of a two-year investigation, involving dozens of legal filings, scores of interview requests, several interviews, innumerable Zoom meetings, and five 311 calls. We examined hundreds of confidential documents, crisscrossed the country three times, and uncovered shocking revelations, including…
Crater Lake Simon and Schuster hide caption toggle caption Simon and Schuster Rachel Kushner is one tough customer. She disdains sentimentality and traditional storytelling, instead challenging readers to keep up with her and not to flinch. In acclaimed novels like The Flamethrowers and The Mars Room, Kushner has written about political extremists, motorcycle daredevils and…
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Irene Maiorino, left, and Alba Rohrwacher, right, play the adult versions of protagonists Lila and Lenù in the fourth season of My Brilliant Friend. Eduardo Castaldo/HBO hide caption toggle caption Eduardo Castaldo/HBO Years ago, Irene Maiorino’s best childhood friend handed her a book that would change the course of her life. It was Elena Ferrante’s…
