Arts

Grassroots efforts bring firewood to Hopi people

7:06pm January 16, 2023

by Melissa Sevigny

When a massive coal mine closed in 2019, thousands of Hopi people lost access to free coal to heat their homes. Grassroots efforts to replace coal with firewood have sprung up and are winning funding.

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Encore: Brandon Kyle Goodman embraces their authentic self in 'You Gotta Be You'

5:46pm January 16, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang chats with Brandon Kyle Goodman about their book You Gotta Be You: How to Embrace This Messy Life and Step Into Who You Really Are.

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The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music tells the story of how Roberta Flack got her very first piano.

Roberta Flack's first piano came from a junkyard – five Grammys would follow

4:39pm January 16, 2023

by Elizabeth Blair

The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music recounts the story of Flack's father finding her a beat-up, old, upright in a junkyard — a treasure that led to a life in music.

Romanian officials are backdropped by a luxury vehicle which was seized in a case against media influencer Andrew Tate on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023.

Andrew Tate's cars and watches, worth $4 million, are confiscated by Romanian police

12:28pm January 16, 2023

by Emily Olson

Romanian authorities hauled away a $3.9 million trove of luxury cars, watches and cash as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation involving into the self-styled male dominance influencer.

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Want to understand the U.S.? This historian says the South holds the key

12:27pm January 16, 2023

by Dave Davies

Imani Perry says the South can be seen as an "origin point" for the way the nation operates. Her book South to America traces the steps of an enslaved ancestor. Originally broadcast Jan. 25, 2022.

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A photo taken in the 50s of Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida. Lollobrigida, who embodied the Italian stereotype of Mediterranean beauty and was dubbed "the most beautiful woman in the world" after the title of one her movies, has died at age 95.

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The Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida has died at age 95

11:01am January 16, 2023

by The Associated Press

"Lollo," as she was lovingly nicknamed by Italians, achieved international stardom during the 1950s and was dubbed "the most beautiful woman in the world" after the title of one of her movies.

Arts

'The Popcorn Guy' gains fame on TikTok

5:17pm January 15, 2023

by Mia Estrada

At a theater in Texas, the Popcorn Guy is a new TikTok sensation working behind the counter — making popcorn of a particularly buttery variety.

Arts

Why employers are starting to mandate in-person work at least a couple days a week

1:51pm January 15, 2023

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to David Garfield, Global Head of Industries at AlixPartners, an international consulting firm, about the work-from-home vs. office debate.

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Wienermobile driver CJ Zabat Jr. on what it takes to be a Hotdogger

8:02am January 15, 2023

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to former Oscar Mayer Wienermobile driver CJ Zabat Jr. about that job. Applications are now open for new drivers.

Twenty contestants are sequestered in a castle in The Traitors. Three of them are designated as traitors. If all the traitors have been banished when the game ends, the remaining faithfuls split the money. If there are any traitors left, the traitors split the money.

Arts

You will not be betrayed by 'The Traitors'

7:00am January 15, 2023

by Linda Holmes

The Peacock competition series combines a solid cast, the perfect host, an entertaining atmosphere and a nice, juicy game design. And it all adds up to a highly binge-able show.