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Foodies listen up! Here are the predicted food trends for 2025

3:52am January 03, 2025

by Neda Ulaby

Trend watchers predict some of the foods and flavors of 2025 will include sour cherry, pistachio and masa, the corn-based dough that's a Central American staple. (Story aired on ATC on Jan. 2, 2025.)

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'The Cliffs' explores a house through the centuries of women who passed through

5:20pm January 02, 2025

by Mary Louise Kelly

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author J. Courtney Sullivan about the real house that inspired the mansion at the center of her latest novel, The Cliffs.

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Sour cherry, pistachio and masa: Here are the predicted food trends of 2025

5:06pm January 02, 2025

by Neda Ulaby

Trend watchers predict that some of the foods and flavors of 2025 will include sour cherry, pistachio, and masa, the corn-based dough that's been a Central American staple for centuries.

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Selena Gomez says 'Emilia Pérez' won't be her last Spanish language project

12:12pm January 02, 2025

Gomez grew up speaking Spanish, but eventually lost her fluency. She spent months relearning the language for her latest role as the wife of a Mexican cartel boss. Originally broadcast Nov. 19, 2024.

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Undone by the loss of his brother Eddie, Alex Van Halen looks back in a new memoir

12:11pm January 02, 2025

Though Alex had been the guitarist in the family, when they formed Van Halen, it quickly became clear who would play: "[Ed] made that instrument sing." Originally broadcast Oct. 29, 2024.

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A patient leaves a lasting impression on one doctor's life

7:00am January 02, 2025

Mark Metersky was a medical student at a New York City hospital. He was frustrated with one of his patients when he saw something that surprised him.

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Colin Firth stars in new Peacock series 'Lockerbie: A Search for Truth'

4:33am January 02, 2025

by A Martínez

NPR's A Martinez talks to actor Colin Firth about what inspired him to play a grieving father searching for justice after the death of his daughter in the 1988 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland.

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As the number of neon workers have dwindled, an Ohio shop is keeping the lights on

6:13pm January 01, 2025

Neon signs aren't as popular as they used to be, but that's not stopping a craftsman in Ohio from creating the vintage lighting.

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'Moana 2' songwriters made history as 1st all-female team to lead a Disney soundtrack

6:13pm January 01, 2025

by Christopher Intagliata

Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear made history as the youngest composers and only all-woman songwriting team for a Disney animated film, with Moana 2.

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PR expert reads between the lines of the Baldoni-Lively publicity saga

5:42pm January 01, 2025

by Andrew Limbong

NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with public relations manager Molly McPherson about the ongoing publicity fight between actors Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively.

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