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9-Year-Old Boy Starts His Own Newspaper To Help Local Food Banks

9:34am January 31, 2021

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks nine-year-old Cooper Nelson of Loveland, Colo., about how he raised money for local food banks by starting an online subscription news site.

"Young people often have this desire to try to make their life interesting," says actor, author and director Ethan Hawke. "Life is so interesting all by itself. You do not have to try to goose life." He's pictured above in Paris on Nov. 25, 2019.

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Actor And Author Ethan Hawke: Writing 'Forces You To Think Through Things'

8:00am January 31, 2021

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Hawke's latest novel is called A Bright Ray of Darkness. It's about a famous young actor in a crumbling marriage who immerses himself in a Broadway production of Shakespeare's Henry IV.

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White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a news briefing on Jan. 28 in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House.

Not My Job: We Quiz White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki On Swimming Pools

10:12am January 30, 2021

Psaki deals with the press pool all day, but what does she know about swimming pools? We've invited her to play a game called "Take a dip in this pool." Three questions about pools in politics.

She Persisted: Harriet Tubman, by Andrea Davis Pinkney

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'She Persisted,' Now In Chapter Book Form, Brings History To Life

10:00am January 30, 2021

by Juanita Giles

Chelsea Clinton has turned her She Persisted series of picture books into a new series of chapter books, written by prominent kids' authors. The new books really take readers inside historical lives.

Justin Timberlake (left) and Ryder Allen star as Eddie and Sam in the new movie Palmer on Apple TV+.

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Justin Timberlake Hopes 'Palmer' Will 'Open Eyes, And Open Ears, And Open Hearts'

8:12am January 30, 2021

by Scott Simon

Justin Timberlake plays Eddie, a former football star who comes back to his hometown after more than a decade in prison. He befriends Sam, a young neighbor who challenges his ideas about masculinity.

How Four Men With The Same Name Formed The Paul O'Sullivan Band

7:54am January 30, 2021

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with two of the four Paul O'Sullivans in the Paul O'Sullivan band. They formed the group after finding each other on Facebook back in 2016.

No Floats, No Problem: How New Orleans Is Celebrating A Pandemic Mardi Gras

7:54am January 30, 2021

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Mardi Gras parade organizer Devin De Wulf, whose organization, Krewe of Red Beans, is decorating locals homes as floats, and donating the money they earn to local artists.

Denzel Washington and Rami Malek are an unlikely pair on the hunt for a serial killer in The Little Things.

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'The Little Things' Is A Star-Studded, Old-School Serial Killer Thriller

6:06pm January 29, 2021

by Justin Chang

Set in the 1990s, this slickly made drama starring Denzel Washington, Rami Malek and Jared Leto may look like a retread, but it feels more like a weirdly enveloping trip down memory lane.

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Beloved UNCG School Of Music Director Dies Unexpectedly

4:54pm January 29, 2021

by David Ford

The director of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro School of Music has died.

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Hank Azaria On 'Brockmire' And Why He No Longer Performs Apu On 'The Simpsons'

1:43pm January 29, 2021

by Dave Davies

Azaria's voiced dozens of Simpsons' characters. In the IFC series Brockmire he plays a troubled baseball announcer who always speaks in his broadcaster voice. Originally broadcast March 17, 2020.

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