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Charm offensive: Up the status of your handbag with charms

4:45am August 21, 2024

Bag charms are a simple, fun way to embellish handbags. According to the fashion magazine Marie Claire, searches for bag charms have spiked 240 percent on Pinterest since last year.

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A tour through Taylor Swift's London for her last concert of the summer there

4:42pm August 20, 2024

by Lauren Frayer

Fans in friendship bracelets have descended on the U.K. capital, where Taylor Swift has played more concerts as part of her Eras Tour than any other city.

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Chef Samin Nosrat explains the major shift in her perspective after her father died

4:33pm August 20, 2024

by Rachel Martin

Chef Samin Nosrat draws a card from the Wild Card deck and tells NPR's Rachel Martin about the truth that guides her life.

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Inside 'The West Wing,' 25 years later

4:10pm August 20, 2024

by William Troop

NPR’s Scott Detrow speaks with Martin Sheen and Melissa Fitzgerald about all things West Wing. Fitzgerald co-wrote a new book called What’s Next about the legacy of the show.

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With the DNC underway, a historian explains how 'The Stadium' became a public square

12:11pm August 20, 2024

"We fight our political battles in stadiums," historian Frank Andre Guridy says. "They become ideal places to stake your claims on what you want the United States to be." His new book is The Stadium.

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50 years later, Neil Young's 'On the Beach' remains bleak -- and beautiful

11:36am August 20, 2024

by Ken Tucker

The recording sessions for Young's 1974 album were gloomy, drug-fueled affairs, but the end result proves that artists can make good work no matter how hemmed-in, churlish or depressed they may be.

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Pioneering TV host Phil Donahue has died at age 88

8:15am August 20, 2024

by Eric Deggans

Phil Donahue may have developed a reputation for presenting passionate discussions on hot-button topics through cheeky stunts. But he told NPR in a 2021 that an early inspiration was mainstream news journalists, who he saw as fearless truth tellers.

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'A real shift in the vibe': The tattoo industry is changing

5:00am August 20, 2024

For purveyors of an artform that’s famously permanent, tattoo artists sure like to switch things up. From independent collectives to the “stick and poke” tattoo, a new generation is leaving its mark.

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How the first Black woman to get a pilot's license motivated Carole Hopson

4:16am August 20, 2024

by Michel Martin

NRP's Michel Martin talks to author Carole Hopson, who's written a book about Bessie Coleman, who in 1921 became the first Black woman to get a pilot's license. The book is called: "A Pair of Wings."

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Documentary series charts the rise and fall of iconic Memphis record label

6:18pm August 19, 2024

by Ailsa Chang

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jamila Wignot, the filmmaker behind a new documentary series called Stax: Soulsville USA, about the story of the legendary record label.

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