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'A Wilder Shore' charts the course of a famous bohemian marriage

1:06pm August 19, 2024

Camille Peri's lively and substantive dual biography of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson offers a glimpse of their unconventional marriage — and an inspiration for living fearlessly.

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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor on the complexity and heartbreak of female friendship

1:03pm August 19, 2024

by Tonya Mosley

In The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat, Ellis-Taylor plays the outspoken ringleader among three women whose friendship spans several decades. Her previous films include Origin and King Richard.

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Pioneer talk show host Phil Donahue dies at 88

11:38am August 19, 2024

The broadcaster was hailed as the father of the modern audience-participation daytime talk show. Donahue's taste for controversial and polarizing subjects birthed a new genre of television.

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Once a cheater, always a cheater? Busting 3 common myths about infidelity

10:04am August 19, 2024

Clinical psychologist Talal Alsaleem has helped hundreds of couples work through romantic affairs. He shares common misconceptions about cheating -- and how to cope.

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Groundbreaking police drama 'Homicide: Life on the Street' is finally streaming

7:00am August 19, 2024

The seven-season show about a Baltimore police homicide unit didn’t feature gun battles and car chases. The tone, pacing and camera work were all groundbreaking when the show started in 1993.

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'Homicide: Life on the Street' is available to stream on Peacock

5:02am August 19, 2024

by Eric Deggans

"Homicide: Life on the Street," which debuted in 1993, is finally available to stream. The show was groundbreaking in its portrayal of Baltimore's homicide police.

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Professor and NYT 'Ethicist' Kwame Anthony Appiah wins Kluge Prize

5:21pm August 18, 2024

by Adrian Ma

NPR's Adrian Ma speaks with Kwame Anthony Appiah, a professor of philosophy at NYU and author of "The Ethicist" column for The New York Times, who just won the 2024 Kluge Prize.

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Poet Nikki Giovanni plays a game of Wild Card

5:10pm August 18, 2024

by Rachel Martin

Poet Nikki Giovanni plays a game of Wild Card. She tells Rachel Martin why she's fascinated with space, how she doesn't think about her legacy, and what she's afraid of.

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A documentary investigates deaths of indigenous children at Canadian boarding schools

8:21am August 18, 2024

by David Folkenflik

NPR's David Folkenflik speaks with Emily Kassie and Julian Brave NoiseCat about their new documentary, "Sugarcane," about Indian residential schools in Canada.

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Comic novel 'How to Leave The House' follows a young man on a day-long hero's quest

8:19am August 18, 2024

by David Folkenflik

NPR's David Folkenflik talks with British author Nathan Newman about their novel, "How to Leave The House." It covers a day-in-the life of a young adult who's finally moving out of his mom's house.

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