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Sharon Horgan And Kristin Scott Thomas' 'Military Wives' Out On Hulu

8:00am May 23, 2020

NPR"s Scott Simon speaks to actors Sharon Horgan and Kristin Scott Thomas about the new movie, which follows a group of women who form a choir to cope with their husbands' deployments to Afghanistan.

NASA astronaut and Expedition 61 Flight Engineer Christina Koch handles science hardware stowed inside a cargo transfer bag retrieved from the SpaceX Dragon resupply ship in December 2019.

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Not My Job: We Quiz Astronaut Christina Koch On Cyberspace

7:39am May 23, 2020

Christina Koch is a space pioneer — she holds the record for the longest time a woman has been in orbit. We quizzed her on another kind of space.

Fresh Air Remembers Beatles Photographer Astrid Kirchherr

1:55pm May 22, 2020

by Terry Gross

Kirchherr, who died May 12, who took the first publicity photos of the Beatles and is credited with giving the group their signature "mop-top" haircuts. Originally broadcast in 2008.

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Remembering Fred Willard, Emmy-Winning Comedy Actor And Improviser

1:55pm May 22, 2020

by Terry Gross

Willard, who died May 15, was known for his scene-stealing roles in the Christopher Guest films Best in Show and Waiting for Guffman, and later the series Modern Family. Originally broadcast in 1997.

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The Line Before

1:04pm May 22, 2020

Jordan Klepper (The Daily Show) and Jenny Hagel (Late Night With Seth Meyers) complete iconic movie quotes.

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Loan Words

1:04pm May 22, 2020

Comedians Jordan Klepper and Jenny Hagel become amateur etymologists in a game about English words borrowed from other languages.

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I Should Buy A Boat

1:04pm May 22, 2020

Finally, cats and the internet come together. Nico Santos and Zeke Smith play a music parody game where songs about felines are rewritten to be about the most-Googled search terms of 2019.

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Hong Chau

1:04pm May 22, 2020

Actor Hong Chau talks about researching tech billionaires for her role in Watchmen and reprising the role of Audrey Temple in the new season of Homecoming.

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Ask Me Another Hotline

1:04pm May 22, 2020

Listeners call in to talk about things they're learned while practicing distance learning with their kids, because nobody expected the pythagorean theorem to come back into their lives.

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Actor-comedians Steve Coogan (left) and Rob Brydon (right) play coyly fictionalized versions of themselves in The Trip to Greece.

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With 'Trip To Greece,' Coogan And Brydon's Odyssey Reaches A Poignant End

12:20pm May 22, 2020

by Justin Chang

After journeying through England, Italy and Spain, comic duo Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon take one final trip, playing fictionalized versions of themselves as they retrace Odysseus' famed voyage.