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Fiona is a 3-year-old, 1,300-pound hippo, and she's a growing girl. Her keeper, Jenna Wingate, is grateful to be able to work during the coronavirus crisis: "It feels good to be needed," she says.

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Who Feeds Fiona? Cincinnati Zookeepers Make Sure There Are No Hungry Hippos

5:12pm March 28, 2020

by Jeff Lunden

Fiona is a 3-year-old, 1,300-pound hippo, and she's a growing girl. Her keeper, Jenna Wingate, is grateful to be able to work during the coronavirus crisis: "It feels good to be needed," she says.

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Tim Gunn is pictured on Sept. 9, 2010 in New York City.

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Not My Job: We Quiz Fashion Expert Tim Gunn On Golf

8:33am March 28, 2020

Gunn's new Amazon show is called Making the Cut, so we've invited him to play a game called "Making the putt!"

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Samantha Irby: 'This Is The Glamorous Life Of A Writer"

8:17am March 28, 2020

by Scott Simon

Irby's new essay collection is Wow, No Thank You. She says it was inspired by moving from Chicago to Kalamazoo and feeling like a fish out of water, with no friends and a strange house.

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The Empress of Salt and Fortune, by Nghi Vo

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Uncovering The Secrets Of A Fallen Ruler In 'Empress Of Salt And Fortune'

7:00am March 28, 2020

by Jessica P. Wick

Nghi Vo's new novel is poised at the end of one empire and the beginning of another, as a cleric and their talking-bird assistant set about uncovering the dangerous secrets of a forgotten palace.

Alicia Keys performs during the filming of the Graham Norton Show at BBC Studioworks in London.

Alicia Keys Reflects On How Life Experiences Gave Her Permission To Be 'More Myself'

6:44pm March 27, 2020

by Noel King

The Grammy winner is coming out with a new album, Alicia, and has written a forthcoming introspective book, More Myself. She says she wishes she could tell her teenage self "to know she is enough."

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An image from the last episode of MASH on June 18, 1984 at the Malibu Creek State Park in California.

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Need Some Fresh Ideas? Family-Friendly Ways To Spend Your Days Inside

5:50pm March 27, 2020

by NPR Staff

Parents have been circulating ideas for how to keep kids happy — or at least occupied — during this time of social isolation due to COVID-19. Our Arts Desk has some heart-felt suggestions to offer.

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Brew Or False

4:22pm March 27, 2020

Prost! Comedians John Hodgman (Judge John Hodgman, I, Podius) and Jackie Kashian (The Dork Forest, The Jackie and Laurie Show) have a round of beer-centric trivia.

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