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Eve Ensler stars in the new one-woman show In The Body Of The World, an adaptation of her eponymous memoir.

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A New Monologue For Eve Ensler, Re-Enacting Life With Cancer

8:02am February 10, 2018

by Jeff Lunden

The playwright and activist behind The Vagina Monologues stars in the new one-woman show In The Body Of The World, which explores her efforts to empower women in Africa amid her own health struggles.

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In 'Catnip,' Love And Loss Sketched Out In Cat Cartoons

8:02am February 10, 2018

by Scott Simon

Michael Korda's new book Catnip: A Love Story collects the doodles that he created based on his wife's cats in order to comfort her during her battle with a malignant brain tumor.

South Bend Mayor Peter Buttigieg in 2013

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Not My Job: We Quiz The Mayor Of South Bend, Ind. About North Bend, Wash.

7:30am February 10, 2018

Pete Buttigieg is a Harvard graduate, a Rhodes scholar, an Afghanistan veteran and the millennial mayor of an Indiana city. We ask him three questions — about a small town in Washington state.

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'Winterfolk' Cloaks Harsh Reality In Fairy Tale Mist

7:00am February 10, 2018

by Caitlyn Paxson

Janel Kolby's novel about a fairy-tale-loving young girl living in a homeless encampment outside of Seattle is a brutally realist tale, told as if it happened once-upon-a-time.

YouTube Pulls Ads From Vlogger Logan Paul After He Uses Taser On Dead Rats

7:11pm February 09, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

The video platform has temporarily shut off his revenue stream, citing a "pattern of behavior" that the company says is potentially damaging to other creators.

The World Only Spins Forward, by Isaac Butler and Dan Kois

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New Oral History Captures The Magic Of 'Angels In America'

5:19pm February 09, 2018

by Bob Mondello

Authors Isaac Butler and Dan Kois celebrate Angels in a new book, The World Only Spins Forward, that collects the memories of everyone from playwright Tony Kushner to Congressman Barney Frank.

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Remembering John Mahoney, The Tony Award-Winning Actor And 'Frasier' Star

4:04pm February 09, 2018

Mahoney, who died Sunday, was born in Britain and didn't start acting until he was 37. He went on to appear in films like Say Anything and Barton Fink. Originally broadcast 1990.

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Clint Eastwood Celebrates Old-Fashioned Heroism In 'The 15:17 To Paris'

4:04pm February 09, 2018

by David Edelstein

In 2015, three Americans on a Paris-bound train stopped a terrorist attack in progress. Eastwood recreates the incident — and audaciously casts the real-life heroes as themselves — in his new film.

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A photo released by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court shows an oil painting of an unidentified man, likely a former court justice, painted by an unknown artist, which hangs in the court's collection of images of retired justices in Boston.

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Do You Know This Justice? Massachusetts High Court Wants You To Help ID Him

3:22pm February 09, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

There's a portrait of a mystery man hanging in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. He may have been a judge between 1780 and 1820. Maybe. Officials are appealing to the public for any insights.

Contestants Paul Nicholsen and Heather Hurley prepare for their first game on NPR's Ask Me Another at The Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C.

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Paradigm Shift

1:51pm February 09, 2018

We've changed one letter in a movie or TV title, and imagined what the new plot might be. Based on our new synopsis, can you guess what our version would be called?

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