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'GLOW' And 'Prime Suspect': Two TV Series You Won't Want To Miss

1:38pm June 22, 2017

by David Bianculli

In both of these period pieces — one set in the 1970s, the other in the 1980s — women have it tough, whether they're wrestling with their demons, or actually wrestling.

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Arts Economy Continues To Grow Across Triad

11:26am June 22, 2017

by Eddie Garcia

There's new data about the financial impact of the arts in the Triad.

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Pop Gun War: Chain Letter, by Farel Dalrymple

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Shades Of Gray Turn Sumptuous In 'Chain Letter'

7:00am June 22, 2017

by Etelka Lehoczky

In Chain Letter, cartoonist Farel Dalrymple returns to The City, the mysterious metropolis at the heart of his early 2000s series Pop Gun War. It's a weird, complicated and charming place.

"I wanted to explore that kind of grief, that desire...to bring back who you love and to wish for that power not simply out of hubris, but to see the one you love back again," LaValle says.

Updating Frankenstein For The Age of Black Lives Matter

6:46am June 22, 2017

by Gene Demby

The classic tale of the Monster resurrected from the dead gets a new treatment in Victor LaValle's new limited-series comic.

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'Epicurious' Editor Goes Inside The Home To Find Greatest Chefs

5:56pm June 21, 2017

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with David Tamarkin, editor of the website Epicurious, about his recent project compiling a list of "The 100 Greatest Home Cooks of All Time."

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Sister Cathy Cesnik's 1969 murder remains unsolved.

Before Her Teacher's Murder, This 'Keepers' Witness Was Already Living A Nightmare

5:39pm June 21, 2017

by Kelly McEvers

In the docuseries The Keepers, Jean Wehner shares her story of being abused by her high school chaplain. She says the teacher she confided in may have been killed for knowing too much.

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The Cheyenne Mountain Complex was completed in the mid-1960s. The tunnels extend thousands of feet into Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado Springs, Colo.

In The Event Of Attack, Here's How The Government Plans 'To Save Itself'

2:39pm June 21, 2017

by Terry Gross

In Raven Rock, Garrett Graff describes the bunkers designed to protect U.S. leaders in the event of a catastrophe. One Cold War-era plan put the post office in charge of cataloging the dead.

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'The Big Sick' Is A Wonderful Movie And An Imperfect Milestone

2:39pm June 21, 2017

by Justin Chang

Comedian Kumail Nanjiani steps into the leading role in a semi-autobiographical love story. It's a quietly groundbreaking crowd-pleaser, though some characters aren't as fully dimensional as others.

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In "Lantern," the Season 3 finale of Better Call Saul, brothers Chuck (Michael McKean) and Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk) reach the end of their relationship.

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Checking In On 'Better Call Saul' (And 'Breaking Bad') At The 3-Season Mark

1:07pm June 21, 2017

by Glen Weldon

Both shows track the moral decay of their main characters, so we compare Jimmy McGill's arc, as of Sunday's Better Call Saul season finale, to that of Walter White after three seasons of Breaking Bad.

Scott McClanahan's bizarre and often funny short fiction has earned him many fans.

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'The Sarah Book' Is An Unsparing Primal Scream Of A Book

11:35am June 21, 2017

by Michael Schaub

Scott McClanahan's semi-autobiographical novel is packed with loss, pain and existential anguish, but his narrator — also named Scott — refuses to give up, no matter how often he's knocked down.