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Tems remakes R&B in her image with ‘Born in the Wild’: 'I really want to feel it in my chest!'

5:00am June 08, 2024

by Sidney Madden

The Nigerian singer-songwriter has become one of the most sought after voices in popular music. Her debut album processes the risks and epiphanies it took to get here.

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A woman who believes she was an inspiration for 'Baby Reindeer' is suing Netflix

10:10pm June 07, 2024

by Mandalit del Barco

A Scottish woman named Fiona Harvey has sued Netflix, claiming that she was defamed by the hit series Baby Reindeer.

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Pat Sajak's last day: A look at what made the 'Wheel of Fortune' host so special

10:10pm June 07, 2024

by Eric Deggans

The "last of the old-school TV hosts" is retiring. Pat Sajak, long-time host of Wheel of Fortune, is stepping down after more than 40 years.

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Directors of 'AM I OK?' shine light on what it means to find your sexuality

10:10pm June 07, 2024

Partners Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne join NPR's Juana Summers to chat about their new directorial-debut film, AM I OK? which released on Max on June 6.

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The cassette tape is making a comeback thanks to a family-run company in Missouri

10:10pm June 07, 2024

by Suzanne M. Hogan

Despite the odds, cassette tapes are making a comeback. And one family-owned company in Springfield, Missouri is a leader in the revival.

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'Becoming Karl Lagerfeld' is the smart, dishy backstory of a style icon

5:35pm June 07, 2024

by John Powers

The Hulu show's brisk six episodes take us surprisingly deep inside a figure who moved constantly forward, spurred on by ambition, loneliness and a keen sense of self-protection.

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In 'Problemista' Julio Torres spins immigration stress into satire

5:35pm June 07, 2024

by Terry Gross

The comic, actor and filmmaker came to the U.S. from El Salvador in his 20s. Torres tackled immigration in Problemista; his new HBO comedy series is Fantasmas. Originally broadcast March 24, 2024.

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What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing, listening and reading

5:00pm June 07, 2024

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: the show Queenie, the song "Kill The Lights," the book The Plot, and the new Knives Out teaser.

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Fresh Air Weekend: 'Merrily We Roll Along'; MSNBC host Ali Velshi

12:02pm June 07, 2024

Director Maria Friedman and actor Jonathan Groff discuss the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s musical. Velshi chronicles his ancestors’ migrations across three continents in a new memoir.

With Maybelline Mocha and an Afro wig, white author explores 'Blackness' in a new book

7:00am June 07, 2024

by Alana Wise

Reactions have been brutal to Canadian writer Sam Forster, who disguised himself as a Black man and traveled the U.S. to document how racism persists in society.