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God And Sex Workers — Plus Cartoons — In 'Mary Wept'

7:00am April 16, 2016

by Etelka Lehoczky

Chester Brown's new graphic novel is hard to categorize — a work of lay scholarship about prostitution in the Bible that's simultaneously ideosyncratic, meticulous, imaginative and heretical.

10-year-old Neel Sethi does persuasive work in The Jungle Book's digitized world.

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Mowgli Takes Convincing Lumps In The Digital World Of 'The Jungle Book'

8:43pm April 15, 2016

by Bob Mondello

A new version of the classic Disney animated movie The Jungle Book features a live-action Mowgli in a digital jungle.

Why Do Some Pop Songs Become American Bar Classics?

7:21pm April 15, 2016

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to writer Kenny Herzog about why some songs turn into American bar classics.

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Feats Of Technical Magic Bring Disney's New 'Jungle Book' To Life

5:49pm April 15, 2016

A new version of the classic Disney animated movie features a live-action Mowgli and digitally created animals. It's feat of animation and technical magic — the new smoke and mirrors of Hollywood.

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The Tampa Bay Times spent two months investigating where local eateries were really getting their ingredients. Many of their "farm to table" claims proved to be bogus.

'Farm To Fable'? Tampa Probe Finds Many Restaurants Lie About Sourcing

3:30pm April 15, 2016

by NPR Staff

Food critic Laura Reiley of the Tampa Bay Times spent two months investigating where her local eateries were really getting their ingredients. Many of their "farm to table" claims proved bogus.

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Why Teens Are Impulsive, Addiction-Prone And Should Protect Their Brains

1:41pm April 15, 2016

Research shows that teenagers' brains are not fully insulated, which means that signals move slowly. Frances Jensen, who wrote The Teenage Brain, explains. Originally broadcast Jan. 28, 2015.

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Mindy Kaling as Dr. Mindy Lahiri in The Mindy Project.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'The Mindy Project' And Romantic Comedies

10:27am April 15, 2016

by Linda Holmes

This week's show brings in Audie Cornish and Margaret Willison to talk about Mindy Kaling's just-returning OB/GYN comedy and about the state and ways of romantic comedy in general.

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Kerry Washington stars as Anita Hill in the new HBO film Confirmation. She was 14 during the 1991 hearings, and says it's the first time she remembers her parents having different points of view.

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'It's So, So Complicated': Kerry Washington On Clarence Thomas' 'Confirmation'

10:14am April 15, 2016

by NPR Staff

Washington stars as Anita Hill in the new HBO film Confirmation. She was 14 during the 1991 hearings, and says it's the first time she remembers her parents having different points of view.

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Joe Cole, Callum Turner, Alia Shawkat and Anton Yelchin in Green Room.

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'Green Room': A Choreographed Thriller With A Spontaneous Beat

7:55pm April 14, 2016

by Scott Tobias

Green Room, from the director of the well-regarded thriller Blue Ruin, is the violent and inventive story of a touring punk band that gets in way over its head.

From BuzzFeed Video's "27 Questions Black People Have For Black People."

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A Point-By-Point Response To BuzzFeed's Questions For Black People

7:34pm April 14, 2016

by Leah Donnella

A video titled "27 Questions Black People Have For Black People" misses a whole lotta history when it comes to black people in America.