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Boston's North End is full of authentic Italian eateries. The Olive Garden is most definitely not one of them. But this weekend, an Olive Garden food truck parked there, handing out free food samples.

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Mamma Mia! Olive Garden Food Truck Invades Boston's Italian Neighborhood

7:00pm June 22, 2015

by Craig Lemoult

That's right: The Italian food chain has jumped on the food truck craze. And this weekend it parked in Boston's North End, where Italian food is most sacred and many eateries go back generations.

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Obama Visits Marc Maron's Garage; Cats Annoyed They Were Shut In Bedroom

2:56pm June 22, 2015

Several months ago, the White House contacted the comedian to see if he'd be interested in having the president as his guest. "I just didn't think that it would ever happen," Maron says.

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Summer Of Love: Meet Our Expert Panelists!

1:20pm June 22, 2015

by Petra Mayer

While our intern plugs away at tallying the 18,000 nominations that came in for the summer reader romance poll, we thought we'd introduce you to the expert panelists who'll help shape the final list.

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Live Music at Muddy Creek Café

10:38am June 22, 2015

by David Ford

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This Weekend, 'Caminar' Navigates Horrors With Poetry

10:26am June 22, 2015

by NPR Staff

In this installment of our Weekend Reads series, author Meg Medina selects Skila Brown's novel in poems Caminar, which follows a young boy who survives the slaughter of his village in Guatemala.

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Pilgrims leaving Canterbury, from text of the end of the Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer.

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Longest Thou To Go On Summer Pilgrimage? Chaucer Hath Advice

10:19am June 22, 2015

by LeVostreGC

Our favorite medieval advice columnist returns, dispensing knowledge on everything from avoiding sunburn to glamping to road trip etiquette. And "slushy icye thinges," the best of all summer treats.

USA's Mr. Robot tells the story of a cyber-security engineer and vigilant hacker (played by Rami Malek) who also suffers from anxiety.

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The Human Drama Of Hacking Fuels TV Thriller 'Mr. Robot'

10:13am June 22, 2015

by NPR Staff

The new show, which focuses on a vigilante programmer, has gotten some rave reviews from real-life hackers. But the show's creator, Sam Esmail, says he wasn't inspired by any individuals in the news.

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Cesar Kuriyama explains his app 1 Second Everyday at TED.

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Can You Remember Your Life 1 Second At A Time?

9:41am June 22, 2015

by NPR/TED Staff

Director Cesar Kuriyama shoots one second of video every day as part of an ongoing project to remember the special moments of his life.

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Poet Rives explores why 4 a.m. has become synonymous with the strangest hour of the day.

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Which Time Of Day Is Both Too Early And Too Late?

9:41am June 22, 2015

by NPR/TED Staff

Poet Rives explores why 4 in the morning has become popular shorthand for the strangest hour of the day.

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"Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they're finished," says psychologist Dan Gilbert.

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When Do We Become The Final Version of Ourselves?

9:41am June 22, 2015

by NPR/TED Staff

Dan Gilbert shares research on what he calls the "end of history illusion," where we think the person we are right now is the person we'll be for the rest of time. Hint: that's not the case.

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