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Bill Cosby Admitted To Acquiring Drugs To Give To A Woman For Sex

9:19pm July 06, 2015

NPR's Kelly McEvers interviews MaryClaire Dale, an Associated Press reporter, about the court documents showing Cosby said in 2005 he got quaaludes to give to a woman with whom he wanted to have sex.

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Damon Daunno (Curly) and Amber Gray (Laurey) star in director Daniel Fish's experimental retelling of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

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The Mornin' Ain't So Beautiful For This Dark 'Oklahoma!' Production

9:02pm July 06, 2015

by Jeff Lunden

In upstate New York, an experimental staging of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic sets a key scene in total darkness and adds coldblooded murder to the plot.

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Maureen Corrigan's summer thriller recommendations, 2015.

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Dead-Cinch Thrillers: 4 Books To Get Your Heart Pounding

6:37pm July 06, 2015

by Maureen Corrigan

Summer and suspense fiction go together like the Fourth of July and firecrackers. Book critic Maureen Corrigan recommends four books that are deadly accurate in their aim to entertain.

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From Blueprints To Betrayal: The Daring, And Downfall, Of A Cold War Spy

6:19pm July 06, 2015

by NPR Staff

Initially, the CIA was suspicious of Soviet aviation expert Adolf Tolkachev. But he earned the agency's trust — and provided blueprints, documents and plans that were crucial to the U.S.

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The Gods of Tango, by Carolina De Robertis.

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An Outsider In Buenos Aires Goes Incognito, For Love Of Tango

3:52pm July 06, 2015

by NPR Staff

Carolina De Robertis' novel Gods of Tango features a 17-year-old widow, recently arrived from Italy with little besides a violin. It's Argentina, 1913 — and a magical new music fills the barrios.

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Baldwin And Bridges: Two Artists, Two Debuts, One Fire

10:17am July 06, 2015

by Juan Vidal

Reviewer Juan Vidal has had the debut album by Texas soul crooner Leon Bridges on heavy rotation, and it's making him think of parallels with James Baldwin's first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain.

Kohlrabi, peeled and sliced, is refreshing, but lightly poached is good too, says chef April Bloomfield.

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What To Do With Weird Farmers Market Vegetables

10:10am July 06, 2015

by NPR Staff

The market in July is a wondrous place: juicy tomatoes, jewel-toned eggplants, sweet yellow corn. But greens that look like weeds may be more intimidating. Here's how to tame them.

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Meet The Artist Behind Roots Revival: Martha Bassett

8:35am July 06, 2015

by David Ford

On Wednesday nights in Winston-Salem, there's a unique service happening at Centenary United Methodist Church.

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Director, writer and producer Judd Apatow has both a new memoir and a new movie right now. Trainwreck, which he directed, is in theaters starting July 17 and Sick in the Head was published in June.

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From Early Failures To New 'Trainwreck,' Judd Apatow Gets Serious

10:11pm July 05, 2015

by NPR Staff

It's an understatement to call the man busy. With a new book out, a movie due soon and another wrapping up on set, Apatow caught a breath and reflected on stumbling blocks, Freaks and Amy Schumer.

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In 'Playing Scared' Pianist Grows Less Frightened Of Stage Fright

12:08pm July 05, 2015

by NPR Staff

Performance anxiety kept journalist Sara Solovitch away from the piano for several decades. Then one day she decided to search for the key to putting her back in tune with her performance side.

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