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Dame Edna Everage — a character created by Australian comedian Barry Humphries — models a hat based on the Sydney Opera House. She is currently performing Dame Edna's Glorious Goodbye: The Farewell Tour.

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After 60 Years Of Fabulousness, Dame Edna Embarks On Her Farewell Tour

10:29am March 07, 2015

by NPR Staff

The housewife and superstar — a creation of Australian comedian Barry Humphries — says it's not entirely clear what her retirement will look like. "I'm a restless spirit," she says.

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A German U-boat sank the luxury ocean liner Lusitania, seen here in 1907, on May 7, 1915.

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The Lusitania Mystery: Why British Codebreakers Didn't Try To Save It

10:29am March 07, 2015

by NPR Staff

The ocean liner's sinking by a German U-boat led to the U.S. entering World War I. Erik Larson, author of Dead Wake, says British intelligence knew the ship was in danger and didn't tell anyone.

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'Bowling Alone' Author Tackles The American Dream

10:29am March 07, 2015

American political scientist Robert Putnam says we've lost sight of America as the land of opportunity. NPR's Scott Simon talks with him about his new book, Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis.

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A "ballet" of Brussels sprouts dazzles at the Food Porn Index, a site that tracks which foods are trending in social media part of an effort to heighten the appeal of healthy eating.

Voluptuous Veg: Can Food Porn Seed Lust For Healthy Eating?

5:01pm March 06, 2015

by Allison Aubrey

Tempting-looking spoonfuls of chocolate are plentiful online. Beautiful Brussels sprouts? Not so much. A campaign aims to boost the number of these images and whet our appetites for healthy foods.

It took just 18 minutes for the Lusitania to sink after it was hit by a German torpedo.

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Exclusive First Read: Erik Larson's 'Dead Wake'

2:30pm March 06, 2015

by NPR Staff

The Devil in the White City author Erik Larson turns his attention to the sinking of the liner Lusitania almost 100 years ago — a turning point that helped bring the United States into World War I.

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In The Northern Ireland Period Thriller '71,' No One Dies Well

1:43pm March 06, 2015

by David Edelstein

The film is about an English private who is cut off from his unit in the middle of a riot in Belfast in 1971. It's a conventional and smashingly good chase melodrama, but it's also a tragedy.

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Aquatic Ceremony, "Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America", Fire Pink Trio, and Behind the Scenes

12:38pm March 06, 2015

by David Ford

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A drawing of two clinking martini glasses.

Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Focus,' Con Men And Rock And Roll

10:02am March 06, 2015

by Linda Holmes

On this week's show, the state of rock and the art of the con — or at least the con-artist film.

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Aquatic Ceremony Releases Debut Album

8:50am March 06, 2015

by Eddie Garcia

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Kazuo Ishiguro is also the author of The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go.

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Ishiguro's 'Buried Giant' Gets Lost In Its Own Fog

6:55pm March 05, 2015

by Meg Wolitzer

Kazuo Ishiguro's latest novel is set in a mythical Arthurian England. Though the premise was promising, the book is too vague to make much of an impact.

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