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From The Ocean Deep To The Courtroom: A Tale Of Sunken Treasure

9:59am June 10, 2014

When the SS Central America sunk in 1857, it took down tons of gold with it. Gary Kinder, author of Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea, tells the fraught tale of shipwreck and recovered treasure.

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McMurtry Takes Aim At A Legend In 'Last Kind Words Saloon'

9:53am June 10, 2014

by Alan Cheuse

The famed writer of Westerns uses his first novel in five years to blow a few holes in the myths surrounding the shootout at the OK Corral. Reviewer Alan Cheuse calls it "a peach of a book."

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Irish Singer, Songwriter, Multi-Instrumentalist Andy Irvine to Play in Winston-Salem

9:41am June 10, 2014

by David Ford

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In Supermensch, talent agent Shep Gordon recalls arriving in Los Angeles in 1968, dropping acid and getting slugged by a woman who later identified herself as Janis Joplin.

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Invisible 'Supermensch' Avoided The Spotlight While Making Others Famous

4:48pm June 09, 2014

Mike Myers' documentary Supermensch chronicles the work of Shep Gordon, who has "jump-started" the careers of superstar musicians and chefs. Now, it's Gordon's turn for a taste of celebrity.

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The American Singers' Opera Project Presents Performances of Mozart

8:25am June 09, 2014

by David Ford

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From Lunch (n.) To Balding (adj.), Some Words Are Just 'Bad English'

11:02pm June 07, 2014

by NPR Staff

A new book looks at words that self-appointed linguistic police have declared contraband, like "lunch," which should be a verb, and "balding," a participle formed from an adjective instead of a verb.

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Looking at difficult mathematics equations on a blackboard.

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'How Not To Be Wrong' In Math Class? Add A Dose Of Skepticism

11:01pm June 07, 2014

by NPR Staff

Professor Jordan Ellenberg gives students points for recognizing when they get a wrong answer, even if they can't figure out why. In his new book, he writes that good math is about good reasoning.

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'Take This Man': Uncovering A Mother's Reinventions

8:08pm June 07, 2014

by NPR Staff

When Brando Skyhorse was 3, he and his mother were abandoned by his Mexican father. So his mother created a new story line for the family, identifying herself and her young son as American Indian.

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Swallowed By The Times And The Fate Of 'Great Powers'

12:41pm June 07, 2014

Tom Rachman has written a book for book lovers in The Rise and Fall of Great Powers. The best-selling novelist talks with NPR's Scott Simon about the difference between reading and literature.

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Laverne Cox of Netflix's Orange is the New Black.

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'I Kinda Stole The Show': Laverne Cox And The Path To Prestige Television

7:29pm June 06, 2014

by Neda Ulaby

Actress Laverne Cox has had huge success on Orange is the New Black. But breaking into acting as a tall trans woman of color wasn't a simple thing by any means.

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