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U.S. transition to clean energy is happening faster than you think, reporter says

2:04pm October 05, 2023

by Tonya Mosley

Huge swaths of the country are pivoting from fossil fuels, toward wind, solar and other renewables. New York Times climate reporter Brad Plumer discusses this progress and roadblocks that lie ahead.

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Roy Wood Jr. during election coverage on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah in 2016.

Roy Wood Jr. says he's leaving 'The Daily Show' but he doesn't hold a grudge

6:53am October 05, 2023

by Eric Deggans

Late night TV has seen a recent exodus of non-white stars — from Desus and Mero and Ziwe to Trevor Noah himself.

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Books seen in an elementary school library in suburban Atlanta on Aug. 18. There have been a growing number of books pulled from school libraries in the past few years.

Adults have a lot to say about book bans — but what about kids?

6:25pm October 04, 2023

by Elizabeth Blair

We've heard from parents, authors, activists and other adults about banned books. But we haven't heard much from kids. We asked four young readers to share their thoughts about book bans.

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Sir Patrick Stewart says playing Jean Luc Picard gave him an idea of how he might become a better person.

Patrick Stewart says his time on 'Star Trek' felt like a ministry

3:55pm October 04, 2023

by Rachel Martin

Stewart has just released a memoir, Making It So. He talks to NPR's Rachel Martin about his life on screen and stage, and why he considers his years on Star Trek as a kind of spiritual calling.

The cover of Starling House by Alix E. Harrow.

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For Alix E. Harrow, writing 'Starling House' meant telling a new story of Kentucky

3:51pm October 04, 2023

by Kalyani Saxena

Alix E. Harrow's Starling House depicts a dying, fictional coal town's horrors and dark past. Harrow joins a long tradition of authors writing Gothic fiction as a way to process the ills of society.

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Safiya Sinclair is an associate professor at Arizona State University.

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Poet Safiya Sinclair reflects on her Rastafari roots and how she cut herself free

1:44pm October 04, 2023

by Terry Gross

Sinclair grew up in a devout Rasta family in Jamaica where women were subservient. When she cut her dreadlocks at age 19, she became "a ghost" to her father. Her new memoir is How to Say Babylon.

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The artist Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons is one of this year's MacArthur fellows. Her sculptures, paintings, installations and photography are displayed in over 30 museums around the globe. When she got news of the s0-called "genius grant," she says, " I was running room to room in the house, feeling a sense of terror and elation."

MacArthur 'genius' makes magical art that conjures up her Afro-Cuban roots

12:03pm October 04, 2023

by Malaka Gharib

One of this year's MacArthur fellows — the so-called 'genius grant' — the artist Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons is inspired by her family's African roots, her Cuban childhood and modern American life.

Detective Pikachu Returns, a kid-friendly mystery game from Nintendo, releases the same week as Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Mirage.

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Detective Pikachu Returns, Assassin's Creed Mirage and more Fall games reviewed

11:55am October 04, 2023

by James Perkins Mastromarino

Nintendo and Ubisoft both return to form this Fall, while massive games like Cyberpunk 2077 and Resident Evil 4 get new expansions. NPR rounds up the best and biggest new games of the season.

Books touching on race and LGBTQ+ topics remain the most likely targets of bans or attempted bans at public schools and libraries around the country, according to the American Library Association.

Michael Connelly, Nikki Grimes, Judy Blume and other authors unite against book bans

8:01am October 04, 2023

by Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

During what the ALA is calling Banned Books week, more than a dozen high-profile authors are taking a stand against censorship. Author Michael Connelly alone has donated $1 million to the cause.

Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney — aka Dan + Shay.

The speed of fame almost made Dan + Shay split up. This is how they made it through

7:19am October 04, 2023

Country music duo Dan + Shay have had a successful few years: Three Grammys, a hit song with Justin Bieber, and a highly anticipated new album, Bigger Houses. But the album almost didn't happen.

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