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Podcast tile art for Back From Broken, from Colorado Public Radio; The 13th Step, from NHPR; This Is Our Hawaiʻi, from Hawaiʻi Public Radio; LA Made: The Barbie Tapes, from LAist Studios; Starting a Riot, from OPB; Sugar Land, from The Texas Newsroom.

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From Barbie's origin story to the power of quitting, give these new podcasts a listen

1:50pm July 18, 2023

by The NPR One Team

Finish your stack of beach reads? Need a summer road trip companion? The NPR One team is here to help with podcast recommendations from across public media.

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Timothy Olyphant on 'Justified,' 'Deadwood' and marshals who interpret the law

1:35pm July 18, 2023

by Dave Davies

Olyphant is best known for portraying lawmen in cowboy hats. He reprises the role of deputy U.S. marshal Raylan Givens in the sequel Justified: City Primeval, based on Elmore Leonard's novel.

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Recording artist Patti LuPone performs on stage the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

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'Wait Wait' for July 15, 2023: With Not My Job guest Patti LuPone

11:50am July 18, 2023

Patti LuPone is a legend of stage and screen, from Evita to Gypsy to American Horror Story. She's expert in all things LuPone, but can she become Patti Lupine by answering our questions about wolves?

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Arielle Jacobs and Jose Llana as Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos in Here Lives Love.

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You can immerse yourself — literally — in this Broadway show

9:44am July 18, 2023

by Jeff Lunden

Here Lies Love tells the story of Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos' rise and fall in the Philippines. The $22 million immersive musical production is a big Broadway gamble.

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Jay-Z exhibit 'The Book of Hov' opens at the Brooklyn Public Library

6:51am July 18, 2023

by A Martínez

The blueprint for today's hip-hop just got his own exhibit at the Brooklyn Public Library. "The Book of Hov" exhibit honors Jay-Z. Thirteen limited-edition library cards are also making their debut.

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'Crook Manifesto' takes Colson Whitehead's heist hero in search of Jackson 5 tickets

5:00am July 18, 2023

by Jason Heller

The playful second book in the author's Harlem Trilogy shows Ray Carney scheming how to get his teenage daughter into the concert of her dreams. Alarming capers ensue.

Grid of images from games featured in the summer 2023 edition of "Games We Love"

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The best games of 2023 so far, picked by the NPR staff

5:00am July 18, 2023

by James Perkins Mastromarino

This year has been a blockbuster year for sequels and remakes, along with breakout smaller games. NPR staff and contributors bring you their favorites.

Taylor Swift just made Billboard history, again

4:57am July 18, 2023

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Taylor Swift has become the first female artist to have four albums on the Billboard 200 chart at the same time. (This first aired on All Things Considered on July 17, 2023.)

Brazilian composer and pianist João Donato accepts the best Latin jazz album award at the 11th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, on Nov. 11, 2010, in Las Vegas.

Prolific Brazilian composer and pianist João Donato dies at 88

7:42pm July 17, 2023

by The Associated Press

He helped lay the groundwork for bossa nova but defied confinement to any single genre.

In 'Onlookers,' people from Charlottesville reckon with the civil unrest of 2017

6:01pm July 17, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with author Ann Beattie about her latest book Onlookers.

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