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From internet trends to rabbit holes, check out these new podcasts

11:30am March 21, 2025

Spring is officially here and with it new podcasts have bloomed.
The NPR One team has podcast recommendations from across public media to freshen up your playlist.

'The Alto Knights' is a mob drama with a double dose of De Niro and ... not much else

11:15am March 21, 2025

Robert De Niro plays rival mob bosses in a new biographical crime drama. But while it's fun to watch De Niro argue with himself, The Alto Knights ultimately feels dubious and derivative.

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Tim Curry remembers his first film role in 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show'

9:56am March 21, 2025

by Terry Gross

The 1975 cult classic Rocky Horror turns 50 this year. To mark the occasion, we listen back to a 2005 interview with Curry, who played the cross-dressing scientist Dr. Frank-N-Furter.

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Remembering award-winning sports journalist John Feinstein

9:13am March 21, 2025

Feinstein, who died March 13, was known for his insights, and inside portraits, of some of the most talented and temperamental characters in sports. Originally broadcast in 2011.

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Comedians will celebrate Conan O'Brien at the Kennedy Center on Sunday. Will they take on Trump?

8:07am March 21, 2025

Conan O'Brien will receive one of the most coveted awards in comedy on Sunday — but the annual event takes place at a tense time for the Kennedy Center.

A young adult book tackles a tough topic: A teen coping with his dad's mental illness

7:43am March 21, 2025

Saadia Faruqi, author of the popular Yasmin book series, has written a new book, The Strongest Heart, that mirrors her own life — growing up with a father who likely had undiagnosed schizophrenia.

Jean-Yves Thibaudet: Tiny Desk Concert

7:03am March 21, 2025

The famed Frenchman brings all his elegance and colorful playing to music by Ravel, Brahms and Villa-Lobos.

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Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner embraces melancholy in new album

5:01am March 21, 2025

by Lindsay Totty

With a new album, Michelle Zauner tells NPR she is finally finding balance between all the things she yearns for: her career goals, a connection to family and a connection to her ancestral home of Korea.

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On 'The Pitt,' a mass shooting overwhelms an already exhausted ER

10:01pm March 20, 2025

Even though this tragedy was hinted at from the first episode, it's treated with gravity and presented in agonizing detail.

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Hollywood filmmaker charged with defrauding Netflix of $11 million

9:25pm March 20, 2025

Director Carl Erik Rinsch sold Netflix a sci-fi series. Instead of finishing it, prosecutors allege he spent some of the streamer's money on his own investments, luxury rentals, five Rolls-Royces, a Ferrari, and more.