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After Troy Falls, The Women Of This Novel Wait, Watch And Wish Things Were Different

5:00am August 28, 2021

by Annalisa Quinn

Pat Barker returns to the scene of the Trojan War in The Women of Troy, but this time after the city has fallen and its women are grieving their old lives while trying to figure out their new ones.

The almost 40-foot 3D-printed pedestrian bridge designed by Joris Laarman and built by Dutch robotics company MX3D has been opened in Amsterdam six years after the project was launched. The bridge, which was fabricated from stainless steel rods by six-axi

Check Out The First 3D-Printed Steel Bridge Recently Unveiled In Europe

5:30pm August 27, 2021

by Jonathan Franklin

The almost 40-foot bridge, revealed last month, will now serve pedestrians and cyclists in Amsterdam's city center.

Film Spending In North Carolina Hits Record High

3:57pm August 27, 2021

by Eddie Garcia

Spending on television and film productions in North Carolina is at an all-time high — and it amounts to thousands of jobs.

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Remembering Acclaimed American Painter Chuck Close

1:41pm August 27, 2021

by Terry Gross

Known for his giant hyper-realist paintings of faces, Close kept painting even after a stroke left him partially paralyzed. Close died Aug. 19. Originally broadcast in 1998.

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Remembering Vietnam War Correspondent Joe Galloway

1:41pm August 27, 2021

by Terry Gross

Galloway, who died Aug. 18, was the only civilian to be awarded the medal of valor in the Vietnam War. He later co-authored We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young. Originally broadcast in 1992 and 2003.

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In this screengrab, JoJo Siwa speaks during Instagram and Facebook's Creator Week on June 8, in Los Angeles. Siwa will be dancing with a female pro on this season's Dancing with the Stars.

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JoJo Siwa Will Make History In The 1st Same-Sex Pairing On 'Dancing With The Stars'

12:51pm August 27, 2021

by Jonathan Franklin

The actress and social media personality has been vocal about her sexuality as she opened up this past January saying she's a member of the LGBTQ+ community.

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N.C. Folk Festival To Host Training Session For Arts Community

10:36am August 27, 2021

by Neal Charnoff

The North Carolina Folk Festival is hosting a special session focusing on the evolution of the performing arts in the era of COVID-19.

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Check-In: A Refreshing Summer Not A Beverage

10:27am August 27, 2021

Ophira Eisenberg and Jonathan Coulton try to get to the bottom of an age-old question: What's the best summer beverage? In the end, though, maybe the best beverage was never a beverage at all...

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Food-Manteaus

10:27am August 27, 2021

Chefs Gabrielle Hamiltonand Ashley Merriman are quizzed on food-based portmanteaus in a speed round with some of the tastiest bites of wordplay this side of the kitchen.

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Sauced About Sauce

10:27am August 27, 2021

Chefs Gabrielle Hamilton and Ashley Merriman play a music parody game where songs about getting drunk— or sauced— were rewritten to make them about sauces and condiments.

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