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Michael J. Fox Reflects On Life With Parkinson's In 'No Time Like The Future'

1:52pm December 21, 2020

by Terry Gross

The Family Ties star was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson's disease in 1991. He says that if he doesn't know if he can do something, he fakes it — a strategy that works 80 percent of the time.

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A scene from Priya's Mask, a new comic book and animated film that tackles the challenges around the pandemic. It's the latest installment of the Indian superhero series Priya.

India's Female Superhero And Her Flying Tiger Are Out To Fight The Pandemic

12:29pm December 21, 2020

by Sandip Roy

'Priya's Mask' is the latest in the Indian superhero comic series. This time out, she's trying to get important info to young people — and to stop a superspreading villain.

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2020 Book Concierge: Books For Horror Junkies

10:26am December 20, 2020

Some people like a good fright anytime of year. For them, NPR's Book Concierge has four recommendations for scary, wintertime reads.

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Shirley Jackson's Son On His Mother's Newly Discovered Short Story

5:06pm December 19, 2020

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Laurence Hyman, son of Shirley Jackson, about his mother's recently discovered short story which was recently published in The Strand Magazine.

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Read 'The Shortest Day' To Celebrate The Winter Solstice

8:00am December 19, 2020

Susan Cooper and Carson Ellis — the Newbury and Caldecott award winning author and illustrator — talk about their picture book, The Shortest Day. Monday will be the shortest day of 2020.

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2020 Book Concierge: Books For Foodies

8:00am December 19, 2020

Four recommendations from NPR's Book Concierge for people who like to eat, cook, clean up after cooking or talk about food.

Jonny Sun: You're Not Alone In Feeling Lonely

9:52am December 18, 2020

by NPR/TED STAFF

For Jonny Sun, loneliness felt like being an alien on a distant planet, alone in the universe. But when he shared those feelings online, he found a community of people who felt precisely the same way.

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Arush Nand plays the young Arjie at his make-believe wedding in Funny Boy.

In 'Funny Boy,' A Young Sri Lankan Gay Man Comes Of Age As Ethnic Tensions Explode

7:49pm December 16, 2020

by Bilal Qureshi

Deepa Mehta's new film, Funny Boy, is Canada's Oscar submission. It's being distributed by Ava DuVernay's company and premieres on Netflix. It's based on the novel by Shyam Selvadurai.

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I Came As a Shadow: An Autobiography, by John Thompson with Jesse Washington

In 'I Came As A Shadow,' Georgetown's John Thompson Offers Some Surprising Moments

1:37pm December 15, 2020

by Tom Goldman

The Hall of Fame basketball coach, who died in August, leaves us with the private thoughts of a public man, one who both raged against racial injustice and embraced chances to make things better.

John le Carré, master of the spy thriller, died this past weekend at the age of 89.

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'He Makes Us Love George Smiley:' Robert Harris On The Legacy Of John Le Carré

7:29pm December 14, 2020

by Mary Louise Kelly

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with British writer Robert Harris about the legacy of John le Carré, whom he's called "one of the great post-war British novelists" and who died Saturday at age 89.

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