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New book examines the making of the 1980 comedy movie classic 'Airplane!'

6:51am September 29, 2023

NPR's A Martinez talks to David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker, the trio who wrote and directed Airplane!, about their new book Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!

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Books by Japanese scholar Chizuko Ueno at a bookstore in Beijing, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. "Misogyny" and "Starting from the Limit" are at the center.

As China censors homegrown feminism, a feminist scholar from Japan is a bestseller

1:38am September 29, 2023

by The Associated Press

A 75-year-old Japanese feminist scholar who's not married and does not have children is an unlikely celebrity on China's tightly censored internet.

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BET cofounder Sheila Johnson writes her Cinderella story was really a nightmare

5:16am September 28, 2023

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Sheila Johnson, the first Black female billionaire, about her account of surviving an emotionally abusive marriage. Johnson's new memoir is Walk Through Fire.

Winnie-the-Pooh: The Deforested Edition is a word-for-word republishing of the A.A. Milne classic, with one arresting change: all of the trees have been cut down.

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Oh Bother! Winnie, poo and deforestation

5:00am September 28, 2023

by Elizabeth Blair

Now that Winnie-the-Pooh is in the pubic domain, it's a free-for-all. In Winnie-the-Pooh: The Deforested Edition, the trees have are all gone. The book is by toilet paper company Who Gives A Crap.

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In conversation with Kerry Washington on her new memoir – Part II

4:56pm September 27, 2023

Part II of NPR's Juana Summers' conversation with actress Kerry Washington about her new memoir, Thicker Than Water.

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In conversation with Kerry Washington on her new memoir – Part I

4:56pm September 27, 2023

Part I of NPR's Juana Summers' conversation with actress Kerry Washington about her new memoir, Thicker Than Water.

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'People Collide' is a 'Freaky Friday'-type exploration of the self and persona

7:09pm September 26, 2023

by Ilana Masad

Isle McElroy's novel covers a deep exploration of marriage, love, and the ways we know one another — while also touching on how so much of how we navigate the world depends on how it sees us.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during an interview in Sacramento, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. Newsom signed a bill on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, to ban school boards from rejecting textbooks based on their teachings about the contributions of people from different racial backgrounds, sexual orientations and gender identities, calling the measure "long overdue."

New California law bars schoolbook bans based on racial and LGBTQ topics

6:17pm September 26, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

Gov. Gavin Newsom called the new measure "long overdue," saying that the banning binge of diversity materials has to come to an end.

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The dystopian 'Land of Milk and Honey' tells of a future without the pleasure of food

4:28pm September 26, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to C Pam Zhang about her new novel, Land of Milk and Honey.

Environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb says in nature, the weaker animals are usually the ones killed by predators. That changes when cars are involved: "Roadkill is not only eliminating animals, it's in many cases eliminating those healthy animals that populations need to remain strong,"

Cars are a major predator for wildlife. How is nature adapting to our roads?

1:44pm September 26, 2023

by Terry Gross

Environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb says cars are killing animals, while highways cut off them off from their food sources and migration paths. His new book is Crossings.

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