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Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi (left) talks to the media alongside Argentine President Mauricio Macri in Buenos Aires on Tuesday. Renzi has inspired some mockery in the Italian press for reciting a poem he claimed was by Jorge Luis Borges, which, wel

Italian Prime Minister Botches His Attempt To Read Borges

5:59pm February 18, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Matteo Renzi was visiting Argentina and thought he would read a poem by the country's most famous literary icon. He thought wrong: The poem he picked was emphatically not by Jorge Luis Borges.

Two scientists and an Amazonian shaman work together over 40 years to find a sacred healing plant in Embrace the Serpent.

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The Strange And Intoxicating 'Embrace Of The Serpent'

5:00pm February 18, 2016

by Mark Jenkins

This Colombian nominee for the Oscar for best foreign-language film is loosely based on the journals of two real explorers and creates a story in which they spend decades seeking a sacred plant.

Kiefer Sutherland (left) as John Henry Clayton and Donald Sutherland (right) as Reverend William Clayton in the western Forsaken.

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A Father And Son Among Tumbling Tumbleweeds Of The Familiar

5:00pm February 18, 2016

by Andrew Lapin

Donald and Kiefer Sutherland appear together in a Western with little to offer beyond the usual formulas.

Trevor Noah — who took over hosting from Jon Stewart in 2015 — remembers watching The Daily Show on CNN in South Africa. "It looked like a news show and it had the same colors as CNN and the ticker," he says. "I just worked under the assumption that i

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Under Apartheid, Trevor Noah's Mom Taught Him To Face Injustice With Humor

5:00pm February 18, 2016

The Daily Show host grew up biracial in South Africa; his mother was jailed for having a relationship with his father. But she always turned to humor before anger, Noah says — a trait he's inherited.

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If You Like Code Switch, You'll Probably Like These 5 Food Blogs

4:37pm February 18, 2016

by Hanna Choi

These blogs take the cake on exploring food, culture and identity.

VIP Graphic illustrator Adrian Tomine (Right) and special guest Yo La Tengo's James McNew (Left) on Ask Me Another at The Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

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Cover Me With Adrian Tomine

2:20pm February 18, 2016

We attempt to make visual art radio-friendly in our VIP game. VIP Adrian Tomine and special guest Yo La Tengo's James McNew guess classic albums based on Ophira and Jonathan's descriptions.

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Pop Culture Court

1:54pm February 18, 2016

Order in the court! In this game, we describe fictional Supreme Court cases that are actually the titles of movies, TV shows, and other things with the word "versus" in them.

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Release The Catchphrase

1:54pm February 18, 2016

The 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans wasn't that memorable, save for Liam Neeson's line, "Release the Kraken!" Contestants answer with phrases that start with the "cr" sound as Zeus himself.

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This, In A Bottle

1:54pm February 18, 2016

Shampoo, Wes Anderson and orange juice-- what do these things all have in common? Jonathan Coulton sings Jim Croce's "Time in a Bottle" with clues about stuff you find in bottles.

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A Store By Any Other Name

1:54pm February 18, 2016

We head to the mall with nothing but a debit card and a thesaurus. We read clues in which the name of a popular retailer is replaced with a synonym and asked our contestants for the real store name.

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