Arts & Life

Leslie Odom Jr. and Nicolette Robinson star in the new series "Love in the Time of Corona," created and directed by Joanna Johnson.

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'Love In The Time Of Corona' Stars On The Truth And Light Of Making Art Amid Pandemic

8:21pm August 22, 2020

The new mini-series was filmed during the pandemic and stars the real life couple Nicolette Robinson and Leslie Odom Jr., who shot their parts in quarantine from their home.

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'You Ought To Do A Story About Me' Tells True Story Of A Photographer And His Subject

7:59am August 22, 2020

NPR's Scott Simon talks to the former football star Jackie Wallace and photojournalist Ted Jackson about their friendship, which they documented in a new book, You Ought To Do A Story About Me.

Elizabeth Dalziel's son Joe, 7, lays next to his favorite objects, toys and books as part of a homeschooling assignment — to create a time capsule — from his school in Berkhamsted, England.

What It Looks Like When School, And Everything Else, Happens At Home

7:00am August 22, 2020

by Elizabeth Dalziel

Photographer Elizabeth Dalziel has been in charge of her sons' learning during lockdown. The time together has wrapped them in a tight hug that at times "feels like a boa constrictor's slow squeeze."

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Winning The Game Of Love In 'Loathe At First Sight'

7:00am August 22, 2020

by Denny S. Bryce

Suzanne Park's debut adult novel is a crackling romance starring a young woman trying to make it in the extremely male-dominated gaming industry — can she find love AND a career? Signs point to yes.

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I'd Like To Thank The Academy

3:57pm August 21, 2020

William Jackson Harper (The Good Place) and Yvonne Orji (Insecure) visit past Academy Awards ceremonies in an audio quiz about iconic Oscar speeches.

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Landmark Lark

3:57pm August 21, 2020

William Jackson Harper and Yvonne Orji combine geography and wordplay in a game about well-known landmarks, with a twist.

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Are You Not Edutained?

3:57pm August 21, 2020

Tony Shalhoub and Luke Kirby (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) go back to school in a game involving audio clips from vintage educational films. Luke and Ophira discover they have a lot in common.

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Must Love Dogs

3:57pm August 21, 2020

Tinder goes wild in a game where Tony Shalhoub and Luke Kirby try to guess the animal based on imagined online dating profiles.

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt

3:57pm August 21, 2020

Joseph Gordon-Levitt talks about starring in a peanut butter commercial as a child. And plays a game where songs associated with movies are rewritten to be about the movie scene in which they appear.

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Documentary Chronicles Students' Fight For Black Rights During 'Freedom Summer'

1:20pm August 21, 2020

by Terry Gross

Freedom Summer, now streaming on PBS, focuses on the 1964 movement to get Black people to vote in Mississippi. Director Stanley Nelson and organizer Charles Cobb discussed the film in 2014.

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