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In 'Finna,' Poet Nate Marshall Is 'All About What Happens Next'

7:56am August 08, 2020

by Scott Simon

Playwright, musician, and author Nate Marshall has a new book of poetry out, called Finna. He says the title comes from the common Southern phrase "fixing to," which is all about what happens next.

Tim Minchin plays Lucky in the new series Upright.

Tim Minchin Hauls A Piano Across Australia In 'Upright'

7:56am August 08, 2020

by Scott Simon

Singer, songwriter, and satirist Tim Minchin's new series opens with a bang: A frazzled man is driving an upright piano across the bare Australian landscape when he collides with a mouthy teenager.

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Sean Hannity Changes Book Cover Featuring Latin Motto Error

7:56am August 08, 2020

After student Spencer Alexander McDaniel realized that the Latin on the cover of a new book by Sean Hannity was pretty much gibberish, Hannity changed it.

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Bryan Cranston poses for a portrait at the Broadcast Television Journalists Association's Third Annual Critics' Choice Television Awards on June 10, 2013 in Los Angeles.

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Not My Job: We Quiz Bryan Cranston Of 'Breaking Bad' On Braking ... Good

7:56am August 08, 2020

The Emmy and Tony award-winning actor will answer three questions about safe driving, inspired by classic driver's education films of yesteryear.

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'You Had Me At Hola' Had Us Right From The Beginning

7:00am August 08, 2020

by Kamrun Nesa

Alexis Daria's soapy, sizzling new novel follows two telenovela actors who fall for each other while playing bitter exes — and have to figure out how to balance private love and public stardom.

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Remembering Pete Hamill, A Journalist With A Whitman-esque Embrace Of NYC

2:22pm August 07, 2020

by Maureen Corrigan

Book critic Maureen Corrigan remembers the veteran NYC newsman, who died Aug. 5, as "a tenement kid and high school drop out who never lost connection to where he came from."

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'Satchel' Recalls The Iconic Pitcher Who Helped Integrate Major League Baseball

2:22pm August 07, 2020

by Dave Davies

Hall of Famer Satchel Paige started his career pitching in the Negro leagues and later became a major league star. Author Larry Tye tells his story in Satchel. Originally broadcast in 2010.

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Beyoncé puts a conversation about Africa on the front line with her visual album Black Is King, which premiered on Disney+.

Opinion: We Are Africans. Here's Our View Of Beyoncé's 'Black Is King'

1:51pm August 07, 2020

Esther Ngumbi, a professor from Kenya, and Ifeanyi Nsofor, a doctor in Nigeria, react to the megastar's movie-length music video — and to criticism from other Africans.

Arts

Muppet Laughs

1:00pm August 07, 2020

Comedians Sasheer Zamata (SNL) and Nicole Byer (Nailed It!), hosts of the Best Friends podcast, play an audio game where they guess the Muppet based on its laugh.

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Junk Food Taste Test

1:00pm August 07, 2020

Sasheer Zamata and Nicole Byer try to identify junk foods from the descriptions Ophira and Jonathan give while snacking on them.

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