Arts & Life

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'Fresh Air' Remembers Bollywood Icon Irrfan Khan

1:51pm May 01, 2020

by Terry Gross

One of India's most beloved film stars, Khan, who died April 29, became internationally known for his work in films like Slumdog Millionaire and Life of Pi. Originally broadcast in 2012.

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Inventive New Comedy 'Upload' Explores (Virtual) Life After Death

1:38pm May 01, 2020

by David Bianculli

Set in 2033, Amazon's new sci-fi series follows a dead character who has been brought back to "life" as a lookalike avatar in a virtual world. Upload is smart, funny — and imaginatively complicated.

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Masked Singers

12:41pm May 01, 2020

Everyone's wearing a mask these days, but some musicians got there first. Actors Stephanie Beatriz and Lauren Ash identify clips of masked performers.

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Cream City

12:41pm May 01, 2020

Actors Stephanie Beatriz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) and Lauren Ash (Superstore) play a game about city nicknames. Will they pass the quiz, or get taken to Stumptown?

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Nothing To Hide

12:41pm May 01, 2020

Middleditch & Schwartz performers Thomas Middleditch and Ben Schwartz keep it on the down-low in this music parody game about hidden things.

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Fact Bag With Thomas Middleditch And Ben Schwartz

12:41pm May 01, 2020

Fact Bag re-emerges from the digital cloud to once again relay a fresh set of facts. Why? Because facts never sleep and neither does Fact Bag. Featuring comedians Thomas Middleditch and Ben Schwartz.

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Natasha Rothwell

12:41pm May 01, 2020

Writer and actor Natasha Rothwell talks about Insecure, writing for Saturday Night Live, and performing comedy in Japan. Then, she plays a game about real and fictitious home renovation shows.

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The Ask Me Another Hotline

12:41pm May 01, 2020

Listeners call in to talk about the most decadent and shameful things they've eaten since social distancing began, because honestly? Making whipped coffee is more fun in theory than in practice.

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Screenwriter Archie (Jeremy Pope, left) and wannabe director Raymond (Darren Criss) run lines in the Netflix miniseries Hollywood.

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'Hollywood' Serves Up A Progressive Alt-History Parable, Thinly Sliced

5:43am May 01, 2020

by Glen Weldon

Noble-minded (and determined you don't forget that) but glibly made, the latest Ryan Murphy Netflix miniseries offers an alternate history in which brave Hollywood types change the world.

Nick Offerman and Amy Poehler would never breathe on each other like this (an earlier moment in the series) in the new Parks and Recreation special, but at least they can talk on video.

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From 'Parks And Recreation,' A Brief But Delightful Return To Pawnee

9:02pm April 30, 2020

by Linda Holmes

Thursday night's special may not have been a narrative necessity, but it was a welcome joy to visit with Leslie Knope, Ron Swanson and the rest of our old pals.