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Nicole Krauss And Zeruya Shalev On Israel, Jewishness And Defying Reader Expectations

10:00am November 16, 2019

by Lily Meyer

Nicole Krauss and Zeruya Shalev are friends — and authors whose work is deeply bound up in their Jewish and Israeli identities. But both struggle with the pressure to represent those identities.

Mary-Louise Parker during the opening night curtain call for the new play The Sound Inside on Broadway at Studio 54 Theatre last month.

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'I'm A Purist': Mary-Louise Parker Returns To Broadway For A New Challenge

8:02am November 16, 2019

by Scott Simon

The actor discusses her "arduous" role as a 53-year-old Yale professor in the dark play, The Sound Inside. "It requires a lot of technique," she said. "Because I don't want you to see the technique."

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Epstein's Death Becomes A Meme

8:02am November 16, 2019

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Don Caldwell of knowyourmeme.com about the conspiracy theories about the death of Jeffrey Epstein.

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U.S. Sen Tim Kaine (D-VA) looks on during a campaign rally on Oct. 22, 2016, in Pittsburgh, Pa.

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Not My Job: Sen. Tim Kaine Plays A Game Called 'T. Kaine, Meet T-Pain'

7:39am November 16, 2019

We recorded the show in Richmond, Va., this week, and invited Sen. Tim Kaine to play our quiz. We'll find out how much he knows about Grammy award-winning musician T-Pain.

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'Bradley Of Him' Is A Surreally Fun Desert Run

7:00am November 16, 2019

by Etelka Lehoczky

Connor Willumson's graphic novel follows the trail of a mysterious athlete, or possibly an actor — gawky, pale, never takes his mirror shades off — running through the desert outside Las Vegas.

The Savitsky Cats are now scampering through New York City's Lincoln Center as one of the new star attractions of the Big Apple Circus.

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These Circus Cats Will Jump Through Hoops — Thanks To Training (And Treats)

6:28pm November 15, 2019

by Jeff Lunden

In addition to the usual assortment of death-defying acts, The Savitsky Cats — a Ukrainian mother-and-daughter team and their nine trained fluffballs — are now performing for New York crowds.

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'The Crown' Creator Sees Britain's Royals As 'Just A Regular Family'

1:43pm November 15, 2019

by Dave Davies

In his Netflix series, now in its third season, Peter Morgan explores the shame, regret and "misdemeanors of the past" that haunt the House of Windsor. Originally broadcast Jan. 16, 2018.

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Back For Season 3, 'The Crown' May Just Be The Most Delicious Series On TV

1:43pm November 15, 2019

by John Powers

The new season of the Netflix's wonderfully entertaining historical soap opera carries Queen Elizabeth II's story into the mid-1960s and '70s, when Britain's post-war afterglow has faded.

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Sterling K. Brown plays the patriarch of a family in crisis in Waves.

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A Florida Family Saga, Told In 'Waves' Of Healing And Heartache

12:13pm November 15, 2019

by Justin Chang

Life doesn't go according to plan for the family at the center of this wrenching drama. But while Waves doesn't peddle easy redemption, it does offer what feels like a state of grace.

The royal We may not be amused, but you will be: Olivia Colman is Elizabeth in The Crown Season 3.

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'The Crown' Gets A Fresh Polish

8:03am November 15, 2019

by Glen Weldon

The cast has changed, but the formula — i.e., heavy hangs the (figure)head that wears the crown — remains comfortingly intact.