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These Movies Offer An Air-Conditioned Escape From Summer Heat

5:27pm May 28, 2018

by Bob Mondello

These days, the first hot-weather blockbusters arrive in April. Still, with schools getting out, things are about to get busier. Here's a look at this summer's potential blockbusters and the intriguing smaller films that will keep theater seats occupied in hot weather.

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How Rodgers And Hammerstein Revolutionized Broadway

1:39pm May 28, 2018

by Terry Gross

Todd Purdum's new book is about the creative partnership and strained personal relationship behind such hit shows as Carousel, South Pacific and The Sound of Music. Originally broadcast April 9, 2018.

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Someone — either this wolf or you — is about to meet an unfortunate end in the survival simulator The Long Dark.

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Reading The Game: The Long Dark

7:00am May 27, 2018

by Jason Sheehan

Our occasional series on storytelling in video games returns with a look at the survival simulator The Long Dark, which uses sound and silence to build a world not long into some terrible disaster.

Enemies in Love, a new book by Alexis Clark, tells the story of an unexpected romance.

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What Happens When Two Enemies Fall In Love?

6:00am May 27, 2018

by Karen Grigsby Bates

A love story between a black Army nurse and a German POW during World War II? You couldn't make that story up — and Alexis Clark, author of the upcoming book, Enemies in Love, didn't.

Rose McGowan appears at Loudoun County District Court for a preliminary hearing after cocaine was found in the wallet she left on an airplane at Dulles International Airport last year. She says she believes she was framed.

Rose McGowan: Put Me On The Stand Against Weinstein

1:45am May 27, 2018

The actress was one of the first women to publicly accuse Weinstein of sexual assault. She says she had not believed the movie mogul would face charges, but now hopes he will be convicted.

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2 Immigrants On What Patriotism Means To Them

12:09pm May 26, 2018

Asma Naeem of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery and author and professor Laila Lalami discuss what patriotism means to them on Memorial Day weekend.

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Spiegelman's Charcoal Ice Cream with Pomegranate Swirl and Chocolate Sourdough Breadcrumbs is an edible ode Persephone —whose decision to eat pomegranate seeds sealed her fate as queen of the underworld, according to Greek mythology.

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Spoonfuls Of Stonehenge: Modern Ice Cream Flavors Inspired By History

9:00am May 26, 2018

by Laura Kiniry

A small-batch ice cream maker in Baltimore explores the sweet — and salty, spicy and even a little nutty — sides of historical people and places through clever, deeply researched flavor combinations.

What Does Patriotism Mean To You?

8:12am May 26, 2018

This Memorial Day weekend, NPR's Scott Simon looks at what patriotism means for longtime civil rights leader the Rev. William J. Barber II and for visitors to the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

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'National Review' Writer And Former Service Member On Defining Patriotism

8:12am May 26, 2018

David French, senior writer for the National Review and a former major in the U.S. Army Reserve, describes what patriotism means to him this Memorial Day weekend.

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W. Kamau Bell On The Meaning Of Patriotism

8:12am May 26, 2018

W. Kamau Bell, host of CNN's United Shades of America, discusses what patriotism means to him this Memorial Day weekend.