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LGBTQ Activist Cleve Jones: 'I'm Well Aware How Fragile Life Is'

4:23pm December 01, 2017

Jones lost countless friends to the AIDS epidemic. He became an activist after Harvey Milk's assassination: "Meeting Harvey, seeing his death, it fixed my course." Originally broadcast Nov. 29, 2016.

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Delusions Of Grandeur Take Center Stage In James Franco's 'Disaster Artist'

4:23pm December 01, 2017

by David Edelstein

Critic David Edlestein says Franco sends audiences into hysterics as the director and star of a new biopic about Tommy Wiseau, an oddball filmmaker with vision and drive — but very little talent.

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Hanks For Nothin'

11:42am December 01, 2017

Break out your multiple Oscars for a game that mashes up Tom Hanks movie titles! It's his best work since Apollo 13 Going On 30.

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Start Me Up

11:42am December 01, 2017

DING! That imaginary bell means it's time for an audio quiz about the sounds you hear when events, movies, and video games begin.

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Jason Mraz: Choco-mole And Pie

11:42am December 01, 2017

Mraz recounts the palm reading that led him to drop out of college and make music, and how Sara Bareilles brought him to the Broadway musical Waitress. Then we quiz this organic farmer on avocados.

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This, That, Or The Other

11:42am December 01, 2017

Contestants guess whether phrases are spooky urban legends, nicknames of old-timey Hall of Fame baseball players, or a phrase following "The Adventure of" in the title of a Sherlock Holmes story.

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Cop To It

11:42am December 01, 2017

Get ready for the ultimate Sting operation: We rewrote songs by The Police to be about famous cop shows.

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Wisdom Of The Crowd

11:42am December 01, 2017

Can you guess how many people follow the most-followed raccoon on Instagram? We challenged house musician Jonathan Coulton and the hive mind of our audience to a guesstimation game.

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David Burkus: Would Work Improve If You Knew What Your Colleagues Get Paid?

11:05am December 01, 2017

by NPR/TED Staff

How much money you make is a taboo subject. But business writer David Burkus says you should know how much your coworkers are paid. It can improve your job satisfaction--even reduce pay inequality.

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Ray Dalio: What Would Happen If You Were 100% Honest With Your Colleagues?

9:47am December 01, 2017

by NPR/TED Staff

Entrepreneur Ray Dalio would want somebody to tell him if he's about to make a mistake. So in his company, even the most junior employees are expected to give him--the boss--critical, honest feedback.

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