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I Want To Be 'Popular': Psychologist Examines Our Lingering Teenage Selves

5:52pm July 05, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with psychologist Mitch Prinstein about his new book, Popular, and how our teenage selves often stick with us long into adulthood.

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Randall Mann's 'Proprietary' Reinvents Classic San Francisco Poetry

4:29pm July 05, 2017

by Tess Taylor

Our poetry reviewer Tess Taylor looks at Randall Mann's new collection, Proprietary, which looks at the changes in San Francisco.

Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney play a couple making their way through parenthood, marriage and their careers in the Amazon comedy series Catastrophe.

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'Everything Is Up For Grabs': Life Inspires Art For 'Catastrophe' Co-Creator

2:41pm July 05, 2017

by Anne Marie Baldonado

Sharon Horgan isn't shy about borrowing from real life for her Amazon comedy series about relationships. "I am my own provider of material," she says.

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The 'End Of Loyalty' And The Decline Of Good Jobs In America

2:11pm July 05, 2017

Author Rick Wartzman says that jobs offering security, decent wages and good benefits are becoming harder to find, in part because of automation, globalization and the weakening of unions.

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Woolly: The True Story of the Quest to Revive One of History's Most Iconic Extinct Creatures, by Ben Mezrich. (Photo: Liam James Doyle/NPR)

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'Woolly' Breathes New Life Into A Scientific Saga

7:00am July 05, 2017

by Jason Heller

Ben Mezrich's taut, entertaining new book follows the men and women who have dedicated themselves to cloning the woolly mammoth, and maybe reversing some of the damage humans have done to the planet.

A rare first edition of the sheet music of the "Star-Spangled Banner" is displayed at Christie's in New York on Nov. 30, 2010.

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The Star-Spangled Banner Verse You've Probably Never Heard

10:26pm July 04, 2017

by Chloe Veltman

We only sing the first verse, but the national anthem actually has four. In the midst of the Civil War, poet Oliver Wendell Holmes penned yet another, which speaks to politically divisive times.

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South Pole Station: A Novel, by Ashley Shelby. (Photo: Liam James Doyle/NPR)

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'South Pole Station' Takes A Cool Look At A Hot Topic

7:00am July 04, 2017

by Heller McAlpin

Ashley Shelby's debut novel — set among an appealing mix of nerds and oddballs at Antarctica's Amundsen-Scott research station — is a refreshing diversion from summer's heat.

A group of men with full glasses proudly pose with their keg of beer in San Francisco, 1895.

How The Story Of Beer Is The Story Of America

6:36pm July 03, 2017

The Smithsonian's first brewing historian explores everything from immigration to urbanization through the lens of beer. And with the boom in microbrewing, she says beer's story has come full circle.

Disney Announces Changes To Pirates Of The Caribbean Ride

5:47pm July 03, 2017

Disney announced it will be making some changes to its "Pirates of the Caribbean" ride. The most significant of those changes will be doing away with the "bride auction" that appears partway through the ride.

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Maureen Corrigan reviews "Modern Gods" by Nick Laird

3:21pm July 03, 2017

Maureen Corrigan reviews "Modern Gods" By Nick Laird

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