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In a new book The Joy of Movement: How Exercise Helps Us Find Happiness, Hope, Connection, and Courage, author Kelly McGonigal argues that we should look beyond weight loss to the many social and emotional benefits of exercise.

Hope, Happiness And Social Connection: Hidden Benefits Of Regular Exercise

6:49pm January 04, 2020

by Stephanie O'Neill

A new book, The Joy of Movement, offers more motivation to exercise. It's not just about getting fit or looking good: Exercise can give you courage, pleasure and better friendships.

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Racism Scandal In The Romance Writing Industry

8:11am January 04, 2020

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Claims of racism are at the heart of a scandal within the organization Romance Writers of America — a powerful industry group with a lot more going for it than heaving bosoms and swarthy pirates.

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T.S. Eliot's Love Letters Unsealed

8:11am January 04, 2020

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to scholar Frances Dickey of the University of Missouri about the trove of love letters T.S. Eliot wrote to a woman he called his "muse." The letters were unsealed this week.

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'Fresh Air' Favorites: Patti Smith

1:28pm January 03, 2020

by Terry Gross

This week, we're listening back to some favorite Fresh Air interviews from the past decade. The punk icon reflected on her career and her 22-year friendship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe in 2010.

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'Fresh Air' Favorites: Ta-Nehisi Coates

1:30pm January 02, 2020

by Terry Gross

This week, we're listening back to some favorite Fresh Air interviews from the past decade. In 2015 Coates spoke about growing up in Baltimore and facing threats from both the streets and the police.

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'Fresh Air' Favorites: Toni Morrison

1:30pm January 02, 2020

by Terry Gross

This week, we're listening back to some favorite Fresh Air interviews from the past decade. The Nobel Prize winner, who died in 2019, spoke about aging and regret in this 2015 interview.

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Sonny Mehta, Publishing Industry Giant, Dies At 77

6:23am January 01, 2020

by Rose Friedman

Sonny Mehta, editor in chief at publisher Knopf, died on Monday after complications from pneumonia. He published books by John le Carré, Toni Morrison, Pope John Paul II and Patti Smith.

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge breaking the fourth wall in Fleabag is among the great things of this year.

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50 Wonderful Things From 2019

5:43pm December 31, 2019

by Linda Holmes

From J.Lo to Keanu, baseball GIFs to Phoebe Waller-Bridge's masterpiece, here are 50 great cultural moments — from TV, movies, theater, books, podcasts and more — from the year that was.

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Chanel Miller Wants You To Know Her Name (Rebroadcast)

4:41pm December 31, 2019

She was attacked in 2015. She was named Glamour's "woman of the year" in 2016. Now, in 2019, she's telling her story in her own words.

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Bloody, Fast-Paced 'Lost Hills' Is A Superb Start For A New Series

2:00pm December 31, 2019

by Gabino Iglesias

Veteran mystery author Lee Goldberg introduces a compelling new character in Lost Hills: Eve Ronin, rookie detective and unwilling media darling after her arrest of a famous actor went viral.