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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks via video during the opening of the Cannes film festival on Tuesday.

Arts

Zelenskyy urges Cannes filmmakers not to be silent

5:21pm May 17, 2022

by Elizabeth Blair

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave an impassioned speech via video at the Cannes film festival. He asked them to emulate Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator in which he mocked Hitler.

After a stroke blinded one eye, Frank Bruni focused on the future

1:37pm May 17, 2022

by Terry Gross

The New York Times columnist says the stroke forced him to choose: He could focus on what had been lost, or on what remained. His memoir is The Beauty of Dusk. Originally broadcast March 22, 2022.

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In 'This Time Tomorrow,' Emma Straub looks at the pieces that make a life

7:44am May 17, 2022

by Heller McAlpin

Emma Straub's new novel is a charmer that unleashes the magic of time travel to sweeten its exploration of some heavy themes like mortality, the march of time, and how small choices can alter a life.

Share a poem about a teacher who inspired you.

Arts

In Appreciation of Teachers: Share a poem

5:06am May 17, 2022

As the school year draws to a close, is there a teacher who has inspired you? Share with us a poem showing your appreciation for educators who have inspired you.

Downton Abbey is back, but this time the family is going on the road to France.

Arts

The new Downton Abbey film is here, and its creator says misery isn't compulsory

5:00am May 17, 2022

After six seasons and one movie spin-off, fans of the Crawley family have questions about the newest upcoming film; Show creator Julian Fellowes has answers.

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Argentine soldiers landing from a Sea King helicopter not far from Port Stanley, the capitol of the Falkland Islands (las Islas Malvinas).

40 years ago, the Falkland-Malvinas War transformed Latin rock

2:55pm May 16, 2022

by Fi O'Reilly

When English-language music was banned in 1982, Spanish-language groups found an opportunity.

On Sunday, a woman lights a candle at a makeshift memorial to the victims of Saturday's mass shooting at Tops market in Buffalo, N.Y.

Some are calling the Buffalo suspect a 'teenager.' Is that a privilege of his race?

1:26pm May 16, 2022

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The white supremacist suspect in Buffalo is 18 years old. Some news organizations and commentators have called him a "teenager" and "child" rather than a "man."

Angela Davis is escorted by two FBI agents after her arrest in New York on Oct. 13, 1970. She was taken from FBI headquarters to the Women's House of Detention.

This forgotten women's prison helped cement Greenwich Village's queer identity

1:06pm May 16, 2022

by Terry Gross

In his book The Women's House of Detention, Hugh Ryan writes about the New York City prison and the role it played in the gay rights movement of the '60s, including the 1969 Stonewall Uprising.

Billboard Music Awards honor Mary J. Blige as a musical icon

6:32am May 16, 2022

by The Associated Press

The annual music awards show also featured controversial appearances by Travis Scott and Morgan Wallen.

Margo Price, performing on the roof of Third Man Records on Sept. 13, 2018 in Nashville.

Margo Price recalls the uppers, downers & out-of-towners of early motherhood

6:00am May 15, 2022

by Margo Price

In an excerpt from her forthcoming memoir, singer-songwriter Margo Price remembers the early days of motherhood and marriage, their chaos compounded by a late-living musical lifestyle.