Family

A collage of our audience members' beloved pets and their memorials to their animal companions. Clockwise from top left: Mena Bingham's sunflower garden for her cat Sara; a statue to honor Beth Fadely's dog, Bella; Linda Smith's cat Holly; Sheryl Bauerschmidt's dog Birdie; a glass cat figurine in the bay window where Marie Hernandez's cat, Fina, used to sit.

Arts

8 loving ways to honor a pet's memory: Write an obit, grow a garden, dedicate a day

2:48pm September 27, 2023

by Malaka Gharib

How do you deal with the heartbreak of losing a beloved pet? Our audience shares creative and inspiring ways to process grief — and celebrate the lives of our animal companions.

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The head of the USDA says most WIC beneficiaries would lose access to the program within a few days of a government shutdown, leaving them unable to buy healthy food.

Millions of Americans will lose food assistance if the government shuts down

2:12pm September 26, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

A shutdown would affect the nearly 7 million women and children who rely on WIC for healthy food. Free school lunch and Meals on Wheels are also at risk, and SNAP could be impacted eventually too.

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Health & Safety

Group chat: How to keep friendships between parents and non-parents alive

5:16pm September 25, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks to New York Magazine writer Allison P. Davis, and Claire Fallon of the podcast Rich Text, about the difficulties of maintaining friendships between parents and non-parents.

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In The Enchanted Symphony, a young boy named Piccolino harnesses the power of art, nature and community.

Books
Arts

A concert audience of houseplants? A new kids' book tells the surprisingly true tale

9:59am September 23, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

The latest children's book from Julie Andrews, Emma Walton Hamilton and illustrator Elly McKay is about the power of nature and music. They discussed their creative process in an interview with NPR.

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Broadway tickets are expensive — add babysitting to that and the costs are often prohibitive. But a nonprofit is trying to bring free babysitting to theaters around the country.

Arts

Free babysitting on Broadway? This nonprofit helps parents get to the theater

5:01am September 23, 2023

by Jennifer Vanasco

Broadway tickets are expensive — add babysitting to that and the costs are often prohibitive. But a nonprofit is trying to bring free babysitting to theaters around the country.

Adam Kaye and his mother, Marti Kaye, spend every Sunday together. Adam normally plays some of her favorite songs on his guitar, with Marti whistling or humming along. But he recently had shoulder surgery and won't be able to strum a guitar for a while.

Still there: Alzheimer's has ravaged his mother's memory, but music brings her back

7:13pm September 21, 2023

by Dustin Jones

After 18 years of living with Alzheimer's disease, Marti Kaye spends most of her time in a wheelchair, expressionless. That changes the minute her son Adam Kaye starts playing his guitar.

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Issa Rae voices Angela, Brooke Monroe Conaway plays Zuri and Scott "Kid Cudi" Mescudi is Stephen in Max's Young Love.

Arts

There's a lot to love in the 'Hair Love'-inspired TV series 'Young Love'

11:52am September 21, 2023

by Eric Deggans

The animated series on Max follows a young Black family getting back on its feet after the mother is struck by illness. The show is a spin-off from an Oscar-winning short film by Matthew A. Cherry.

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Are you saving enough for college? Here's what to know

8:41am September 21, 2023

by Cory Turner

As the cost of college continues to rise, families have new questions about how to save up. For answers, we turned to Ron Lieber, author of The Price You Pay For College.

Jia Tolentino talks about God and psychedelics and finding comfort in chaos.

She chased 'ego death' — first in religion, then in parenthood

6:00am September 17, 2023

by Rachel Martin

Jia Tolentino has a nuanced perspective on her religious upbringing and her subsequent rejection of that belief system. And then what it meant to become a parent.

The museum's former library space on the ground floor — most often used for the Met's beloved story time — is now the 81st Street Studio, a hands-on learning space for kids.

Arts

A new kids' space at an art museum is actually about science

10:08am September 16, 2023

by Jennifer Vanasco

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is trying something new to introduce kids to the materials that make art.

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