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Creepers, Golliwog, Spalding

Studio 360 - January 18, 2038 - 11:14pm
Kurt Andersen talks to novelist Anne Rice about the mystery and allure of monsters across movies, art, and literature.
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NPR Arts & Culture - May 27, 2014 - 12:00am

The summer-movie slate looks like a typically airheaded one, from Land of the Lost to the naughty new spoof Bruno. But fear not: We found a few dramas — even some foreign weepies — to help tide you over.

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Obama Forgets To Salute; Sparks Debate On Presidential Tradition

NPR Politics - 2 hours 48 min ago

The presidential salute actually breaks with military decorum and was started by Ronald Reagan in 1981.

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Obama Forgets To Salute; Sparks Debate On Presidential Tradition

NPR News - 2 hours 48 min ago

The presidential salute actually breaks with military decorum and was started by Ronald Reagan in 1981.

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Meet London's Master Architects In Jell-0

NPR Arts & Culture - 3 hours 37 min ago

London duo Sam Bompas and Harry Parr have made names for themselves with their wild, experimental food installations. From pineapple islands and banana vapors to re-creations of famous architectural monuments, their work playfully pushes the boundary of how we experience food.

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Meet London's Master Architects In Jell-0

NPR News - 3 hours 37 min ago

London duo Sam Bompas and Harry Parr have made names for themselves with their wild, experimental food installations. From pineapple islands and banana vapors to re-creations of famous architectural monuments, their work playfully pushes the boundary of how we experience food.

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Missouri Train Collision Injures 7, Collapses Overpass

NPR News - 5 hours 15 min ago

Authorities said a Union Pacific train t-boned a Burlington Northern train. After a diesel fuel leak, one of the engines caught fire but firefighters were able to extinguish it.

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One Hit Wonder? Another Anibal Sanchez No-Hit Bid Spoiled

NPR News - 6 hours 21 min ago

The Tigers' Sanchez has been here before. This is the fourth one-hitter of his career. It was also the third time the Twins' Joe Mauer broke a no-hitter in the 9th inning.

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'We Need Help Bad': 911 Calls Reveal Chaos In Tornado's Wake

NPR News - 7 hours 8 min ago

The calls are harrowing and they offer a glimmer of the chaos and emotion that followed the storm.

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Fresh Air Weekend: Soderbergh, Sarah Vaughan, Julianne Moore

Fresh Air with Terry Gross - 7 hours 17 min ago

The acclaimed director examines the five-year relationship between Liberace and his young lover. A new box set of Vaughan's music shows her range. In What Maisie Knew, Moore plays a troubled rock star who might initially seem like a rotten person, but Moore's performance humanizes the character.

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'Steal The Menu': A Chronicle Of A Career In Food Coverage

NPR Arts & Culture - 8 hours 17 min ago

When Raymond Sokolov began writing about food, it was considered a specialty portfolio. Today, celebrity chefs abound in the U.S. and Britain, with cookbooks, TV shows and groupies. Host Scott Simon speaks with Sokolov about his new book, Steal the Menu: A Memoir of Forty Years in Food.

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'Las Caras Lindas': To Be Black And Puerto Rican In 2013

NPR News - 8 hours 17 min ago

The complex identities navigated by black Puerto Ricans play out in the music of hip-hop artist Tego Calderón and one of his inspirations, Ismael Rivera.

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'Steal The Menu': A Chronicle Of A Career In Food Coverage

NPR Arts & Culture - 8 hours 17 min ago

When Raymond Sokolov began writing about food, it was considered a specialty portfolio. Today, celebrity chefs abound in the U.S. and Britain, with cookbooks, TV shows and groupies. Host Scott Simon speaks with Sokolov about his new book, Steal the Menu: A Memoir of Forty Years in Food.

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IRS Hearings Highlight Ambiguity Of Nonprofits In Politics

NPR Politics - 8 hours 17 min ago

The congressional hearings about the IRS's handling of Tea Party applications for tax-exempt status raise the question of why and how tax-exempt groups engage in politics in the first place.

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School Bus Fire Kills 15 Children In Pakistan

NPR News - 8 hours 29 min ago

The bus caught fire when the driver tried to switch from using gasoline to natural gas. The driver fled the scene.

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Three-Minute Fiction Readings: 'Geometry' And 'Snowflake'

NPR Arts & Culture - 9 hours 9 min ago

NPR's Bob Mondello and Susan Stamberg read excerpts of two of the best submissions for Round 11 of our short story contest. They read Snowflake by Winona Wendth of Lancaster, Mass., and Geometry by Eugenie Montague of Los Angeles.

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Snowflake

NPR Arts & Culture - 9 hours 12 min ago

She found the photograph early in the day, while she was cleaning for spring, pulling a winter's collection of domestic detritus out from under the bed. Ticket stubs, grimy grocery notes, coffee-stained lined paper, and dead pens. Their life: movies, food, and books.

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Geometry

NPR Arts & Culture - 9 hours 12 min ago

I found your journal in my car. A slim, Moleskin, six by ten centimeters, soft cover, blue, curving upwards at the edges like an incredibly shallow bowl, or a key dish. By the concavity in its form, the book seemed to be suggesting it was capable of carrying something. Something real.

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Gals Who Grill: What Will It Take For Women To Man The Q?

NPR Arts & Culture - 9 hours 48 min ago

The grill "is the one and only male-dominated appliance in America," says a researcher who recently crunched the numbers. He found that men are more than twice as likely as women to be the primary grillers at home. One reason? Grilling can feel like a form of recreation.

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Gals Who Grill: What Will It Take For Women To Man The Q?

NPR News - 9 hours 48 min ago

The grill "is the one and only male-dominated appliance in America," says a researcher who recently crunched the numbers. He found that men are more than twice as likely as women to be the primary grillers at home. One reason? Grilling can feel like a form of recreation.

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