Middle schooler Cora Walsh of Long Island, N.Y., has won the 2026 NPR Student Podcast Challenge with a story about her journey with dyslexia. (Image credit: LA Johnson)
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The Social Reckoning. '/> Sorkin's latest film follows Mark Zuckerberg as his company fights lawsuits and whistleblowers after modifying its algorithm to promote reshares, which overwhelmingly tend to be divisive. (Image credit: Leah Gallo)
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Exclusive: Three years after filming began on the contentious Lucca Mortis, starring Dustin Hoffman, the British director is still in dispute with producers over which version to release, and a battle over rights rumbles on Peter Greenaway’s new movie was supp
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(New West) Following 2023 breakout Time Ain’t Accidental, the best songs here are when Williamson strips back country music, rebuilding it as something familiar yet different In her essay Goodbye to All That , Joan Didion writes that she left New York City whe
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Exclusive: Theresa Musgrove unearths newspaper archives showing one Alice Shepherd was severely punished in 1836 for similarly innocent request Could a consumptive young woman called Alice Shepherd have been the inspiration for Oliver Twist? That is a question
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Whether on the frontline in Ukraine or skate parks in Soweto, the genre is still a vital outlet for disaffected people everywhere. Here, musicians explain how they rage against the machine Andriy Zholob , vocalist/guitarist , Beton : When MTV arrived in Ukrain
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McDonagh’s latest film has Malkovich and Rockwell shooting the breeze as CIA agents in 1973 on Easter Island. They discuss grandchildren, swimming with turtles and who shot JFK ‘Earmuffs!” says Sam Rockwell, pausing his gushing tribute mid-flow and turning to
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Actor-director’s listless LA-set crime thriller makes for a surprisingly anonymous effort and one that feels very similar to many other, better films Ben Affleck has pushed through multiple Hollywood comebacks, at least one predicated on his facility behind th
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(Interscope) Adored by the A-list and filling arenas, but without huge smash hits, the Australian singer treads his own distinctive path through pop via shoegaze, Balearic and the Smiths A few years back, the New York Times reported on the phenomenon of the “m
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Each week, a guest draws a card from NPR's Wild Card deck and answers a big question about their life. Pádraig Ó Tuama's poetry examines faith and sexuality. His new collection is "Love Between Men."
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Opera singers often leave their careers when their voices are at their best, because the workload isn't manageable anymore.
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The director talks about what she learnt from her mother, working with a rookie Tim Burton, and 20 years of her cult classic Marie Antoinette Hello , I’m Cherry, I’m 14 and an aspiring film-maker. I love how your films capture what it feels like to be a young
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The Aussie trio explain creating their new record sampling kids’ science shows and Tunisian music – and their surreal film with Haley Joel Osment Last December, Robbie Chater and Tony Di Blasi, the core members of the Aussie disco-pop collagists the Avalanches
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Roman Manfredi took to the Neopolitan streets to photograph intimate portraits of locals who live outside binary gender expectations Continue reading...
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The actor, who has died at the age of 102 , was best known for her Oscar-winning performance in On The Waterfront as well as for starring in Hitchcock’s North By Northwest. Her career spanned eight decades – here we look back at her life and work Her best film
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Irina Rozovsky’s latest book Black Mountain Heart provides a stunning view of the Balkan states, balancing vitality and life with suggestions of a dark history Continue reading...
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A caiman wearing a wig, two brown bears laughing and a leopard doing a handstand feature in the selection of finalists from this year’s Nikon Comedy Wildlife awards . Winners will be announced on 8 December Continue reading...
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Sixty top architecture firms from around the world have mooted 500 eye-catching projects across Albania, sparking fury and protests. Now they’re being celebrated in an 800-page tome that some are calling ‘a smoking gun’ Last autumn, I was sitting with a promin
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