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Far From ‘Infinitesimal’: A Mathematical Paradox’s Role In History
April 20, 2014 | NPR · It seems like a simple question: How many parts can you divide a line into? The troublesome answer was square at the root of two of Europe’s greatest social crises.
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‘Traveling Pants’ Author Tries Traveling In Time
April 20, 2014 | NPR · NPR’s Petra Mayer profiles YA author Ann Brashares, whose new book The Here and Now follows a young girl and her community who’ve escaped a terrible future via time travel and landed in our present.
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All Grown Up? Three Books About The Mystery Of Coming Of Age
April 20, 2014 | NPR · Author Craig Nova recommends three books that take a fresh approach to the age-old bildungsroman. The experience of growing up is both universal and unique — and, in these books, timeless.
 

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Writing The Wicked Ways Of The ‘Worst. Person. Ever.’
April 19, 2014 | NPR · Raymond Gunt is profane, rude, heartless and truly the Worst. Person. Ever. Author Douglas Coupland says he’s not exactly sure how the character, with no redeeming qualities, came into his mind.
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How A Music Writer Learned Trust Is The Ultimate Backstage Pass
April 19, 2014 | NPR · Lisa Robinson knows how to talk — and how to make others, especially musicians, want to talk. The veteran rock journalist speaks with NPR’s Wade Goodwyn about her four decades behind the scenes.
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For Chris O’Dowd, ‘Of Mice And Men’ Is More Than An American Story
April 19, 2014 | NPR · “All of us have chased the American dream so there’s something very universal about it,” the Irish actor says. O’Dowd and James Franco star in a new Broadway production of Steinbeck’s novella.
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A Love Letter To Literature: Reading Gabo In ‘The Paris Review’
April 18, 2014 | NPR · Gabriel Garcia Marquez died Thursday. It would be hard to overstate the importance of his novels, but author Gustavo Arellano recommends getting to know him in a different medium.
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NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Fiction, Week Of April 17, 2014
April 18, 2014 | NPR · The late Peter Matthiessen’s last novel, , debuts at No. 4.
 

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Book News: The Celebrity Of Gabriel Garcia Marquez
April 18, 2014 | NPR · Also: Exiled Romanian poet Nina Cassian has died; the real title of Hillary Clinton’s forthcoming memoir; Gary Shteyngart retires from book blurbing.
 

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‘During The Reign,’ A Dissolving Family Retells Its History
April 18, 2014 | NPR · Joan Chase’s 1983 debut During the Reign of the Queen of Persia is a careful, layered account of a troubled family in rural 1950s Ohio, narrated by a quasi-Greek chorus of daughters and cousins.
 

 

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In Asian-Majority District, House Race Divides Calif. Voters
April 21, 2014 | NPR · The U.S. mainland’s only Asian-majority congressional district sits in California’s Silicon Valley, where two Indian-American candidates are trying to oust Japanese-American Congressman Mike Honda.
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Who Should Pay To Keep The Internet’s Locks Secure?
April 21, 2014 | KQED · Fortune 1000 companies rely on the open source software OpenSSL for their core business. Two-thirds of websites use it. But no one pays for it and it’s never had a complete security audit.
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How Do Companies Boost 401(k) Enrollment? Make It Automatic
April 21, 2014 | NPR · More Americans are saving for retirement through their employers’ 401(k) programs. That follows a move to automatically sign up workers to participate in the retirement savings plans.
 

Arts & Life

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Far From ‘Infinitesimal’: A Mathematical Paradox’s Role In History
April 20, 2014 | NPR · It seems like a simple question: How many parts can you divide a line into? The troublesome answer was square at the root of two of Europe’s greatest social crises.
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From ‘Field Of Dreams’ To ‘Draft Day’: Who Cares About The Front Office?
April 20, 2014 | NPR · Sports movies seem to have made a strange turn from focusing on players to focusing on agents and managers. It makes for a sad progression from magical realism to yelling about money.
 

Woody Allen’s ‘Fading Gigolo’ Full Of Loneliness And Longing
April 20, 2014 | NPR · In the new comedy Fading Gigolo, John Turturro plays the title character, and Woody Allen plays his pimp. This story originally broadcast on All Things Considered on April 18, 2014.
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Music

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First Listen: Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band, ‘Landmarks’
April 20, 2014 | NPR · One of the world’s best jazz drummers is also a singer-songwriter, session man for Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell and the son of a preacher man. It’s all potently distilled for his band of over 15 years.
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First Listen: The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger, ‘Midnight Sun’
April 20, 2014 | NPR · Sean Lennon has made one of the best recordings of his career, with help from bassist, singer and partner Charlotte Kemp Muhl. The two follow their acoustic debut with a fabulously fuzzy rock album.
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First Listen: Rodrigo y Gabriela, ’9 Dead Alive’
April 20, 2014 | NPR · The natives of Mexico City offer a stripped-down, intimate recording that’s no less thrilling.
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