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A Puzzle Full Of Air
January 25, 2015 | NPR · Every answer today is a word starting with the letters A-R, which you will identify from its anagram. For example, given AR plus ROB, the answer would be “arbor.”
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At Its Core, Warped Family Drama ‘Mommy’ Is ‘A Story Of Love’
January 25, 2015 | NPR · In his award-winning film, Xavier Dolan, 25, tackles the relationship between a single mom and her troubled son. He says, “I feel like I knew this kid. … He’s just the worst version of who I was.”
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Losing A Soul Mate And A Pillar Of St. Louis’ Trans Community
January 25, 2015 | NPR · Shane Fairchild and his late wife, Blue Bauer, were “the mama and the papa of the trans community,” says their friend Sayer Johnson.
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Piece By Piece, Monks Scramble To Preserve Iraq’s Christian History
January 25, 2015 | NPR · Fleeing ISIS, an order of Dominican monks had to leave much behind. But when Father Najeeb Michaeel helped the Christian community escape, he took one thing with him: a collection of manuscripts.
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The Lone Bellow, A Trio Built On Harmony And Trust
January 25, 2015 | NPR · Brian Elmquist, Kanene Pipkin and Zach Williams talk with NPR’s Rachel Martin about their new album, Then Came the Morning.
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Dengue Fever: Retro Pop, Cambodian Style
January 25, 2015 | NPR · Brothers Ethan and Zac Holtzman formed Dengue Fever in the late ’90s, inspired by 1960s Cambodian psych-rock. Rachel Martin speaks with them and singer Chhom Nimol about their album, The Deepest Lake.
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In ‘Dear Father,’ A Poet Disrupts The ‘Cycle Of Pain’
January 25, 2015 | NPR · J. Ivy says his father grew up in pain and passed that pain on to the next generation. In his new book, he says that forgiveness is an ongoing act — and you must constantly remember to forgive again.
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Virtual Games Try To Generate Real Empathy For Faraway Conflict
January 25, 2015 | NPR · A corner of the video game industry is covering the news through immersive experiences. One game transports players into the middle of the Syrian civil war.
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‘Fresh Off The Boat’ Repackages The Asian-American Story For TV
January 18, 2015 | NPR · The TV show, based on Eddie Huang’s memoir, retains some of the book’s raw sensibility, but as he tells it, it’s been a fight to keep his life’s story from becoming a “cornstarch sitcom.”
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Tech Program Helps Put Latinos On A Path To Silicon Valley
January 18, 2015 | KAZU · A unique group of college students from California’s Salinas Valley — many the children of farmworkers and immigrants — is working toward careers in major tech companies.
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Child Abuse And Neglect Laws Aren’t Being Enforced, Report Finds
January 27, 2015 | NPR · Almost 680,000 children in the United States were victims of abuse in 2013. And state and local governments aren’t doing enough to report abuse and investigate it, an independent report finds.
 

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‘Stronger Than Ever’ Sundance Docs Tackle Scientology, Campus Rape
January 27, 2015 | NPR · Critic Kenneth Turan says Going Clear and The Hunting Ground are among the films that “blew people away” at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
 

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Russian Threats Underscore Europe’s Need To Boost Military
January 27, 2015 | NPR · A series of military confrontations and growing tensions between Western Europe and Russia means armed conflict in northern Europe seems plausible — and shows how ill-prepared the region is now.
 

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‘Stronger Than Ever’ Sundance Docs Tackle Scientology, Campus Rape
January 27, 2015 | NPR · Critic Kenneth Turan says Going Clear and The Hunting Ground are among the films that “blew people away” at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
 

New Technology Immerses Audiences At Sundance Film Festival
January 26, 2015 | NPR · From flying like a bird to walking through a refugee camp in Syria, virtual reality has enabled journalists, filmmakers and artists to immerse their audience in their stories like never before.
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It’d Be No ‘Folly’ To Remake This Musical Classic
January 26, 2015 | NPR · Now that the Stephen Sondheim musical Into the Woods has made more than $100 million at the box office in just three weeks, NPR’s movie critic Bob Mondello has a modest musical proposal.
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Music

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George Ezra: Listen To This Man, He’ll Make You Swoon
January 26, 2015 | NPR · Ezra has a voice that can float high and delicate, but it can also wade deep. His debut album, Wanted On Voyage, is named for the words inscribed on Paddington Bear’s suitcase.
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Carnegie Hall Live: The Chicago Symphony Plays A Colorful Concert
January 26, 2015 | WQXR · Hear the CSO and its charismatic conductor Riccardo Muti in a program showing the muscle and subtlety of the of orchestra in music by Scriabin, Debussy and Mendelssohn.
 

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From Prog-Rock Pioneer To Kitsch King: Remembering Demis Roussos
January 26, 2015 | NPR · Greek songman Demis Roussos lived an enormously colorful life, from his start as a prog-rock pioneer to being held captive by Hezbollah terrorists. He died Sunday at age 68 in Athens.
 

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