NPR News: Not My Job: We Quiz Black Thought, Co-Founder Of The Roots, On Suits
We’ve invited Tariq Trotter, aka Black Thought, to play a game called “It’s great, just great! But we have a few notes.” Three questions about “suits” — network executives who oversee movies and TV.
NPR News: Juan Wauters Takes On New Genres In New Album
Musician Juan Wauters talks about how he created a hip-hop song for his new album, Real Life Situations.
NPR News: ‘Great Circle’ Takes Flight Across Decades And Continents
The daredevil aviator in Maggie Shipstead’s new novel was inspired by Amelia Earhart. Shipstead says she wants to investigate the difference between death and a disappearances like Earhart’s
NPR News: WHO Film Festival: Starring Matchsticks As Burnt Out Health Workers
“Phosphôros,” made in El Salvador, is on the shortlist for a World Health Organization short film competition. Winners will be named May 13. Until then, the public can tune in — and weigh in.
NPR News: Murderbot Meets Miss Marple In ‘Fugitive Telemetry’
Martha Wells’ new Murderbot novella is a classic locked-room mystery — only the locked room is a docked shuttle at a normally peaceful space station ill-equipped to deal with murder and mayhem.
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Yun Shou-p’ing grew up in a family of limited means, which prevented him (as a gifted student) from attending the examinations for civil office. Nevertheless, he devoted himself to studying and even surprised his elders at the age of eight by composing poetry on lotus…
Nominal spending figures understate China’s military might | The …
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When Amazon raises wages, nearby firms follow suit | The Economist
21 hours ago … The e-commerce company, now the world’s fifth-largest employer, wields huge power in the labour market | Graphic detail. (Feed generated with FetchRSS) source
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21 hours ago … Joe Biden asserts America’s role in the fight against climate change. His virtual summit went smoothly, but the real work is still ahead. Graphic detail … (Feed generated with FetchRSS) source
NPR News: ‘Radio Diaries’ Creator Looks Back On 25 Years Of The Project
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with Radio Diaries creator Joe Richman about some of the people he’s introduced us to over the past 25 years and how documenting one’s life has changed over time.
NPR News: Double Feature: Refugees In ‘Limbo,’ And Spies And Subterfuge In ‘Cliff Walkers’
Chinese director Zhang Yimou tells an epic tale of subterfuge and spies in Cliff Walkers. And in the Scottish dramedy Limbo, a young musician is stranded in a starkly beautiful no-man’s-land.
What is qualified immunity? | The Economist
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