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There's not an easy answer for 'How To Become Famous'
WUNC Chapel Hill· 3 days agoNPR's Ari Shapiro talks with behavioral economist Cass Sunstein about his latest book, “How to Become Famous: Lost Einsteins, Forgotten Superstars, and How the Beatles Came to Be.”
'All the World Beside' by Garrard Conley blends faith and love in puritan America
NPR· 2 days agoARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The author Garrard Conley has spent his life exploring the overlap between Christianity and sexuality. His bestselling memoir "Boy Erased ...
New MLB stats recognize the legacy of Black players
WAMC Northeast Public Radio· 14 hours agoAccording to official statistics, Major League Baseball now has a new all-time batting leader. Josh Gibson played in the Negro Leagues before baseball was integrated, and for the first time, ...
An epic prequel for an iconic hero; hear George Miller on how he created 'Furiosa'
NPR· 5 days agoARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Director George Miller has had Furiosa's story in his head for a long time. Of course, she's the one-armed gunslinging road warrior from ...
The view at the final rally of Mexico's frontrunner for president
WAMC Northeast Public Radio· 15 hours agoToday is the last day of campaigning before Mexicans head to polls in a presidential election on Sunday. The election will be historic because the two main candidates are women. For the first ...
What's the recipe for fame? For one, you need more than talent
WUSF 89.7· 1 day agoWhy is the Mona Lisa the most famous painting in the world? Why are The Beatles, well, The Beatles?...
Thousands of fireflies emerge in South Carolina to put on a mind-blowing light show
WAMC Northeast Public Radio· 14 hours agoFor a few weeks each spring, thousands of fireflies emerge at the Congaree National Park to blink together. It's a natural wonder that's ephemeral and rare in the U.S. NPR's Pien Huang went ...
A family fled Rafah as the war closed in. Now, they're living in a bombed out school
WUNC Chapel Hill· 14 hours agoThe UN says about a million people have fled the southern city of Rafah since Israeli forces invaded there earlier this month. People are running out of options for where to go. NPR spends time ...
How these newly included MLB stats recognize the legacies of Black players - Consider This from NPR...
iHeartRadio· 1 day agoWhen Jackie Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, it heralded an end to racial segregation in professional baseball. Author and historian Larry Lester is one of the people who has fought to change that for years.
The ANC in South Africa could be forced to govern in coalition voters go to the polls
WAMC Northeast Public Radio· 15 hours agoThe party of Nelson Mandela faces its greatest electoral challenge yet today as voters go to the polls in South Africa. For the first time, the ruling African National Congress - or ANC - could ...