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The Next Big Thing is death, longing, love … in other words: Fado, music from Portugal that will take your breath away. It's being haunted by the old neighborhood with writer Philip Lopate. It's news that's not news, and how you feel when you're about to eat cake.
The Next Big Thing is death, longing, love … in other words: Fado, music from Portugal that will take your breath away. It's being haunted by the old neighborhood with writer Philip Lopate. It's news that's not news, and how you feel when you're about to eat cake.
Try the Gaggy Assa Burger
That's GaGeAsSeBrKr to Mr. Periodic Table of Elements, Alex Lewin
I Said Goodbye to You and Died
Guitars cry. The spirit swoons. The essence of Portugal revealed through fado and Cristina Branco (Photo above by José Melo).
News from NPR: Normally Private Real Life
You give us three minutes, we'll give you the world of the ordinary. Newscaster Rick Davis with special appearances from Brooke Gladstone, Steve Inskeep and Karen Michel.
Brooklyn Revisited
Essayist Philip Lopate follows his memory's map back to the old neighborhood and finds it transformed from what he knew as a kid – fistfights and cockroaches.
Our Books, Our Selves
“The Ballad of John and Yoko”? “Profiles in Courage”? There’s not much room left on the shelf, but writer Meg Wolitzer just can't let go.
Shut Up, We’re Breathing
Ow! Watch my leg. It's yoga for novices, as improvised by comedians Mary Purdy and Pat Buckley.
Let Him Eat Cake
Performer Greg Walloch gets the devil out of his body, among other things. And about that cake…. Well, better to let him explain.
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