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'Succession' recap: That (disastrous) meeting could have been an e-mail

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Succession recaps

'Succession' recap: That (disastrous) meeting could have been an e-mail

Kendall crashes a meeting at Waystar Royco and upsets a delicate stalemate between himself and Shiv. Tom comes up with a new strategy, Greg doesn't get a watch, and the FBI is at the door.

This mother wanted her son to have photos to understand her breast cancer journey

In 2015, Keyla "Nunny" Reece, felt a lump in her breast, got it checked out and was told it was a benign cyst. A new lump was discovered under her armpit. At the age of 39, on June 7, 2017, doctors diagnosed her with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer, and by that point the cancer spread to her ribs, lungs, spine, and pelvis. Angelica Edwards hide caption

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This mother wanted her son to have photos to understand her breast cancer journey

Keyla "Nunny" Reece was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer at age 39. Photographer Angelica Edwards documented the hardships and moments of joy in Reece's experience with cancer.

Saturday

'Wait Wait' for Oct. 30, 2021: P.K. Subban plays Not My Job

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'Wait Wait' for Oct. 30, 2021: P.K. Subban plays Not My Job

P.K. Subban is one of the best hockey players in world, so we invited him on the show to play a game we called, "That's icing! Delicious icing!" — three questions about bakeries.

'Wait Wait' for Oct. 30, 2021: P.K. Subban plays Not My Job

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You can do it: Elizabeth Warren makes a pinkie promise to girls
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You can do it: Elizabeth Warren makes a pinkie promise to girls

Polly is tired of being told "that's not what girls do." Then she meets a woman running for President, who makes a pinkie promise with her to always remember that girls can do anything.

You can do it: Elizabeth Warren makes a pinkie promise to girls

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'Eternals': A Marvel movie for everyone who complains about Marvel movies

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Pop Culture Happy Hour

'Eternals': A Marvel movie for everyone who complains about Marvel movies

Indie director Chloe Zhao's influence is all over the new Marvel outing, a marked departure from the familiar MCU formula.

'Eternals': A Marvel movie for everyone who complains about Marvel movies

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Friday

Netflix's 'Colin in Black and White' shows a star athlete reaching toward Blackness

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Television

Netflix's 'Colin in Black and White' shows a star athlete reaching toward Blackness

Ava DuVernay and Colin Kaepernick worked together on the series, a coming-of-age portrait of the athlete.

Netflix's 'Colin in Black and White' shows a star athlete reaching toward Blackness

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New York City's Village Halloween Parade comes back to life, saved by a serious fan

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New York City's Village Halloween Parade comes back to life, saved by a serious fan

Canceled last year for only the second time ever because of the pandemic, New York City's storied Village Halloween Parade returns, partly due to one very generous fan.

New York City's Village Halloween Parade comes back to life, saved by a serious fan

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A midcentury 'jazz witch' artist finds a fandom in the future

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A midcentury 'jazz witch' artist finds a fandom in the future

Gertrude Abercrombie was a bohemian midcentury painter whose surrealist paintings, newly coveted by collectors, are now touring museums as part of the show "Supernatural America."

A midcentury 'jazz witch' artist finds a fandom in the future

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Zakiya Dalila Harris and Oliver Jeffers talk about different kinds of hauntings
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NPR's Book of the Day

Zakiya Dalila Harris and Oliver Jeffers talk about different kinds of hauntings

It's almost Halloween, which means that we're in peak spooky season. So for today's episode, we bring you two books with two very different kinds of frights: a haunted house and...office politics. That's right: In The Other Black Girl, writer Zakiya Dalila Harris captures the all-too-real horror of being the only Black woman in her office. When another Black woman is hired, the tension gets dialed up even higher. And in There's A Ghost In This House, the author-illustrator Oliver Jeffers uses old photographs to create creepy illustrations that will give both children and adults goosebumps.

Zakiya Dalila Harris and Oliver Jeffers talk about different kinds of hauntings

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