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'The Coldest Case' is Serial's latest podcast on murder and memory

Serial's new true-crime podcast, The Coldest Case in Laramie, revisits a 1985 murder. Above, storm clouds over downtown Laramie, Wyo., on Aug. 13, 2022. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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'The Coldest Case' is Serial's latest podcast on murder and memory

Fresh Air

In 1985, a University of Wyoming student was killed in her apartment. A new audio documentary series grapples — again — with the unreliability of memory and the slipperiness of truth.

'The Coldest Case' is Serial's latest podcast on murder and memory

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Senegal's artists are fighting the system with a mic and spray paint

Babacar Niang, known as Matador, raps at a recording studio at Africulturban's center in Pikine, Senegal. Ricci Shryock for NPR hide caption

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Analysis

Climate, migration and the far right

Senegal's artists are fighting the system with a mic and spray paint

A cultural center in Senegal is creating a safe space where artists can use their platform to speak about climate change while also finding opportunities in the art and music scene.

Senegal's artists are fighting the system with a mic and spray paint

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'The Forty-Year-Old Version' is about getting older and finding yourself

Radha Blank stars in her directorial debut film, The Forty-Year-Old Version. Jeong Park/Netflix hide caption

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Pop Culture Happy Hour

'The Forty-Year-Old Version' is about getting older and finding yourself

In the wonderful film The Forty-Year-Old Version, playwright Radha Blank plays a variation on herself. Frustrated by a stall in her theater career, Radha finds a new passion: she becomes a rapper. The film is so good that we recently added it to the New Black Film Canon – a list of the best films by Black directors that we updated in partnership with Slate. And you can watch it on Netflix.

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Monday

In 'Everything Everywhere,' Ke Huy Quan found the role he'd been missing

Ke Huy Quan plays Waymond, the meta-verse traveling husband in Everything Everywhere All At Once. A24 hide caption

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Movie Interviews

In 'Everything Everywhere,' Ke Huy Quan found the role he'd been missing

Fresh Air

As a kid, Quan appeared in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and The Goonies. But he quit acting when he couldn't land good roles. He's nominated for an Oscar for his first performance in decades.

In 'Everything Everywhere,' Ke Huy Quan found the role he'd been missing

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The New Black Film Canon is your starting point for great Black filmmaking
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Review

Pop Culture Happy Hour

The New Black Film Canon is your starting point for great Black filmmaking

NPR has teamed up with Slate to expand the Black Film Canon, a collection of the best films directed by Black filmmakers. The intent is to challenge both gatekeepers and makers of best of lists to consider the breadth of artistry black creators have demonstrated on screen–despite the odds being historically stacked against them. In this episode, we're picking a few of our favorite additions, and you can check out the full list of 75 movies here.

The New Black Film Canon is your starting point for great Black filmmaking

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Saturday

'Wait Wait' for Feb. 25, 2023: 25th Anniversary Spectacular!
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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!

'Wait Wait' for Feb. 25, 2023: 25th Anniversary Spectacular!

To celebrate 25 years of Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! we're taking some time off to relive our favorite moments from the past two-and-a-half decades

'Wait Wait' for Feb. 25, 2023: 25th Anniversary Spectacular!

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Italy has kept its fascist monuments and buildings. The reasons are complex

The fascist origins of this Roman sports center can be seen in its monumental sculpture and architecture. Sylvia Poggioli/NPR hide caption

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Europe

Italy has kept its fascist monuments and buildings. The reasons are complex

Unlike Germany, which after World War II underwent a rigorous de-Nazification effort, pride, rather than shame, is the emotion many Italians feel for the symbols of the country's fascist past.

Italy has kept its fascist monuments and buildings. The reasons are complex

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Friday

Fear, Florida, and The 1619 Project
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Perspective

It's Been a Minute

Fear, Florida, and The 1619 Project

How should U.S history be told, and who gets to tell it? Debate over these questions has raged for years – but nowhere is it more pronounced right now than in Florida. This week, Brittany Luse chats with NPR's Giulia Heyward to get the download on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' recent efforts to ban AP African American studies in his state. Then, Brittany sits down with Dorothy Roberts, a legal scholar and sociologist at the University of Pennsylvania, and Leslie Alexander, a historian at Rutgers University. In line with their work on The 1619 Project – now a Hulu documentary series –they make the case that slavery led to some of our biggest political fissures today, and discuss why it's important for all Americans to understand those connections.

Fear, Florida, and The 1619 Project

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