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Scott Simon speaks with Emmy- and Tony-winning actor Christine Baranski about her new HBO drama, "The Gilded Age," written by "Downton Abbey" creator Julian Fellowes.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Tamara Rojo, the new artistic director of the San Francisco Ballet, about her vision for the role.
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NPR's Scott Simon checks in again with Izzy Peoples, a sixth-grader in Atlanta first interviewed by Weekend Edition in May 2020. She describes what it's been like being a kid during the pandemic.
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Scientists at Israel's Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have trained six goldfish to drive a small fish tank on wheels around a room and steer it into a mark on the wall to receive food.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with actor Corey Hawkins, who plays Macduff in the new movie, "The Tragedy of Macbeth."
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Big cities in the U.S. are searching for ways to stem the sharp rise in homicides that has occurred over the past two years. A close look at Chicago, where nearly 800 people were killed in 2021.
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The Biden administration sounds more alarms about Russia's intentions in Ukraine, after a week of diplomacy failed to get Russia to stand down its troops on the border.
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NPR's Scott Simon remembers theater critic and playwright Terry Teachout, who died this week at the age of 65.
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The U.S. Supreme Court's decision blocking the Biden administration's employer vaccine-or-test mandate was just one of multiple disappointments the president experienced this past week.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Meadowlark Media's Howard Bryant about the drama at the Australian Open, and also about the NFL playoffs kicking off this weekend.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks to author Elizabeth George about her new mystery, "Something to Hide."
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NPR's Scott Simon talks with Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist Cordae about his second full-length album, From A Bird's Eye View, and the benefits and drawbacks of sudden fame.