Audie Cornish
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The loss from the 2008 Universal Studios backlot fire was thought to be a few movie sets and film duplicates. But Jody Rosen reports that it was one of the largest losses in recorded music's history.
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Two months after the U.S. Department of Justice put Alabama on notice for its unconstitutional prison conditions, the state's Department of Corrections has unveiled a three-year plan to improve.
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In 2014, Rashema Melson was a homeless high school senior who was awarded a full scholarship to college. Now, she is a graduate of Georgetown University who hopes to return to help her community.
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Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig talks about Father of the Bride,the band's first album in six years, along with all the changes that time has brought.
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Kanye West has been hosting exclusive worship gatherings he calls "Sunday Service." Jia Tolentino, staff writer for The New Yorker, breaks down the rapper's religious evolution.
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Though best-known for his auteur work, the mastermind of Hamiltonand In the Heights says it was his dream to be offered a part in someone else's musical.
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André Leon Talley is a fixture in the fashion world. A former Voguefashion editor andformer judge on America's Next Top Model, The Gospel According to Andrélooks at his life, work and influence.
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The only black woman to have won an Emmy, a Tony and an Oscar for acting stars as a grieving wife turned professional criminal in a new heist thriller. "I approached her like a real woman," she says.
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Michelle Obama is out with a new book on Tuesday — Becoming. NPR's Audie Cornish sat down with the former first lady in Chicago and previews their conversation.
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Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Garcia of NPR's podcast What's Good explain why they think 1988 was a banner year for hip-hop.