'GLOW' Co-Creators Explain Why Wrestling Is Like Greek Theater
If you ask Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch, wrestling was just better in the 1980s: They say it was less slick, less violent, more fun — even silly. There were easier entry points, too. "Liz and I will...
View Article'You're Never Too Old To Screw Up': Keegan-Michael Key On 'Friends From College'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkAK9QRe4ds You might remember Keegan-Michael Key as the fast-talking, quick-moving comedian on the award-winning Comedy Central sketch show Key and Peele . The show...
View ArticleThis 10-Pound Keyboard From The 1980s Is Making A Comeback
Only a well-trained ear might be able to hear the difference between a generic keyboard and the IBM Model F keyboard that was popular in the 1980s. The Model F is considered by many people to be the...
View ArticleWho's The True Boss Of Snopes? Legal Fight Puts Fact-Check Site At Risk
You may have read that Bigfoot was found dead on a lake shore in New Mexico this summer. He wasn't. You can learn about that hoax here from the myth-busting and fact-checking site Snopes. You may have...
View ArticleU.K. Bans Gas And Diesel Cars Starting 2040: Electric Cars Are The Future
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Leaders in the U.K. want to make it illegal to drive a car with a gasoline or diesel engine. Britain's environmental secretary says the...
View ArticleSessions Has Long Shown Unwavering Support For Trump
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The relationship between President Trump and his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, is not getting any better. In an interview with The New...
View ArticleMuslims In The U.S. Face Increased Discrimination, PEW Report Says
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: There are an estimated 3.3 million Muslims in the United States, and that number is growing. Today the Pew Research Center released a...
View ArticleSenate Republicans Continue Effort To Pass Health Care Law
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The Senate is entering its third straight day of debate over health care. So far Republicans have failed to come up with a proposal that...
View ArticleOn 'The Autobiography,' Vic Mensa Faces His Personal Demons And Emerges Stronger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAJi9yg0VCQ Vic Mensa has many tattoos, but there's one that is particularly striking: the phrase "still alive," emblazoned on his stomach. One of the stories behind...
View ArticleAmplified And Orbital: Queens Of The Stone Age's Josh Homme On Living In The...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNwNSU5NikU The past few years have been all over the map for Josh Homme. There has been cause for celebration: The frontman and founder of Queens of the Stone Age...
View Article'This Is Their Film': Angelina Jolie Tells A Story Of Khmer Rouge Survival
The film First They Killed My Father begins in 1975 Cambodia, during the rise of the Khmer Rouge. The hard-line communist regime aimed to deport an entire nation into the countryside and form an...
View ArticleHow Politics Have Complicated Business For Kushner Companies
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: I'm Kelly McEvers, and this is EMBEDDED. Hello, hello. Can you hear me? DANIEL GOLDEN: Hi. How are you? MCEVERS: Hey, I'm good. This is...
View ArticleFor Country Music Industry And Artists, Gun Politics Presents A Minefield
The Country Music Association Awards ceremony was Wednesday, but people are still talking about the show because of what wasn't said that night. The CMA tried to create a politics-free zone for hosts...
View Article3 Generations Of Actresses Reflect On Hollywood, Harassment — And Hitchcock
In 1963, Alfred Hitchcock had a huge amount of power in Hollywood. That's when he plucked actress Tippi Hedren from relative obscurity to star in his new movie, The Birds . It was a big break for...
View ArticleHomeless In Los Angeles: A Growing Problem
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The number of homeless people in the U.S. has gone up for the first time since 2010, so says the federal government's annual report on...
View ArticleEncore: Eddie Izzard Talks About Coming Out
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: And before I say goodbye to 2017, I want to talk one more time about jazz chickens. Comedian Eddie Izzard was here with me in the studio...
View Article25 Years After The Tanks, Tear Gas And Flames, 'Waco' Returns To TV
Twenty-five years ago, all eyes were on Waco, Texas — where the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms was attempting to raid a compound owned by a fringe Christian group called the Branch Davidians,...
View ArticleLooking At George Papadopoulos' Connections In The Russia Investigation
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: George Papadopoulos is the reason the FBI started its investigation into whether President Trump's campaign coordinated with Russia to...
View ArticleHow The Trump Administration's Travel Waiver Program Affected A Yemeni Family
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Earlier this summer, the Supreme Court upheld the Trump administration's travel ban, which means people from Libya, Iran, Somalia, Syria,...
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