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Americans vs. vacation

Guests: Heather Boushey, Helaine Olen, Katie Denis Half of American workers didn’t take all the paid vacation d ...

Air Date: August 8, 2018 10:00 am

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Oran Z. Belgrave, founder of the now defunct Oran Z's Black Facts & Wax Museum in Los Angeles, stands in front of the shipping containers that have held most of the contents of his independent African-American history museum since it closed in 2011.
(Samir S. Patel/Atlas Obscura)
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Changing Communities
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Through a looking glass of black Americana: the long, strange journey of Oran Z

In the western tip of the Mojave Desert, a couple of hours north of Los Angeles, a lone McMansion-style villa sits on 10 acres surrounded by a fence.

7 years ago

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Masculinity & raising boys

Guests: Michael C. Reichert, Michael A. Lindsey  “Man up.” “Boys don’t cry.” Our culture starts teachi ...

Air Date: August 6, 2018 10:00 am

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Vegetarian food. (Photo/Courtesy BigStockPhoto)
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

How to travel the world with young vegetarians

Whale in Norway, frog legs at sea, and a parade of red meat across the American heartland; menus are a minefield when traveling with a pair of young vegetarians.

7 years ago

Why is it so hard to talk about whiteness in America? (LA Johnson/NPR)
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Why it’s still ok to ‘trash’ poor white people

For some reason, the term "white trash" manages to come across as less offensive than most other racial slurs.

7 years ago

The brains of female soccer players who head the ball frequently show white matter alterations. (Krista Long/Getty Images)
NPR
Gender
Kids
Sports

Heading may be riskier for female soccer players than males

It's already known that female soccer players are at a higher risk of concussion than males.

7 years ago

This political cartoon (attributed to Benjamin Franklin) was to encourage the American colonies to join the Albany Plan for Union. From The Pennsylvania Gazette, May 9, 1754. (Benjamin Franklin [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons)
History
Philadelphia

Got at least $40k? You could bid on historic copy of Ben Franklin’s ‘Join, or Die’ cartoon

"Join, or Die" is a political cartoon showing a snake broken into eight pieces, and was first seen in Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette newspaper in 1754.

7 years ago

Drake's latest No. 1 hit
NPR
Media
Music

Who’s entertaining who?: How the internet picks up Drake’s slack

As the #DoTheShiggy Challenge proves, Drake doesn't even need to dance anymore. We'll do it for him.

7 years ago

The '80s VHS-style art for Gotye's
NPR
Music

The strange magic of YouTube’s ’80s remix culture

Whether you thought of the 2000s emo-punk boom as a watershed moment or the nadir of modern music, there's one song from that era that's hard to forget.

7 years ago

In this Oct. 23, 1946 file photo, singer Frank Sinatra and his wife Nancy smile broadly as they leave a Hollywood night club following a surprise meeting. Nancy Sinatra Sr., the childhood sweetheart of Frank Sinatra who became the first of his four wives and the mother of his three children, has died. She was 101. (AP Photo/File)
National

Nancy Sinatra Sr., first wife of Frank Sinatra, dies at 101

"She was a blessing and the light of my life," her daughter said.

7 years ago

Fans of the professional video gaming team, the Philadelphia Fusion, gather at Xfinity Live to watch the first round in the Overwatch League playoffs. (Emily Cohen/WHYY)
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Philadelphia Fusion fans celebrate a playoff win

More than 300 fans turned out at Xfinity Live to watch the Philadelphia Fusion as they played the Boston Uprising in game one of the inau ...

7 years ago

Jos Duncan is chief storyteller at Love Now Media, a social enterprise with a mission to tell stories through media. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community Events

The sanctuary of story

I didn’t know how to articulate true stories without also reliving the loss of the community and people who had once been close to me.

7 years ago

Juanita Cox, 67,  of North Philadelphia took over the care of her four grandchildren six years ago. (Annette John-Hall/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Changing Communities
Pennsylvania

Casey measure aims to help grandparents stepping in to take care of kids

Casey was spurred to act by the opioid epidemic. More than 100,000 children in Pennsylvania are being raised by grandparents and other relatives.

7 years ago

This July 5, 3018 photo shows suits worn by the Beatles during an early tour of America in front of the Rolls Royce automobile owned by Elvis Presley, part of a large collection of music memorabilia on display at the Hard Rock casino in Atlantic City, N.J. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo)
History
Music
New Jersey

Elvis, Beatles memorabilia items on display at Atlantic City Hard Rock

Guitars in all shapes, sizes and colors, including ones played by Tom Petty, Bob Dylan and Slash, are there, too.

7 years ago

One recent study estimated that Americans are spending nearly six hours a day on their connected devices. Add television to that and the total rises to nearly 10 hours. (Deborah Lee/NPR)
NPR
National
Religion
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Many look to Buddhism for sanctuary from an over-connected world

It's a response to growing concern over the amount of time people devote to their screens.

7 years ago

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