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Each week, Tiny Desk Radio hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present three Tiny Desk concerts and share how these memorable (and sometimes viral) moments came together. You'll hear world-class musicians from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical, Americana, hip-hop, R&B and more stripping down their sound for a concert series that's unlike anything else on the internet — or the radio.

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Regional Roundup: May 30, 2022

On this Memorial Day episode of Radio Times: Legendary sports broadcaster Ray Didinger and Sheryl Lee Ralph's iconic performance in Abbott Elementary.

Air Date: May 30, 2022 10:00 am

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Making movies more accessible: Delaware cinemas now offer films with open captions

Several cineplexes across the state have collectively agreed to make movies more accessible to the deaf and hard of hearing.

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Ryan Long is clearly brilliant, but he is also very humble.

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Journalist Nicholas Confessore discusses his three part series about conservative media 'icon' Tucker Carlson's rise to cable television supremacy.

Air Date: May 6, 2022 10:00 am

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More than 2,000 “The Golden Girls” fans are converging this weekend for Golden-Con in Chicago.

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Liz Sheridan, Jerry’s doting mom on ‘Seinfeld,’ dies at 93

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Here's what you need to know about the 2022 Grammys — the lessons, storylines, triumphs and irritations that defined the very long night.

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The Regional Roundup – March 21st

Bel-Air star Jabari Banks joins us to talk about the hit drama. We'l also talk daylight saving time, after the Senate unanimously passed the Sunshine Protection Act.

Air Date: March 21, 2022 10:00 am

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Longtime NFL journalist John Clayton dies at age 67

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The Regional Roundup – February 28th

Abbott Elementary star Sheryl Lee Ralph joins the Radio Times Regional Roundup to talk about her storied career spanning four decades, from Broadway to Abbott on ABC.

Air Date: February 28, 2022 10:00 am

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Actor Bob Saget died in his sleep after hitting his head, his family says

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