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knpr.org | Jess Kung |Leah Donnella |B.A. Parker |Dalia Mortada
Trans people are major targets of the second Trump administration. But in a way, that's nothing new; trans people have been fighting for their rights, dignity, and liberation for generations. So on this episode, we hear from trans elders about what their lives have looked like over the decades, and what messages they have for young people.
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wrvo.org | Jess Kung |Leah Donnella |B.A. Parker |Dalia Mortada
Trans people are major targets of the second Trump administration. But in a way, that's nothing new; trans people have been fighting for their rights, dignity, and liberation for generations. So on this episode, we hear from trans elders about what their lives have looked like over the decades, and what messages they have for young people.
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3 days ago | 
flipboard.com | Jess Kung |Leah Donnella |B.A. Parker |Dalia Mortada |Christina Cala |Xavier Lopez | +4 more
Horowhenua-Kāpiti Rugby Union can all rugby this Saturday after referee abusedThe Horowhenua-Kāpiti Rugby Union has followed through with its threat to cancel all rugby for the weekend after a referee was so seriously abused he …
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wrvo.org | Gene Demby |B.A. Parker |Jess Kung |Courtney Stein
In recent months we've seen the Trump administration punishing speech critical of Israel in its widening effort to combat what it sees as antisemitism. As protestors have been detained for pro-Palestinian activism, we've seen attacks on Jews and people expressing concern for Israeli hostages in Gaza — and in the wake of all this, a lot Jews don't agree on which actions constitutive antisemitism.
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wrvo.org | Linda Holmes |B.A. Parker |Jourdain Searles |Liz Metzger
Stephen King's work has often contemplated the inevitability of death. But his latest adaptation, The Life of Chuck is a life-affirming film that challenges the cynic in everyone. It has a big cast including Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jacob Tremblay, Mark Hamill, and Nick Offerman. The film was directed and written for the screen by Mike Flanagan (The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass). Follow Pop Culture Happy Hour on Letterboxd at letterboxd.com/nprpopculture Copyright 2025 NPR
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flipboard.com | Linda Holmes |B.A. Parker |Jourdain Searles |Liz Metzger |Hafsa Fathima |Mike Katzif | +1 more
13 hours agoMike Flanagan’s Stephen King adaptation offers a schematic, suburban vision of end times. It’s impossible to discuss “The Life of Chuck” without revealing the ending, because that’s where the movie starts. It’s built backward, as is the Stephen King novella on which it’s based. A title card declares …
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2 weeks ago | 
tpr.org | Glen Weldon |Chris Klimek |B.A. Parker |Hafsa Fathima
Wes Anderson's new film The Phoenician Scheme is classic Wes Anderson, complete with a great cast delivering heightened dialogue and stylized cinematography. It stars Benicio del Toro as one of Europe's richest men, an amoral industrialist, who, along with his daughter (Mia Threapleton) and a tutor (Michael Cera), travels to convince his business partners to fund his latest venture. But where does the film rank among Anderson's past movies? Audio engineering performed by Cena Loffredo.
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flipboard.com | Glen Weldon |Chris Klimek |B.A. Parker |Hafsa Fathima |Mike Katzif |Jessica Reedy
15 hours agoBenicio Del Toro Talks ‘Phoenician Scheme,’ His Career, MoreIn this week’s Sunday Sitdown, Oscar winner Benicio del Toro joins Willie Geist to chat about returning to the world of Wes Anderson to lead the famed director’s new movie, “The Phoenician Scheme,” and how his Academy Award changed his life. » Subscribe to TODAY: https://www.youtube.com/@TODAY About: TODAY brings you the latest headlines and expert tips on money, health and parenting.
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3 weeks ago | 
wrvo.org | Gene Demby |B.A. Parker |Christina Cala |Courtney Stein
How the false notion of "white genocide" traveled from the political fringes to the Oval Office. The week on Code Switch, we're talking to a reporter who was in the room during a meeting when President Trump pushed this conspiracy theory on the president of South Africa. And we're digging into what Trump's fixation on white South Africans tell us about anxieties over white replacement here in the U.S.
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flipboard.com | Gene Demby |B.A. Parker |Christina Cala |Courtney Stein |Jess Kung |Xavier Lopez | +3 more
NowAs USAID pulls back, the stage is set for a high-stakes debate at the Human Rights Festival. What does the USAID withdrawal mean for young Africans? Could Africa's greatest opportunity come from a funding crisis?
