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I didn't know I needed the new Billy Joel documentary
NPR critic Linda Holmes has been a Billy Joel fan since the '80s. HBO's new two-part documentary still taught her something new about his life — and provided a chance to consider the role of his music in her own.
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"Jeopardy!" champion Amy Schneider on her new memoir and what it takes to win
NPR's Scott Simon asks "Jeopardy!" champion Amy Schneider about her new memoir, "In the Form of a Question." -
A 'modern masterpiece' paints pandemic chaos on cloth made of fig-tree bark
Kenyan-British artist Michael Armitage painted Curfew after a violent flare-up in Mombasa, Kenya, during the early days of the pandemic. One art critic calls it a "modern masterpiece." -
NPR's Aisha Harris argues pop culture is much more than just entertainment
We sit down with the co-host of "Pop Culture Happy Hour" to discuss her new book, "Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me."
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