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7:03 am
Tue January 8, 2013

Jan. 7-13: Haiti, Watergate, The Universe And 'Religion For Atheists'

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Fiction and nonfiction releases from Charlotte Rogan, Thomas Mallon, Laurent Dubois, Lawrence Krauss and Alain de Botton.

Copyright 2013 National Public Radio. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.

Theater
3:47 am
Tue January 8, 2013

A Vet's Haunted Homecoming In 'Water By The Spoonful'

Originally published on Tue January 8, 2013 6:06 am

The cliche about writers is they should write what they know, and that old saw has certainly worked for Quiara Alegria Hudes. The 35-year-old playwright has mined her Puerto Rican family's stories into a series of plays, a musical and even a children's book. Now, her Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, Water by the Spoonful, is being brought to life in the first New York production of the play, opening off-Broadway on Tuesday evening.

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Ask Me Another
7:08 pm
Mon January 7, 2013

Name That Candy Bar

Originally published on Fri January 11, 2013 10:10 am

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OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST:

Let's bring up our first two contestants, and let's welcome Mike Cisneros and Sarah Sheppard.

(APPLAUSE)

EISENBERG: Sarah, I understand you're a big pop culture fan, and just moved to New York from North Carolina. Welcome, nice to have you.

SARAH SHEPPARD: Thank you.

EISENBERG: And Mike, you're a trivia buff too, since, what, grade five? Is that right?

MIKE CISNEROS: Yeah, roughly.

EISENBERG: You discovered Games magazine and it was all over, right?

CISNEROS: Absolutely.

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Ask Me Another
7:08 pm
Mon January 7, 2013

It's All Squeak To Me

Originally published on Fri January 11, 2013 10:10 am

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OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST:

Let's welcome our next two contestants, in front of me right now, Tina Kendall and Stephen Kendall. Wait a second.

(APPLAUSE)

EISENBERG: So you both have the same last name, huh?

TINA KENDALL: Yes.

STEPHEN KENDALL: Yeah, coincidence.

EISENBERG: How do you know each other?

KENDALL: Oh, I found him in a hospital many years ago.

(LAUGHTER)

EISENBERG: This is a mother/son competition.

KENDALL: Yeah.

KENDALL: Yes.

EISENBERG: Are you guys competitive with each other?

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Arts
3:04 pm
Mon January 7, 2013

Quinoa

I'm Maria Filosa from WDIY and your listening to Tasty Seasonal Recipes for the Everyday Chef. Quinoa, although considered a grain, it is really the seed of the 'CHENOPODIUM QUINOA WILD' and is part of the goosefoot family of plants. These plants also include spinach, swiss chard and beets.

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Movie Reviews
1:35 pm
Mon January 7, 2013

Mozart's Starring Role In 'Sunday Bloody Sunday'

Credit The Kobal Collection
John Schlesinger's 1971 film Sunday Bloody Sunday has just been released on Blu-ray. The film's complex love triangle starred Peter Finch, Murray Head and Glenda Jackson.

Sunday Bloody Sunday is one of those films that lets you into the lives of believable, complicated characters. A handsome, self-centered young artist played by the actor/rock singer Murray Head is having simultaneous affairs with both an older woman (played with infinitely nuanced self-irony by Glenda Jackson) and an older man, a Jewish doctor (the touching Peter Finch), two intelligent adults who have mutual friends and even know each other slightly.

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