Arts, Culture & Media

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November 15, 2018

Composer Missy Mazzoli and author Karen Russell on the ghostly new opera “Proving Up.”

US slaps sanctions on 17 Saudis over Jamal Khashoggi killing, but not the Riyadh government

November 15, 2018

The sanctions limit access to the US financial system and freeze the individuals' assets. However, they do not target the Riyadh government, an important US economic and security ally.

Greece hopes Brexit will stir a renewed debate over Parthenon Marbles

PRI's The World

November 14, 2018

More than 200 years ago, the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire took a large part of the decorative marble sculptures and architecture off the outside of the Parthenon and brought them to London, where they now sit in the British Museum. For nearly 200 years, Greece has been asking for them back, to no avail.

Arts, Culture & Media

Grammy nominee Rosalía's flamenco fame is questioned by Spain's Roma community

GlobalPost

November 14, 2018

This is just the latest in an ongoing debate in Spain over Rosalía’s supposed appropriation of an art form with gitano origins.

50 States

A small company in New Hampshire exports their handcrafted bagpipes worldwide

PRI's The World

November 14, 2018

Gibson Bagpipes in Nashua, New Hampshire, makes handcrafted bagpipes out of African blackwood. Two years ago, an international consortium that monitors endangered fauna and flora placed African blackwood on a “high risk” list. In order to continue to export their pipes, the company had to apply for a special permit.

Books

Bataclan survivor’s graphic memoir tells the story of his recovery

PRI's The World

November 13, 2018

In "La Morsure," or “The Bite,” Dewilde leans on the idea that the attack on the 2015 Bataclan in Paris was like a snake bite, “to poison me in my mind and in my heart in my body."

Culture

Testing who you are

Innovation Hub

November 12, 2018

There’s an assessment tool that promises to reveal more about your personality than you already know. Lots of us have used it. But is it accurate?

Religion

Freddie Mercury’s family faith: The ancient religion of Zoroastrianism

The Conversation

November 09, 2018

The rock legend Freddie Mercury, born Farrokh Bulsara, came from a Parsi family of Zoroastrian faith, one of the oldest examples of monotheism. Theirs is a story of persecution, migration, and spiritual fire.

Arts

Kenneth Lonergan doesn’t skip over life’s dramas

Studio 360

November 08, 2018

The Oscar-winning writer and director on the genius of Elaine May and finding inspiration from real life.

Inside the National Recording Registry

Talking Heads’ ‘Remain in Light’

Studio 360

November 08, 2018

How radio preachers and John Dean’s Watergate testimony found their way into a Talking Heads album.

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