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‘Rocky and Bullwinkle’ & the Cuban Missile Crisis

Studio 360

November 07, 2019

And now here's something we hope you'll really like: A TV show that made the Cold War fun.

Vintage home movies show another side of life in East Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall

The World

November 07, 2019

A unique, online archive of home films shot in the GDR is casting a new light on the extinct country and the lives of its citizens.

Nigeria's first-ever Oscar submission has too much English for international category, academy says

The World

November 06, 2019

The 90-minute film “Lionheart” was acquired by Netflix, and is in English, other than the 11 minutes of dialogue in the Igbo language of eastern Nigeria.

Immigration Rewind

I'm an American. But my family came to the US fraudulently.

The World

November 06, 2019

The Trump administration's immigration policies harken back to the origins of immigration restriction a century ago that sought to keep “undesirables” — like my family — out.

Netflix's 'Ghee Happy' imagines life as a Hindu deity — in preschool

The World

November 05, 2019

A new animated show that reimagines Hindu gods as preschoolers has been greenlighted by Netflix.

Music

Why should tenors have all the fun?

Studio 360

November 05, 2019

Jamie Barton puts a bisexual spin on classical music.

Music

Rage against the crisis: Venezuela's punk scene finds a new voice in Bogotá

The World

November 04, 2019

Exilio was formed by three Venezuelan migrants who came together in Bogotá, Colombia, after leaving their friends and family behind to seek a new start. The crisis in Venezuela has produced a new wave of angry youth expressing their rage through heavy guitar riffs and howling vocals.

Environment

'The largest YouTube collaboration ever' wants to plant 20 million trees

Living on Earth

November 04, 2019

On October 25, hundreds of YouTube creators partnered with the Arbor Day Foundation with a goal of planting 20 million trees. It’s been called “the largest collaboration on YouTube ever in the world."

American Icons

American Icons: The tales of Edgar Allan Poe

Studio 360

October 31, 2019

These are the stories that introduced America to its dark side.

Arts, Culture & Media

How ‘the father of American Egyptology’ underestimated what some call the real-life Wakanda

The World

October 31, 2019

Museums are striving to identify archaeologists’ biases and correct their portrayals of history.

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