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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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On 'Collapsed In Sunbeams,' Arlo Parks Welcomes Endings And Change
It was poetry that first captured Arlo Parks, not music. As a teenager in West London, the artist read Allen Ginsberg's "Howl," which she remembers… -
Encore Book Club: Tochi Onyebuch's Novel 'Riot Baby'
An encore presentation of our February Book Club. -
Julia Watson: What Can We Learn From Indigineous Design Developed Over Generations?
Part 3 of the TED Radio Hour episode It Takes TimeFor generations, Indigenous people have used slow but sophisticated technology to build elaborate…
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