Turntable: This global music connoisseur’s playlist will take you on a journey
Marco Werman, co-host of The World, takes us across the globe, from Cameroon to Egypt and back to the United States.
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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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Sir Zanele Muholi: Portrait of an activist
For nearly 20 years, Muholi has been photographing LGBTQ+ people in South Africa. Their work is now on view at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in the exhibition, "Being Muholi: Portraits as Resistance." -
Arthur turns 25: Timeless lessons from an ageless aardvark
Marc Brown said one of the things the program had been so good at was "remembering the dignity of childhood." -
Fannie Lou Hamer: A voice for America
A new documentary shows Hamer in her own words, with no voices to crowd her out or box her in.
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