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See if you can match the mom to the NPR personality. You'll hear about the time listeners came to the rescue of Susan Stamberg's mother as well as the many loves of Scott Simon's mom.
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Jeff Melton and his friend Adrian Rohr of Charlotte, N.C., are wrestling fans, a sport they love because it lifts their spirits by making them feel like the underdog sometimes can win.
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The Virgin Islands, After Irma: 'It Was Like Stepping Onto Another Planet'
In the U.S. and British territories, residents tell of winds that could rattle your bones — and of an aftermath like a "war zone." Here are portraits of the devastation, in the survivors' own words.
The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women
This list, of the greatest albums made by women between 1964 and the present, is an intervention, a remedy, a correction of the historical record. It rethinks popular music to put women at the center.
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The Village Voice announced it would be ending its era of print — here, 11 former music editors and writers remember their time within its prickly, hallowed halls.
David Rodigan's Life In Reggae: Defined By Fanatical Love, Not Race... Right?
David Rodigan has spent his entire life exulting in and exalting reggae. In his autobiography, published earlier this year, the soundman stays away from a topic that would seem utterly central.
The Rubble And Recovery Of U.S. Virgin Islands: 'Will We Survive The Aftermath?'
Irma's earliest American victims fear they will be forgotten by the mainland. Largely reduced to wreckage, the U.S. territory is now struggling to pick up the pieces.
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