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On 'The Autobiography,' Vic Mensa Faces His Personal Demons And Emerges Stronger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAJi9yg0VCQ Vic Mensa has many tattoos, but there's one that is particularly striking: the phrase "still alive," emblazoned on his stomach. One of the stories behind...

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Amplified And Orbital: Queens Of The Stone Age's Josh Homme On Living In The...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNwNSU5NikU The past few years have been all over the map for Josh Homme. There has been cause for celebration: The frontman and founder of Queens of the Stone Age...

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'This Is Their Film': Angelina Jolie Tells A Story Of Khmer Rouge Survival

The film First They Killed My Father begins in 1975 Cambodia, during the rise of the Khmer Rouge. The hard-line communist regime aimed to deport an entire nation into the countryside and form an...

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'The Apprentice' Creators Look Back

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Donald Trump's reality TV show "The Apprentice" first aired in 2004. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "THE APPRENTICE") PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: My...

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How Politics Have Complicated Business For Kushner Companies

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: I'm Kelly McEvers, and this is EMBEDDED. Hello, hello. Can you hear me? DANIEL GOLDEN: Hi. How are you? MCEVERS: Hey, I'm good. This is...

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These 'Paperbacks From Hell' Reflect The Real-Life Angst Of The 1970s

Once upon a time — about 40 years ago — there were few things as terrifyingly pulpy as the books at the supermarket checkout: fat paperbacks with crazy covers and titles like Eat Them Alive, The Face...

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Understanding How Trump Does Business And Who He Does It With

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Special counsel Robert Mueller's team is reportedly looking beyond whether President Trump's campaign colluded with Russia in last year's...

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For Country Music Industry And Artists, Gun Politics Presents A Minefield

The Country Music Association Awards ceremony was Wednesday, but people are still talking about the show because of what wasn't said that night. The CMA tried to create a politics-free zone for hosts...

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3 Generations Of Actresses Reflect On Hollywood, Harassment — And Hitchcock

In 1963, Alfred Hitchcock had a huge amount of power in Hollywood. That's when he plucked actress Tippi Hedren from relative obscurity to star in his new movie, The Birds . It was a big break for...

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Homeless In Los Angeles: A Growing Problem

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The number of homeless people in the U.S. has gone up for the first time since 2010, so says the federal government's annual report on...

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Episode 812: High Rise, Low Returns

Trump SoHo is a high rise in lower Manhattan, part hotel, part condos; it's 46 stories tall, all slick grey glass. Conflicts, from zoning battles to accusations of fraud, have followed the project...

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Encore: Eddie Izzard Talks About Coming Out

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: And before I say goodbye to 2017, I want to talk one more time about jazz chickens. Comedian Eddie Izzard was here with me in the studio...

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The Buffalo Bills Make The NFL Playoffs

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: If New Year's Day is a time for hope then this next story is perfect because for the first time in 19 years, there is actually a chance for...

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Women Star In 2017 Blockbusters

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: For Hollywood, 2017 was not a great year for the box office. But there was one interesting thing - in 2017, movies led by women took the top...

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Why Three Towns Are Fighting To Be The 'Ice Box Of The Nation'

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Welcome to the ice box of the nation. These words are on three different wooden signs around the United States, and they're referring to...

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25 Years After The Tanks, Tear Gas And Flames, 'Waco' Returns To TV

Twenty-five years ago, all eyes were on Waco, Texas — where the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms was attempting to raid a compound owned by a fringe Christian group called the Branch Davidians,...

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Looking At George Papadopoulos' Connections In The Russia Investigation

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: George Papadopoulos is the reason the FBI started its investigation into whether President Trump's campaign coordinated with Russia to...

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What Could Be Coming Next In Robert Mueller's Russia Investigation

Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller seldom leaves any doubt about where he's been — as with the detailed investigative tale he told on Friday in the latest indictments brought by his...

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How The Trump Administration's Travel Waiver Program Affected A Yemeni Family

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Earlier this summer, the Supreme Court upheld the Trump administration's travel ban, which means people from Libya, Iran, Somalia, Syria,...

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A Yemeni-American Wanted To Bring His Family Home. Then Came The Travel Ban.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=324k9qPkU0I Nageeb Alomari has lived the Trump Administration's travel ban. Alomari is from Yemen, and he moved to the U.S. in the 1990s. He worked at gas stations in...

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