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Comics creator Dash Shaw's animated, deadpan-absurdist take on the high-school movie genre is boldly experimental and darkly funny.

Filmmaker Terence Davies has found his ideal subject with this Emily Dickinson biopic, and a fiery performance by Cynthia Nixon challenges notions of the poet as a dour recluse.

Many people find fascination in Dickinson's mysterious, reclusive life. But British film director Terence Davies says it was her poetry, more than her personal life, that drew him in.

Andrew Brunson has been in a Turkish jail on terrorism charges, which his family says are "totally false." Vice President Pence has said the case is a high priority for the Trump administration.

After WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange published a defense of his methods in the Washington Post, Pompeo blasted him as a charlatan.

The Pentagon says the U.S. dropped the largest conventional weapon ever used in combat to hit an underground ISIS complex. Some speculate the action was also meant to send a message to North Korea.

Every morning, poet Mathias Svalina rises early to bicycle around the city he's visiting to drop off dream poems to subscribers. He reads a poem he wrote for Morning Edition listeners.

Also: With tension high, Vice President Pence prepares to visit South Korea; Syria is moving thousands of people out of villages; and Topeka firefighters rescue a cat (and its owner) out of a tree.

The moderate GOP congressman recently held his third town hall of the year. He's under pressure from constituents and conservative activists in what is now the median political seat in the country.

A Spartanburg police officer who was injured in a motorcycle crash earlier this week has died from his injuries, the Spartanburg Police Department said in…

This week, while we recover from our live show, we bring you a segment from Code Switch about diversity in comics and we revisit our segment on RuPaul's Drag Race.

To honor Philadelphia's Liberty Bell, contestants hear audio clues about people and things that have "bell" in the name and ring in to guess what--or who--they're about!

Rev up your reverse word repository! In this game, contestants hear clues to a well-known phrase with the last word reversed, and try to guess what that word is.

We travel to the Philadelphia area with Amy Sedaris! She talks about finally starting her dream project, a TV show about hosting, and we put her crafting expertise in a game of "Etsy or Smithsonian?"

In this game, Jonathan Coulton parodies songs by the Eagles, to be about people who are currently, or were at some point, bald. Contestants identify the bald person he's singing about.

China's president is calling for a peaceful resolution to rising tensions on the Korean peninsula. This comes ahead of an important anniversary that North Korea often marks with tests of military might. North Korea is accusing President Trump of "making trouble" with his "aggressive tweets."

The music festival will be live-streamed across three channels, with sets from Kendrick Lamar, Radiohead, Lady Gaga, Banks, Lorde, The xx, D.R.A.M., Future, Bon Iver and more.

NPR's Audie Cornish wraps up the week in politics with Reihan Salam of the National Review and Kimberly Atkins of the Boston Herald. They discuss President Trump's changing policy positions.

This week, Isabelle Meggett Lucas got to visit her childhood home — in the Smithsonian, which moved the house from South Carolina to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

United says the decision must be made before customers board the plane. Battered by a viral video nightmare, the airline says this is an initial step toward delivering "the best customer experience."