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Tom Hiddleston stars as Loki in the new Marvel show on Disney+.

Marvel Takes A Big Swing On The Small Screen With 'Loki'

Tom Hiddleston is arguably the biggest Marvel star to do a streaming series. Loki premieres Wednesday and continues the adventures of a character who was technically killed in Avengers: Infinity War.

Artist Duane Koyawena learned he was going to be a father while in rehab. He says he's stayed sober for the sake of his daughter, Peyton.

A Hopi Artist Grapples With His Complicated Legacy And Learns To Be A Better Father

Duane Koyawena quit drinking 12 years ago after his own dad died from alcoholism. At the same time, he learned he was going to be father and wanted to stop the cycle.

50 Years Ago, A Group Of Child Actors Helped To Make Movie History

"Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" was released in theaters on June 30, 1971. To celebrate the film's 50th anniversary, NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with some of the actors who were in the film.

Sierra Leone's minister of education and chief innovation officer David Moinina Sengeh is a man of many talents. He's using mobile phone technology to improve daily life, he invented a way to make a prosthetic limb with a computer-assisted technique and he's a singer and rapper and a clothing designer, too.

The Quantum Hi-Tech Dreams Of A Rapping African Education Minister

MIT grad David Moinina Sengeh is shooting for the moon when it comes to Sierra Leone's future, from schools to health-care to ... space travel. Oh, and he makes music on the side.

A closed road in Kabul on Tuesday. After the Taliban seized the Afghan capitol on Sunday, three-tour Army veteran Kristen Rouse says the Afghan partners with whom she served shoulder-to-shoulder are terrified for their safety.

A U.S. Veteran Says The Afghans She Served With Believe They're Going To Die

U.S. Army Maj. Kristen Rouse deployed three times to Afghanistan and worked extensively with Afghan partners while she was there. Now, she says, those partners are begging for a way out.

In preparation of Hurricane Ida, a workers attach protective plywood to windows and doors of a business in the French Quarter in New Orleans on Saturday.

Hurricane Ida Strengthens While Louisiana Braces For A Severe Blow

Forecasters warned residents along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast to rush preparations. Ida is expected to bring winds as high as 130 mph, life-threatening storm surge and flooding rain.

A portrait of Greek composer and songwriter Mikis Theodorakis, taken in Rome in 1973.

Greek Composer And Politician Mikis Theodorakis Has Died At The Age Of 96

Greek composer and politician Mikis Theodorakis has died. He was 96 years old. His music for Zorba the Greek was full of joy — but his own story was much more complicated.

BTS sang (on a video viewed by more than 1 million). And they spoke. Left to right: Taehyung/V, Suga and Jin of the South Korean boy band at the launch of the U.N. General Assembly's 76th session on Sept. 20.

BTS Spoke At The UNGA. And That's Not The Only Surprise At The U.N. Event

The appearance of the popular boy band from South Korea is one of many unexpected moments at the U.N. General Assembly — everything from a U.N. TikTok to a groundbreaking food summit.

Desus Nice, left, and The Kid Mero attend the FYC Event for VICELAND's <em>Desus & Mero</em> at the Saban Media Center on April 20, 2018 in North Hollywood, Calif. The duo has launched a new program on <em>Showtime.</em>

From The Bronx To Cable Stardom, Desus And Mero Are Remaking Late-Night

In the crowded field of late-night talk show hosts, the comedy duo of Desus and Mero are unlike any other, with an irreverent comedy style anchored in their Bronx upbringing.

After four decades on 'Sesame Street," Sonia Manzano launches her own children's show

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Sonia Manzano, better known as Maria from Sesame Street, about her new animated children's television show, "Alma's Way."

With <em>Let Me Do One More, </em>Sarah Tudzin issues an invitation into the expressive and ever-widening musical world of Illuminati Hotties.

Illuminati Hotties Dares You To Laugh

Let Me Do One More, the latest from songwriter, engineer and producer Sarah Tudzin, is proof that ambition doesn't have to be serious and that moments of vulnerability can also make for hooky rippers.

Rep. Fred Upton discusses the date of the infrastructure bill

NPR's Noel King speaks with Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) about the role of bipartisanship on deals like infrastructure and the budget.

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