Andrew Limbong
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Music
A Music-Selling Platform Waives Some Fees To Support Artists During The Pandemic
The music-selling platform Bandcamp is waiving its fees for one day a month for the next three months to support artists during the pandemic.
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Music
Why Ticket Holders Are Struggling To Get Refunds For Concerts And Live Events
Entertainment companies Live Nation and AEG have modified their refund policies for postponed events. Getting money back would depend on whether a concert or a game has a firm rescheduled date.
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Arts & Life
Life Kit: How To Engage With Poetry
For National Poetry Month, NPR's Life Kit team offers some tips to help you better appreciate the art form — and encourages listeners to write their own haikus.
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Technology
Video Meeting Platform Zoom Addresses Criticisms As It Sees Explosive Growth In Users
Zoom's founder and CEO addressed some of the company's growing pains as the service saw an unexpected surge in the number of users when people began socially distancing due to COVID-19.
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Politics
President Trump Offers Drowning Restaurant Industry One Solution: Tax Deductions
The restaurant industry has been scrambling for solutions to save itself during the coronavirus pandemic. President Trump has floated the idea of changing a provision in the 2017 tax law.
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Television
TV Cop Shows Affect Real-World Policing, Study Says
Police procedurals are standard fare on television. But a recent study says the way TV portrays police and the criminal justice system at large can get in the way of attempts at reform.
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Don Imus Dies At 79
Radio host Don Imus died Friday at 79. He was known for his biting take on politics and shock jock demeanor, including an infamous racist and sexist joke about the Rutgers women's basketball team.
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Arts & Life
Ram Dass, Spiritual Teacher And Psychedelics Pioneer, Dies At 88
His name meant "servant of God," a title given to him by a Hindu mystic he met in India in the '60s. Ram Dass wrote books popularizing New Age thinking and toured the U.S. lecturing about mindfulness.
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Arts & Life
Why Author J.K. Rowling Is Facing Backlash From LGBTQ Activists
Author J.K. Rowling, known best for the Harry Potter series, is facing criticism over her support for a researcher who says there's no such thing as a transgender person.
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Pete Frates, Who Helped Raise Millions For ALS Research, Dies At 34
Pete Frates, a college baseball player who was diagnosed with ALS and then helped to raise millions of dollars for research into the disease, died Monday at age 34.