A Documentary Swipes Left On Dating Apps Journalist Nancy Jo Sales investigates the impact of online dating tech on offline culture in her first film Swiped: Hooking Up in the Digital Age. Predictably, some of her findings are pretty bleak. Michel Martin
Female Breakout 'Captain Marvel' Screenwriter Is Disrupting The Superheroine Trope Geneva Robertson-Dworet, who wrote Marvel's first female-led film, doesn't want to be a rarity in Hollywood. To advance these dynamic roles, her suggestion is simple: Hire more women. Emma Bowman
Next time you shuck, try adding granita to your oysters This week, Chef Jay Guerrero met me at the Denny Regrade market to talk granitas. Ruby de Luna
Naked Burt Reynolds, a Native canoe paddle, and the male gaze This is the story of how naked Burt Reynolds became immortalized on a Native canoe paddle. Sydney Brownstone
Jason Rosenthal: What Does the Loss Of A Loved One Teach Us About Life? Before Jason's wife Amy died, she wrote a heartbreaking farewell essay: "You May Want To Marry My Husband." Jason Rosenthal remembers Amy's life — and the lessons he learned from her death. NPR Staff
Caitlin Doughty: What's Wrong With The Way We Bury The Dead? Mortician Caitlin Doughty is trying to find a more natural and sustainable way to bury our loved ones. But to get there, she says: we need to rethink how we view death altogether. NPR Staff
Lux Narayan: What Do Obituaries Teach Us About Lives Well-Lived? Lux Narayan analyzed 2000 New York Times obituaries, of both famous and not-so-famous people, over a two-year period. One common thread among them? A fierce desire to help others. NPR Staff
Michelle Knox: Can Talking About Death Take Fear And Stress Out Of The Inevitable? How can we better cope with grief? After observing funerals around the world, banker and travel blogger Michelle Knox suggests we talk about death with our loved ones — especially when we're healthy. NPR Staff
