Elizabeth Blair
Stories
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Arts & Life
Study finds more TV depictions of abortion this year — but they're still mostly getting it wrong
The findings of an annual report on how abortion is depicted on TV are released today.
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Television
Iconic children's TV show Sesame Street and Max are going their separate ways
MAX will no longer distribute new episodes of "Sesame Street" after 2025.
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Arts & Life
Packed house pays tribute to Kennedy Center honorees
The stars came out to celebrate this year's Kennedy Center Honorees: Bonnie Raitt, the Grateful Dead, Arturo Sandoval, Francis Ford Coppola and The Apollo. The Honors broadcast on CBS on Dec. 22.
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Europe
A Danish museum agrees to return a bronze sculpture looted from Turkey
A Danish museum has agreed to return the bronze head of a Roman Emperor to Turkey. The sculpture was among thousands of artifacts looted from Turkey and sold to American and European museums. (This story first aired on All Things Considered on Dec. 3, 2024.)
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World
A Danish museum agrees to return a bronze sculpture looted from Turkey
A Danish museum has agreed to return the bronze head of a Roman Emperor to Turkey. The sculpture was among thousands of artifacts looted from Turkey and sold to American and European museums.
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Arts & Life
Comic D.J. Demers jokes a lot about hearing loss — but won't be 'the hearing aid guy'
Comedian D.J. Demers is hard-of-hearing. He's appeared on Conan, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and America's Got Talent. He recently dropped his fourth comedy special and he's about to tour the U.S. Demers gets a lot of his material from his experiences living with a disability but doesn't let it define his act.
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Arts & Life
'Demure' is Dictionary.com's word of the year. If that's news to you, here's the backstory
Usage of the word soared after TikToker Jools Lebron used it in her signature catchphrase "very demure, very mindful."
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Television
Comic D.J. Demers jokes a lot about hearing loss — but won't be 'the hearing aid guy'
Comedian D.J. Demers is hard-of-hearing. He stars in a CBC sitcom he created and recently dropped his fourth comedy special.(Story aired on All Things Considered on Nov. 25, 2024.)
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Arts & Life
Comic D.J. Demers jokes a lot about hearing loss — but won't be 'the hearing aid guy'
Demers was diagnosed with hearing loss when he was 4 years old. As a kid, he saw nothing funny about it — but then he learned to make people laugh. He just dropped his fourth stand-up special.
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Arts & Life
What arts funding might look like during Turmp's second term
Many arts organizations in the U.S. receive grants from various federal agencies, but the amount the government spends on the arts can change. So what will arts funding look like in Trump's next term?
