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A female superhero, intergalactic travel, a beach-body reboot, and more - this year's summer film schedule is jam-packed with big action, but also some…
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In 2014, Southeast Asian was the new "it" cuisine. Then it was southern Mediterranean, then Peruvian... Now simple, "back to the land" cooking is…
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Today, from TV's campy crusader to the Dark Knight, Batman has been reflected American anxieties and social norms for almost 80 years. We'll explore his…
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This weekend Batman and Superman will face off in multiplexes across America. It will be, as the trailer promises, a classic set-up.In the battle of "god…
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In 2013, journalist Adrienne LaFrance scanned her own reporting and found that only 25% of people mentioned in her reporting were women. Two years later…
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Malaria threatens more than half the world’s people. Yet there is still no way to immunize against it. On today’s show, why a promising vaccine developed…
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The Science of Superheroes"Pretty much everything that superheroes do has to either conform or not conform to physics, depending on how they’re presented.…
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It seems like every summer, another classic superhero gets ripped from the pages of Marvel or D.C. comics and is adapted, or rebooted, for the big screen.…
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As the curtain falls on another season of superhero blockbusters, Hollywood is already hard at work re-booting "Batman," "Captain America," and the…
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In this special edition of Word of Mouth: Girl Power Interrupted.Forty years of Free To Be, You and Me....Feel free to sing along; feminist boot camp…