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Repeat Signage designer screen and controls

7-minute video shows you how to use the Repeat Signage designer screen to insert controls, e.g. picture control, to create flexible, dynamic, digital signage presentations for display screens.




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Remembering superstar music producer Quincy Jones

The renowned arranger, composer and producer worked with countless artists, including Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin and Michael Jackson. Jones died Nov. 3. Originally broadcast in 2001.




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Saoirse Ronan says her experience as a child actor continues to shape her work

Ronan credits her parents and the filmmakers she worked with as a child for keeping acting fun. She stars as a woman struggling with addiction in The Outrun and as a World War II mother in Blitz.




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'Pedro Páramo' captures the disorientation of Juan Rulfo's timeless novel

Netflix's film is based on a 1955 novel about a man who goes in search of the father he’d never met — only to discover that his father is dead, and the village he inhabited is haunted by ghosts.




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Need a break from politics? Marvel at the 'Vanishing Treasures' of the natural world

With 23 short essays on creatures ranging from the wombat to the spider, Katherine Rundell's new book is essential reading for anyone whose wonder could use a jumpstart.




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How the 1874 Freedman's Bank collapse connects to economic disparities we see today

In Savings and Trust, historian Justene Hill Edwards tells the story of the Freedman's Bank. Created for formerly enslaved people following the Civil War, its collapse cost depositors millions.




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As a 'Seasoned Professional,' Jenny Slate now finds strength in her sensitivity

The comic can pick up on the "micro bad mood" of whoever she's talking to. She writes about pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood in a new book of essays, Lifeform. Originally broadcast March 12, 2024.




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A Marine Corps veteran expresses concerns for the military in a 2nd Trump presidency

Essayist Phil Klay says Trump tried to use the military to push his partisan agenda before, and may further erode norms around the military as he looks for those willing to "go with his whims."





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2024 Student Podcast Challenge Honorable Mentions

Here are the honorable mentions from the 2024 Student Podcast Challenge. Congratulations!




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Want a Picasso? UChicago students borrow original art for their dorms

College students often use posters to help spruce up their dorm. At the University of Chicago, they get a chance to borrow works by prominent artists for a year.




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Schools in Asheville are reopening in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene

After-school activities will still be suspended Monday and Tuesday.




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Fewer Black men are enrolling in HBCUs. Here's why and what's being done

The absolute number of Black men enrolled at Historically Black Colleges and Universities is the lowest it's been since 1976.




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Figuring out the male enrollment drop at HBCUs

The number of Black men enrolled at Historically Black Colleges and Universities is the lowest it’s been since 1976.




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Kids at an Arizona tribal school learn about democracy with their own lunch vote

Kids at a tribal school in Arizona are preparing for their own election to determine their favorite school lunch: pizza or chicken nuggets? And they're learning about democracy along the way.




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Louisiana schools use Artificial Intelligence to help young children learn to read

In Louisiana, more than 100,000 students are using an AI tutor that is helping to raise reading scores.




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In this school’s election, it’s pizza vs. chicken nuggets, with democracy as the winner

At an Arizona tribal school, it's a fierce campaign to pick the top school lunch, as students learn about making their voice count




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Dear Life Kit: Is it a faux pas to create a 'happy graduation' registry for myself?

An NPR listener is graduating soon with her MBA. She wants to know if it's OK celebrate her achievement by asking loved ones to buy her gifts from a registry, similar to what people do for weddings.




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What student loan borrowers can expect as the presidency changes

With Donald Trump's re-election, millions of federal student loan borrowers are left to wonder if this is the end of the road for President Biden's promises of loan relief.




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Inside this maximum security prison, a film festival proves 'a little bit healing'

The Sing Sing maximum security prison in New York held its first-ever film festival recently, with incarcerated men invited to judge the five entries.




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A small town in Ohio embraces butterflies to symbolize change and recovery

One small Ohio town designed a butterfly garden as a symbol of recovery for former flood land and for people who have struggled with addiction.




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Ann Patchett on how God and her Catholic faith have changed

Ann Patchett answers a question from the Wild Card deck and discusses how her feelings about God and her Catholic faith have changed over the years.




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President-elect Trump names John Ratcliffe as his pick for CIA director

Ratcliffe previously served as the director of national intelligence during Trump's first term, where he oversaw all 18 of the nation's intelligence agencies.




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'Orbital' by Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker Prize

Samantha Harvey has won the 2024 Booker Prize for her science fiction novel Orbital. The novel follows six international astronauts as they orbit the Earth for one day of their nine-month space mission.




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Hugh Grant shows his dark side in 'Heretic'

In Heretic, Hugh Grant plays the villain. He tells Morning Edition that actors are drawn to the bad guys "rather than the dreary, goody-two-shoes lead."




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'Juror #2' is a thorny legal thriller — and possibly Clint Eastwood's last film

Eastwood takes measured aim at the American justice system in a film that centers on a murder trial — and a juror who realizes he may be implicated in the crime.




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While votes are counted, we look at how counting is used in movies

The process of counting ballots has stressed out a lot of people this week. NPR's movie critic says he's been distracting himself from the election with cinematic counting.




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'Candyman' star Tony Todd dies at 69

The versatile actor had hundreds of screen credits to his name, including Platoon, The Rock and Final Destination.




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'Emilia Pérez' trans narco musical actress calls for 'living our own life'

The new film Emilia Pérez follows a Mexican cartel leader (Karla Sofía Gascón) who was assigned male at birth but transitions to become her true self as a woman.




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A Mexican drug lord comes out as a trans woman in the freewheeling 'Emilia Pérez'

This Spanish-language musical about a cartel boss who undergoes gender-affirming surgery won two big prizes at Cannes, including a shared best actress award for its four women leads.




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With "Wicked," director Jon M. Chu writes his own story

Wicked – the 20-year-old – smash hit on Broadway turns the story of the "Wizard of Oz" on its head.

Now, the story of Elfaba the Wicked Witch of the West, Glinda the Good Witch, and the Wizard himself is making the shift from stage to screen.

The director bringing the Broadway hit to screens across the country is Jon M. Chu, the director of the blockbuster Crazy Rich Asians.

The movie version of Wicked is in many ways the culmination of Chu's own story as a person of color. Chu always wanted to be a filmmaker. Chu says his life experience and career lead him to tell the story of a person of color in a new way.

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Denzel Washington details a retirement path that includes a role in 'Black Panther 3'

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'Emilia Pérez' is Netflix's divisive musical about a trans cartel boss

Emilia Pérez is Netflix's new divisive musical about a Mexican cartel boss who disappears from the criminal underworld to create a new life as a woman. But when her love for her kids proves overpowering, she ingratiates herself back into their lives, posing as a distant relative. The movie stars Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, and Selena Gomez.














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How to Install the Aliunde Kodi Addon on Android TV/Firestick (Tutorial)

In this tutorial, I'll show you how to install the ALIUNDE Kodi Addon on your Android TV box or Amazon Firestick, plus, unique features in ALIUNDE.




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Best Android Smart TV to Buy in 2024

In this guide, we have put together the best 5 Android smart TVs with Android TV pre-installed. You can install Kodi right onto these TVs easily. These TVs are available from Amazon and can be purchased worldwide.




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How to Install the M-E-T-V Kodi Addon on Android TV or Firestick (Tutorial)

In this tutorial guide, I'll show you exactly how to install the M-E-T-V Kodi Addon on your Android TV box or Amazon Firestick, and unique features.




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How to Install the SealTeam 6 Kodi Addon (Android TV + Firestick)

In this tutorial, I'll show you exactly how to install the SEALTEAM 6 Kodi Addon on your Android TV box or Amazon Firestick, plus unique features.




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'Sing and cry with him': Shlomo Artzi performs for evacuees of Kibbutz Be'eri


Artzi, with his vast experience performing for soldiers and civilians through Israel's wars, had said, "I've never seen pain like in this war."




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Looking back on the year 5784: A soundtrack of war, love, and TikTok


After the initial shock had worn off and the country began pulling together, people were looking for ways not only to express themselves but also to uplift others.




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Ramat Gan’s animal rescue and bonding farm


Natural Bonds is not only a home for animals, however: It is also a home for people. 




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Thessaloniki – a place that can be a home away from home for Israeli tourists


Thessaloniki offers visitors 2,300-plus years of history, tremendous shopping, and a Jewish story like no other in Europe.