January 2023 – Page 8

Anya is only 8 years old, but she's already got the weight of a nation on her shoulders. The protagonist of Winterland lives in an isolated Arctic town, where she's immersed in the world of 1970s Soviet gymnastics. In today's episode, author Rae Meadows tells NPR's David Folkenflik about her long-lasting fascination with that era of competitive sports, and how it shapes her main character's journey into womanhood.

January 11, 2023

Audio Poem of the Day - Delection Even

by Jennifer Scappettone

January 11, 2023

60 Songs That Explain the '90s - “Only Wanna Be with You”—Hootie & The Blowfish

Rob spills on his love/hate relationship with LeBron James over the years while deep diving on how Hootie & The Blowfish got their name, the difference between primarily fun music and totally disposable music, and the imprint left by band.

Host: Rob Harvilla

Guest: Leslie Streeter

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January 11, 2023

Everything Everywhere Daily - The Destruction and Rediscovery of Pompeii

In the year 79, Mount Vesuvius, a volcano located east of the modern-day city of Naples, erupted.

Vesuvius had erupted before, but this eruption was different. It ejected an enormous amount of ash which completely buried several towns and cities below the mountain.

Almost 2,000 years later, the largest of those cities, Pompeii, was rediscovered, and what archeologists found revolutionized our understanding of the ancient world.

Learn more about the destruction and rediscovery of Pompeii on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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January 11, 2023

Land of the Giants - Tinder Changed the Game

When Tinder launched in 2012, it changed dating culture and our expectations around dating forever by leveraging the iPhone and gamifying the dating experience. But did the rise of dating apps make finding romance easier or harder, and what are the consequences of playing a game that never ends?

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January 11, 2023

NPR's Book of the Day - In ‘Song of Silver, Flame Like Night,’ Chinese mythology teaches lessons about power

Amélie Wen Zhao's fantasy novel, Song of Silver, Flame Like Night, is rooted in the Chinese genres of xianxia and wuxia. It follows a young girl uncovering the secrets of her tumultuous kingdom with the help of a magician. In today's episode, the author talks to Here & Now's Kalyani Saxena about how her imperfect characters make difficult choices in their search for power. Zhao draws clear comparisons between the themes of anti-imperialism and history depicted in the book to real world battles being fought today, including anti-Asian racism.