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Red S-shaped rope being tugged by three different knots. Each knot is a different color — blue, orange, and green. Yellow background. Richard Drury/Getty Images hide caption
Israeli actress Shira Haas plays Esther, a young woman who flees her marriage and her tight Hasidic community in the Netflix series Unorthodox. Anika Molnar/Netflix hide caption
Bassist Steve Whipple. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Kerry Washington plays Mia Warren, an enigmatic artist and single mother, in the Hulu series Little Fires Everywhere, adapted from Celeste Ng's 2017 novel. Hulu hide caption
'She Wrote Her Own Rules': Kerry Washington's 'Little Fires' Role Reminds Her Of Mom
Two chefs get blasted in the face with a mystery entree on Dishmantled. I smell a Peabody! No, wait — marinara sauce. My mistake. Quibi hide caption
Short Attention Span Theater: A Quick Look At Quibi's Launch Titles
Inaugural poet Richard Blanco reads Twitter poem submissions for NPR's celebration of National Poetry Month. Blue Flower Arts hide caption
A skilled player of jianzi, or the Chinese equivalent of Hackey Sack, jumps to pass the feathered toy to the next participant. Amy Xiaomeng Cheng/NPR hide caption
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family, by Robert Kolker NPR hide caption
In 'Hidden Valley Road,' A Family's Journey Helps Shift The Science Of Mental Illness
An 1883 illustration of the Grim Reaper draped in a cloth labeled "cholera," arriving in America on a British ship. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Not My Job: The Creators Of 'The Big Sick' Get Quizzed On A Big Chick
Since the coronavirus outbreak began, Laura Gao has been troubled by the disgust and pity directed at her hometown. Laura Gao hide caption
Chicken hatcheries say they're seeing a spike in interest from people wanting to raise the birds at home. A poultry expert says that for the average person keeping half a dozen chickens in the summer, "you would get plenty of eggs for the family." Mike Segar/Reuters hide caption