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The world celebrates Eid — including some of The World’s listeners
We asked The World’s listeners to share what Eid al-Fitr means to them and their families. Here’s what they told us.
Why a medical interpreter was surprised to see Vietnamese immigrant patients at California hospitals around Lunar New Year
Looking Marvel-ous: Designing costumes for 'Black Panther'
The fantastic woman who plays ‘A Fantastic Woman’
In the face of bigotry, Chilean actress Daniela Vega looks toward a more hopeful future.
Leonardo da Vinci: Theater impresario
Why The Last Supper was clearly painted by a theater nerd.
Why yes, I do speak Klingon
Who creates fictional languages and who bothers to learn them?
Boldly going where no TV prop has gone before
The Starship Enterprise takes its rightful place — right up there with the Apollo capsule and the Wright brothers’ plane — at the National Air and Space Museum.
10-4, Rubber Duck: The story of 'Convoy'
How did a fictional character from a bread commercial score a #1 hit song and spark the '70s CB radio craze?
The history — and the future — of the stage
Theater designer Joshua Dachs on the history of the stage: how it came to be and how it's still evolving.
'Naked Came the Stranger': An oral history
How “Penelope Ashe” pulled off the biggest literary caper of the century.
Stevie Salas on Native American Rockers
Guitarist and movie producer Stevie Salas shares the untold history of Native Americans in rock and roll.
Angie Thomas on how a TLC lyric saved her life
Bestselling Young Adult author Angie Thomas on how the late TLC performer Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes spoke to her at a very troubling point in her life.