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Tanzila "Taz" Ahmed and Zahra Noorbakhsh are the women behind the new podcast: Good Muslim/Bad Muslim.

How to eat pork, drink booze and be a ‘good’ Muslim

Culture

What’s the difference between a “good” Muslim and a “bad” one? Two women and their podcast are on a mission to find out.

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Exploring the science and ethics behind the first man-made cell

Global Politics

The Wonders of Physics

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The 2,000 Year Old Man

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Your Stories of the Rejection Letters That Changed Your Life – Or Didn’t

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When Once Just Isn’t Enough: Rereaders

Arts, Culture & Media

A couple weeks ago, Kurt Andersen came clean on Twitter and Facebook. He admitted that (with two small exceptions), he’s never read a book or watched a movie more than twice. “I wonder how weird this is,” he asked. And we asked you to weigh in:

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Jodie Foster Directs ‘The Beaver’

Arts, Culture & Media

The new film The Beaver, starring Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster, combines comedy and harrowing drama in a hybrid rarely seen at the movies. Foster plays Walter’s wife and she’s also the film’s director.

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The 2,000 Year-Old Man

Arts, Culture & Media

Every year the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress selects 25 recordings to be preserved for all time. One of this year’s selections is the famous 1961 comedy routine by Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner about a man so old, he once knew Jesus – personally – and dated Joan of Arc. Billy […]

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Big-time TV writers Whedon and MacFarlane create Web-exclusive shows

Arts, Culture & Media

Joss Whedon (‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’) and Seth MacFarlane (‘Family Guy’), two of television’s most powerful showrunners, are taking their brands online. Whedon’s ‘Dr. Horrible’ will be an on-the-cheap supervillain musical. MacFarlane’s ‘Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy’ will be distributed by the advertising juggernaut Google.