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The Shining

Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

Arts, Culture & Media

Neil DeGrasse Tyson drops the mic, “The Shining” plus chickens, and Ted Cruz liking Nickelback win the internet this week.

The Steadicam Story

Arts, Culture & Media

Nettle’s ‘El Resplandor’ Inspired by Stephen King’s ‘The Shining’

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Colson Whitehead Goes Zombie

Arts, Culture & Media

‘One Shining Moment’: When Bad Music Happens to Good Sports

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Australia’s Ancient Landscape

The Olympic Games may be the shining moment of Australia’s recent history. But the continent’s past is just as exciting. It’s an old, old land that, geologically-speaking, people have only recently discovered. Earlier this year on the National Geographic Radio Expedition, NPR’s Alex Chadwick looked beyond kangaroos and koalas to see what makes Australia so […]

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