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actor Dev Patel
Radio Times

Actor Dev Patel on his new film “Lion”

Guest: Dev Patel The new film Lion is based on the heart-wrenching true story of a young Indian boy, Sar ...

Air Date: December 23, 2016

Listen 00:49:14
Taraji Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monae in
Radio Times

“Hidden Figures” and supporting women of color in STEM fields

Guests: Margot Lee Shetterly, Yvonne Darlene Cagle During World War II, NASA hired black female mathematicians to ...

Air Date: December 22, 2016

Listen 00:49:01
actor Dev Patel
Radio Times

Actor Dev Patel: from “Slumdog” to “Lion”

Guest: Dev Patel The new film Lion is based on the heart-wrenching true story of a young Indian boy, Saroo Brierl ...

Air Date: November 18, 2016

Listen 00:49:34
a letter
Radio Times

Radio Times in Review: memoirist edition

Guests: William Giraldi, Richard Blanco, Bobby Rydell Coming up on today’s edition of Radio Times in Review, we ...

Air Date: November 18, 2016

Listen 00:50:19
The Pulse
Science

The Science of the Cinema

Now for our feature presentation: we’re going to explore the science of movie magic as seen on the big screen and behind the scenes ...

Air Date: October 14, 2016

Listen 51:39
In season 1 episode 5 of The Flintstones, Fred gets conked on the head (as pictured here) and it completely changes his personality. A second conk later on reverses it. (Screen grab of The Flintstones)
The Pulse
Health

Fact or cartoon fiction: Can the ‘double conk’ cure amnesia?

Mary Spiers runs the website neuropsyfi.com, which is devoted to how brain science is depicted i ...

8 years ago

Listen 9:27
Nate Parker as
Radio Times

‘The Birth of a Nation’ & Nat Turner

The film “The Birth of a Nation” directed, written and produced by Nate Parker tells the story of Nat Turner—a Virginia-bor ...

Air Date: October 12, 2016

Listen 00:48:59
Screenshot of Rita Hayworth as Gilda in the trailer for the film Gilda. (<a href=Photo via Columbia Pictures)" title="smoke" width="1" height="1"/>
The Pulse
Health

Parents, researchers fight to stamp out smoking on the big screen

Some kid movies are kicking the smoking habit. When a movie hero strikes a match and lights a cigarette, it means something. ...

8 years ago

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Sarita Kimble holds an audio description device at the Ritz Five movie theater in Philadelphia. (Paige Pfleger/WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

Human voice is key to unlocking movie magic for the blind

There’s a movement underway to make movies Oscar-worthy for people who can’t see. I met up with Sarita Kimble in the l ...

8 years ago

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Reels of film wait to be catalogued in one of the Library of Congress warehouses. (Irina Zhorov/The Pulse)
The Pulse
Science

Digital demands paradigm shift in film archiving

At the Library of Congress Packard Campus of Audio-Visual Conservation, vaults burrow into Mount Pony on a 45-acre campus surrounded by b ...

8 years ago

Listen 7:34
 Kenn Kweder and his band, the Secret Kidds. (Courtesy of John Hutelmyer)
Arts & Entertainment

Documentary explores the open secret that is Kenn Kweder

Rock musician Kenn Kweder has been a Philadelphia phenomenon for more than four decades, winning generations of fans. But national fame continues to elude him.

9 years ago

Tom Hanks as Andrew Beckett and Denzel Washington as Joe Miller in the 1993 film 'Philadelphia.' Suellen Kehler
The Pulse
Health

Two decades ago, Tom Hanks and ‘Philadelphia’ prompted changing attitudes toward HIV-AIDS

An in-depth look at the making of the film, its impact, and the distance traveled in fighting HIV and AIDS. Twenty years ago this ...

11 years ago

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