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Hello Kitty turns 40; Skirball exhibit celebrates the enemies of the Nazis who changed Hollywood; Patt Morrison tells us about the devastating drought of the 1800s.

Oct. 28, 1982 Craft and Folk Art Museum: "These dapper papier-mache skeletons help celebrate the Day of the Dead"
Oct. 28, 1982 Craft and Folk Art Museum: "These dapper papier-mache skeletons help celebrate the Day of the Dead"
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Hello Kitty turns 40; Skirball exhibit celebrates the enemies of the Nazis who changed Hollywood; Patt Morrison tells us about the devastating drought of the 1800s.

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NPR veteran host Susan Stamberg remembers the genesis of NPR's "Car Talk," and the genius of Tom Magliozzi, who died Monday.
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The Supreme Court Monday affirmed the rights of creators to develop characters who live in the public domain, like Sherlock Holmes, Poirot, and Tarzan.
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Maybe it’s time we had an entire museum dedicated to the cultural migration that transformed Hollywood when the Nazis took power.
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Alice Rackham is a college student who responds to a bad grade by living her life according to the themes of classic literature. Learn about this Web series here.
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Kozy and Dan Kitchens make up Kozyndan, a husband and wife team whose work is featured in the Japanese American National Museum's Hello Kitty exhibit.
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Rain fell at a fraction of normal levels, livestock were slaughtered en masse and California's once-thriving rancho economy was devastated.
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"I do not come like a journalist with a catalog of questions," Herzog says. "You have to feel out the other person, give the other person space."
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John Rabe talks with Caitlin Doughty, author of "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory," on death, the Americanization of Halloween and more.