NPR's podcast of the week's best arts and culture stories features a behind-the-scenes look at Broadway's unsung understudies, some of whom are responsible for multiple roles in the same production. What if they all get sick? Nerve wracking! And speaking of sick, there's a kind of person who wonders, while watching House, how much all those exotic procedures would actually cost. Meet Andrew Holtz, who's actually written two books about House, the latest of which breaks down the medical expenses of certain classic episodes.
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Blue-eyed retro soul man Mayer Hawthorne shares what's on his iPod, and film critics Bob Mondello and Ken Turan take on Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work and The A-Team, respectively. It may not surprise you to learn who comes out on top.
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