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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with "East of Wall" writer and director Kate Beecroft and rancher-turned-actress Tabatha Zimiga on making the film about female empowerment in the Badlands of South Dakota.

The singer's hit, "All About That Bass," was viewed on YouTube almost half a billion times. She talks to NPR's Scott Simon about her debut album, Title, and her ode to female empowerment.

We've invited Chenoweth, who is 4 feet 11 inches, to answer three questions about 6-foot-1 model and actress Brigitte Nielsen.

Few bands can rival The Polyphonic Spree's stage presence — not to mention its size: The group boasts a whopping two dozen members, who combine to make a sound that can be sprawling, inspiring and haunting, sometimes all at once.

After Ahmed Badr and his family fled the Iraq War, he used writing to grapple with his experience as a refugee in the U.S. He founded the website Narratio so other youth could share their stories.

By signing a new charter for the Commonwealth states, Her Majesty is royally endorsing equal rights. One possible outcome of her support: If Prince William and Kate have a girl, she may well be queen someday.

In South Florida, home to the nation's second-largest Jamaican community, a large effort is underway to send aid to the hurricane-ravaged island.

Although personal anecdotes are included throughout, Rafia Zakaria's aim is not to explore her own pain but to retrace the history of how white feminism has caused unending trauma through centuries.

A film that seems designed to demonstrate the dire circumstances in which funny women can still find themselves, The Other Woman is a grotesque pantomime of female empowerment.

NPR's science podcast Short Wave brings us the stories of how future sunscreens might come from fish, how loving art may impact aging, and a student's quest to build a more sustainable marimba.