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Years after he dropped out of law school to pursue comedy, Demetri Martin is a successful stand-up comedian and regular contributor on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. But what do Demetri's mother, Lillian, and grandmother, Dinah, think about that? Robert Siegel talks with Demetri, Lillian and Dinah.

Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris are the directing partners behind the Oscar-nominated dark comedy Little Miss Sunshine. But their favorite DVDs tend to be documentaries, including one about pet cemeteries.

The British have had a long love affair with American soul music. The Motown and Stax labels were popular in the London clubs of the 1960s, while "rare grooves," or obscure singles, were fuel for the Northern Soul movement of the 1970s and 1980s. These days, the British are making their own soul music.

On the closing day of the Renee Magritte exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on Sunday, a guard noticed a peculiar sight: a Ziploc bag full of ladybugs. The bag was mysteriously left in the museum. A few ladybugs flew free before guards cleared them out. Even with galleries decorated with clouds on the floor and freeways on the ceiling, the little ladybugs were indeed a surreal surprise.

The 2004 movie Garden State transformed the Shins from a little known indie-rock band to a mainstream sensation. Their eagerly awaited new album is out today. The album shows the Shins expanding their sound without losing the melodic pop-writing they're known for.

The new movie Stomp the Yard is about a young man who leaves Los Angeles to go to a historically black college — and gets caught up in its step-dancing rivalries. Step has been a tradition in black fraternities and sororities for decades.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Bryce Pardo, from the RAND Drug Policy Research Center, on the findings of a new opioid trafficking report.

Under a bill proposed by Florida's governor, schools and businesses would be banned from teaching courses and offering training that cause white people to feel "discomfort" on account of their race.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Ottawa City Councillor Matthew Luloff about what the Canadian capital is doing to try to end the massive protests over COVID-19 mandates and other pandemic rules.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Evan Medeiros, Asia expert at Georgetown University, about the significance of Russia and China relations amid the Ukraine crisis, and what it means for global alliances.