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In the animated world, just about anything goes: Toys talk, mice are chefs, and pandas do kung fu. In animation, the sky's the limit. In this encore broadcast, we learn about the hundreds of people working on big studio features who spend their days figuring out how to manufacture this silliness from the ground up. (This story originally aired on All Things Considered on Nov. 27, 2013.)

From control of Congress and the strength of the Biden presidency to potential Jan. 6 committee revelations and the future of abortion rights, there's a lot at stake in 2022.

The 2018 Oscars airs this weekend, but there's a key player in filmmaking that won't be recognized at the awards — the stunt coordinator. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with stunt coordinator Jack Gill about what it's like to direct action scenes and what his favorite movies of the past year are.

Global instability has rejuvenated both classified and unclassified demand for table top war games. The people who play them take the games very seriously.

After initially passing on it last month, North Dakota GOP Rep. Kevin Cramer will challenge Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp. Republicans had been struggling to recruit strong candidates in top races.

George Orwell's 1949 novel, 1984, was a hit when it came out, slipped into obscurity, and then was reborn after the BBC adapted it. It's remained popular ever since, but the Trump administration's "alternative facts" have pushed it to the top of the Amazon bestseller list.

The Alabama native has died after battling leukemia. Goldsmith won the top prize on Chopped Junior when he was 14, before moving on to Top Chef Junior.

A top State Department official, George Kent, told members of Congress that he thought President Trump's Ukraine pressure plan undermined the rule of law and hurt U.S. diplomacy, his transcript shows.

President-elect Joe Biden has picked Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary, ex-Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm as energy secretary and Gina McCarthy as White House climate coordinator.