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In the hit musical 'Mexodus,' the notes of history play on loop

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By Jen Gushue Verified
| New York Theatre Guide
In Mexodus, history is built the same way the music is: layer by layer, loop by loop. The musical, about the often forgotten Underground Railroad that led south to Mexico, started out as a pandemic-era experiment — something to keep writers Nygel D. Robinson and Brian Quijada busy while they waited for the world to reopen.
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The Window-Smashing Tool That Could Save Your Life

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By Rosie Guerin Verified, Abigail Keel Verified, Jen Gushue Verified
| Wirecutter Verified
Listen and follow The Wirecutter Show Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTube | iHeartRadio Car accidents where a vehicle is submerged in water or erupts into deadly flame are rare. But a simple tool to break your own car window could be life-saving in such an emergency. The only catch: not all car windows are created equal. This week, Rosie talks to Wirecutter editor and emergency preparedness expert Jen Gushue about the high-stakes world of car glass breakers.
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The Cold War is a hot topic in NYC theatre this season

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By Jen Gushue Verified
| New York Theatre Guide
Danny Strong remembers huddling under his desk at school as a child in the early 1980s as he and his classmates performed Cold War-era duck-and-cover drills to prepare for a potential nuclear bomb strike. “I remember this constant fear of nuclear war and just how palpable that was,” the writer said. “It gave me nightmares for years.” Decades later, he’d pen a new book for one of the most notorious Cold War musicals, 1986's Chess, now back on Broadway using Strong’s script.
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